The Legal Lounge: 4 Reasons to Ask About Salary History — and Why They Are Wrong

Over the past few years, an increasing number of states (17 to date) and localities have banned employers from asking candidates about their salary histories. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has even held that salary history can never be “a factor other than sex” under the Equal Pay Act — which is currently making headlines given that the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) recently expressed a desire to overturn that decision.