Labor/Employment,
Corporate,
Administrative/Regulatory
Jan. 10, 2018
AB 168: California prohibits applicant salary inquiries
Assembly Bill 168 prohibits California employers from asking -- directly or indirectly -- about a candidate's prior salary history information, which includes both the individual's rate of pay as well as other benefits.
Emily Burkhardt Vicente
Partner
Hunton, Andrews & Kurth LLP
Email: ebvicente@huntonak.com
Emily is co-chair of the firm's Labor and Employment group.
California continued its expansion of pay equity protections on Oct. 12, 2017, when Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a statewide ban on employer inquiries into applicant salary history information. Assembly Bill 168, codified at Labor Code Section 482.3, took effect on Jan. 1, 2018, and prohibits California employers from asking -- directly or indirectly -- about a candidate's prior salary history information, which includes both the individual's rate of pay as well a...
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