EQUAL PAY ACT-PAY SCALE

Session: 103rd General Assembly
Year: 2023
Bill #: HB3129
Category: Labor, Personnel and Pensions
Position: No position
Mandate? Yes
Revenue Loss?
Authority Preemption?

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Summary as Introduced

Amends the Equal Pay Act of 2003. Provides that it is unlawful for an employer with 15 or more employees to fail to include the pay scale for a position in any job posting. Provides that if an employer with 15 or more employees engages a third party to announce, post, publish, or otherwise make known a job posting, the employer shall provide the pay scale to the third party and the third party shall include the pay scale in the job posting. Defines "pay scale". Makes conforming changes to provisions concerning violations of the Act and fines and penalties. Effective immediately.

Staff Analysis

Amends the Equal Pay Act of 2003. Provides that it is unlawful for an employer with 15 or more employees to fail to include the pay scale for a position in any job posting. Provides that if an employer with 15 or more employees engages a third party to announce, post, publish, or otherwise make known a job posting, the employer shall provide the pay scale to the third party and the third party shall include the pay scale in the job posting. Provides that an employer shall be liable for a third party's failure to include the pay scale and benefits in a job posting. Provides that an employer shall announce, post, or otherwise make known all opportunities for promotion to all current employees no later than the same calendar day that the employer makes an external job posting for the position. Provides that an employer shall make and preserve records that document the pay scale and benefits for a position. Effective immediately.



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