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City Council adopts pay-transparency ordinance to require salary information in job listings

3148469 · April 29, 2025
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Cleveland City Council adopted Ordinance 1 04 20 25, enacting new sections addressing unlawful and discriminatory salary practices; supporters said the ordinance will require employers to disclose pay ranges and help reduce historic pay gaps.

Cleveland City Council on (date not specified) passed Ordinance 1 04 20 25, which supplements the codified ordinances by enacting new sections relating to unlawful and discriminatory salary practices.

Supporters said the measure requires employers to provide pay-range information to job applicants and creates a local mechanism to address historical pay disparities. "When people in Cleveland are applying for a job, it gives them the information upfront about what that job's looking to pay," Councilman Charles Slife said during remarks to the council. "We've all... applied for a job only to find out after going through all that effort that…

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