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Committee advances ordinance banning employers from asking salary history
Summary
The Government Audit & Oversight Committee advanced an ordinance that would bar employers from asking applicants about current or past salaries, clarify limits on using salary history to justify pay gaps, and allow complaints to the Office of Labor Standards Enforcement; amendments were adopted and the item was sent to the full Board with recommendation.
Acting Committee Chair Aaron Peskin said the Government Audit & Oversight Committee advanced an ordinance on June 21 that would prohibit employers from asking job applicants about their current or past salary and would restrict the use and disclosure of employee salary history.
Kanishka Karnarathna, an aide to Supervisor Mark Farrell, told the committee the ordinance “simply bans reliance on…
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