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The New York Office of the Attorney General is a state agency responsible for enforcing laws and protecting the rights of New York residents. As the chief legal officer for the state, the Attorney General's office investigates and prosecutes cases involving consumer fraud, civil rights violations, and other legal matters.
Operating a startup is complex. Founders and leadership teams need to juggle competing priorities, from seeking funding to managing the team to attending to an array of human resources, accounting, and administrative tasks. Operating a business that employs workers in multiple states is even more complicated: If your business is incorporated in Delaware and you want to hire remote employees in Maine, Nevada, and Arizona, the HR, accounting, and admin tasks quadruple.
Salary transparency laws are a relatively new phenomenon in the US—until Colorado enacted the 2021 Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, no US jurisdictions required businesses to disclose pay information to employees or the public.
Since 2021, eight additional states and multiple jurisdictions have passed similar laws. An increasing number of legislators and policy groups have also called for additional action, identifying wage secrecy as a contributor to both the gender pay gap and wage gaps affecting people of color—and citing a growing body of research showing that salary transparency can increase pay equity.
In California, the balance between workplace productivity and personal privacy is an important dialogue for both employers and employees. At the heart of this conversation lies a strong framework of employee privacy rights rooted deeply in the state’s constitution.
These rights safeguard employees from undue intrusion by employers into their personal lives and ensure that personal matters remain personal.
Understanding these rights is significant for fostering a respectful and trusting workplace environment.
Kaitlin Edwards |Mar 14, 2024
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