Salary History Ban Colorado
It prohibits employers from discriminating against applicants and employees because of their gender.
Salary history ban colorado. Seek the wage history of a prospective employee. No administrative prerequisite to bringing suit. Specifically employers may not. Salary history the act also prohibits employers from seeking the wage rate history of job applicants bringing colorado in line with nine other states that have enacted similar prohibitions on salary history inquiries.
The colorado salary history inquiry ban is part of the equal pay for equal work act signed by gov. Salary history ban when enacted colorado also will become the latest state to prohibit employers from seeking salary history from job applicants. Jared polis on may 22. It is a broad pay equity law that applies to all employers employing any employees in the state and takes effect january 1 2021.
Colorado joins several other states in instituting a salary history ban. Newly signed legislation prohibits employers from asking about prior wage history was signed into law by the centennial state s governor. Colorado senate bill 85 sb85 is known as the equal work act. The equal pay for equal work act aims to eliminate the wage gap between men and women and minorities.
In an attempt to fight wage discrimination co passed a bill that prohibits employers from asking applicants about their salary history.