Effective January 1, 2018, Labor Code section 432.3 prohibits an employer from, either orally or in writing, personally or through an agent, asking any information concerning an applicant’s salary history information, which includes compensation as well as benefits. [1]
[1] https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/california_equal_pay_act.htm
> An employer shall not rely on the salary history information of an applicant for employment as a factor in determining whether to offer employment to an applicant or what salary to offer an applicant.
That being said, how do you enforce a provision like that in the face of every company having all information on every candidate, seeing that mind reading hasn't been invented yet.
It's absolutely fucked. I'm guessing this is an integration with ADP - who my current employer uses.
https://myprivacy.equifax.com/personal-info
I’m not a California resident. Can someone who is try and report back? Sounds like a follow up blog post/instructional tutorial is needed if it works, and calls to state and local reps that this should be opt in.