The state of California, one of two states (Illinois being the other) with pay reporting requirements in effect, is about to expand those requirements as well as add California to the growing list of state and local jurisdictions that require employers to include salary information in job postings. The new requirements are contained in a bill (S.B. 1162) recently approved by the state legislature that California Governor Gavin Newson is expected to sign into law before the end of the month.
Among other things, S. 1162 expands the state’s current pay data reporting program by requiring covered employers to include the median and mean hourly rate of pay for each combination of race, ethnicity, and sex within each category with the annual report.
Assuming the bill is signed into law, covered employers will have until January 1, 2023, to begin including salary information in job postings. The pay data report changes would take effect beginning with the next reporting cycle filing deadline, which as amended by S. 1162 will now be the second Wednesday in May, or May 10, 2023.
Members of the Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC) can read more here.