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Committee hears competing views on wage‑transparency bill requiring salary ranges in job postings
Summary
Supporters told the House Committee on Labor and Workplace Standards that House Bill 2746 would close wage gaps and help job seekers by requiring employers to publish good‑faith salary ranges; business groups and trade associations warned the measure would burden small employers and raised enforcement and constitutionality concerns. The committee
Lawmakers and stakeholders debated House Bill 2746 on March 3, a proposal that would require employers and employment agencies to include good‑faith salary ranges in job postings and allow civil penalties for violations, with initial enforcement discretion for education.
Representative Travis Nelson (House District 44) and Senate Majority Leader Casey Chama presented the bill and a dash‑1 amendment that removes a private right of action, authorizes the Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) to issue educational letters for first violations and retains a structured penalty system for subsequent violations, with a maximum of $10,000 for related violations within a year. The dash‑1 also exempts the Oregon Employment Department from the definition of employment agency to…
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