Rosemary Enright, partner, was recently featured in the Buffalo Business First article “Equal Grounds: Employers Must Do More to Promote Workplace Pay Equity.”
“Another big change becomes official Jan. 6. Employers can no longer request a job applicant’s salary history or retaliate against them if they choose not to share that information … A work-around for employers can be to ask what an applicant’s salary expectations may be, said Rosemary Enright, partner at Barclay Damon LLP.
“It’s all right to say what you are looking for. That’s permissible,” she said. “It’s just (that) you can’t ask what they made in the past.”
By knowing one’s expectations, companies can use that number as a baseline or jumping-off point in negotiations, Enright added.
“You have to start somewhere, and it’s hard to know (what someone may be looking for as compensation),” she said.”
Read the full article here.