New Employment Laws To Reduce The Gender Wage Gap

1. New Employment Laws to Reduce the Gender Wage Gap

2. First of all, the new laws are set to affect several millions of California women seeking new employment opportunities, as Gov. Brown signed the so-called salary privacy bill, which will once and for all prohibit California employers from inquiring into or relying on the salary history of an applicant to reject his/her employment.

3. Also, it will be illegal to decrease compensation for the position just because the employee used to make less money on a similar position in the past (meaning: it will no longer be legal to pay the new employee less than the company initially budgeted for his/her position).

4. The new law will also require employers to disclose a salary range for a particular position to an employee upon request. Statistics show that women working full time in California and all across the U.S. are typically paid 80% of what men are paid.The new law is supposed to reduce the gender wage gap and make the employment process fairer to those who used to make less money in the past, but want to earn more. Employment law attorneys from the Kaufman Law Firm have explained how the new employment protections will affect California women starting next year

5. New employment laws to allow employees take ‘baby-bonding’ leave Under current California employment laws, both male and female employees in Los Angeles are allowed to take the so-called “baby-bonding” leave for the birth or adoption of a child but only if the employee is working at a company with at least 50 employees.The new employment laws reduced that number to at least 20 employees, a sweeping change that is estimated to make the lives of nearly 3 million California workers easier when giving birth or adopting a child.

6. However, it would be naive to believe that all employers will comply with the new employment laws right away or that they won’t attempt to get round the laws that may eliminate some of their most profitable practices to pay less to employees. Some employers may also attempt to override the new employment laws in Los Angeles by introducing their own policies. But this could be an illegal endeavor that could get them employers in legal trouble.

7. Trying to evade the law and denying employees of fair salaries is a punishable offense. If you believe your employer is trying to cheat the system and evade laws, don’t hesitate to consult their Los Angeles employment law attorney right away.Call the Kaufman Law Firm at 310-981-3404 today to get a free initial consultation.

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