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acconrad on Feb 24, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: “What’s your current salary?” is a trap question–H...

If you live in Massachusetts it's now illegal for a perspective employer to ask this question as part of your interviewing process:

http://www.mass.gov/governor/press-office/press-releases/fy2...

kbrosnan on Feb 24, 2017 | [–]

> Pay Equity, which will go into effect on July 1, 2018 for Commonwealth employers and employees.

A year and 3 months to go before it is illegal.

fecak on Feb 24, 2017 | [–]

Philadelphia just passed a very similar law, which goes into effect in a month or two I believe.

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