The push to eliminate inquiries into job applicants’ salary history continues, as New Jersey has enacted a statewide law that will restrict employers from obtaining and utilizing applicants’ salary history information during the hiring process.

The new law, which will take effect on January 1, 2020, will make it an unlawful employment practice for any

Vermont has become the latest jurisdiction to enact a law that will prohibit employers from inquiring about, seeking, or requiring salary history information from prospective employees.

The law will take effect on July 1, 2018.

Under the law, employers and their agents will be prohibited from:

  • inquiring about or seeking information regarding a prospective employee’s

California Governor Jerry Brown has signed into law a statewide salary history inquiry law that will largely restrict employers in the state from seeking and relying upon salary history information from applicants during the hiring process.

The law, which will go into effect on January 1, 2018 and will apply to all private and public