Bill > H0615

Introduced Session

This bill proposes to: (1) amend the law protecting applicants for employment from inquiries regarding their current or past compensation by: (A) requiring employers to disclose the pay scale for a specific position or job title to applicants for employment and employees who currently hold that position or job; VT LEG #359032 v.2 H.615 (B) prohibiting an employer from disclosing a current or former employeeâ??s compensation history without the employeeâ??s authorization unless the employeeâ??s compensation is publicly available; and (C) if an employer learns an applicantâ??s current or former compensation, prohibiting the employer from using that information to determine the compensation offered to the applicant; (2) require employers with 10 or more employees to annually submit to the Department of Labor information regarding compensation paid to their employees that is broken down by gender and race and to require the Department of Labor to publish that information in a searchable format on a publicly accessibly website; and (3) amend Vermontâ??s wage discrimination statute to prohibit wage discrimination on the basis of race or gender identity.

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Emma Mulvaney-Stanak (D)*,  Peter Anthony (D),  Tiff Bluemle (D),  Elizabeth Burrows (D),  Brian Cina (D),  Sara Coffey (D),  Selene Colburn (D),  Leslie Goldman (D),  Mary Howard (D),  John Killacky (D),  Emilie Kornheiser (D),  Taylor Small (D),  Gabrielle Stebbins (D),  Heather Surprenant (D),  Tanya Vyhovsky (D),  Tommy Walz (D), 

House Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs Hearing (00:00 2/4/2022 ) (on 02/04/2022)

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