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Well,
the
wage
equity
issue
has
been
talked
about.
A
lot
comes
from
one
Reynolds
brown
and
the
co-sponsor
this
bill
has
talked
about
in
Council
for
years.
It
was
an
issue
in
the
presidential
election
and
in
doing
research
we
found
that
there
was
a
law
that
has
been
proposed
and
actually
passed
in
Massachusetts,
which
would
stop
employers
from
asking
just
one
question:
what
was
your
past
salary?
They
can't
ask,
and
this
bill
is
a
very
simple
bill.
It
just
basically
says
either
in
writing
or
verbally.
You
cannot
ask
what
a
person's
past
salary
is.
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A
Well,
it
lets
all
applicants
start
on
an
equal
plane.
It
lets
the
applicant
be
able
to
present
his
or
her
credentials
to
negotiate
his
or
her
salary
without
starting
from
what
really
is
an
unfair
disadvantage.
If
you
will
for
particularly
women
workers,
because
historically,
women
have
made
less
for
the
same
job
than
men
have.
A
Again,
at
just
one
question
is
not
allowed
what
what
is
your
pet?
What
is
your
present
salary,
or
what
is
your
pay?
A
salary?
You
cannot
ask
about
past
salary,
that's
that's
it.
You
know,
doesn't
stop
negotiations,
it
doesn't
stop
offering
from
both
employer
and
prospective
employee.
Doesn't
stop
any
kind
of
that
discussion.
It
just
basically
stops
people
from
starting
and
again.
What
we
feel
is
an
unfair
point,
which
is
what
is
your
past
hour
mm-hm?
We
have.
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A
You
can
ask
there
at
this
point
in
this,
at
least
in
the
first
interview
cannot
ask
if
somebody
has
a
criminal
record,
there's
a
lot
of
different
examples
of
what
you
cannot
ask
somebody,
because
again
the
whole
idea
behind
this
law
and
all
those
all
those
kind
of
laws
is
fairness.
You
know,
and
we
want
people
to
be
treated
fairly
and
equally,
and
so
you
take
away
those
questions
if
you
will
that
that
can
perpetuate
the
unfairness.
A
Questions
that
could
be
asked
that
that
do
not
involve
violating
this
particular
law.
What
do
you
think
you
should
make
if
you're
an
employer,
you
say
I'm
thinking
about
a
salary
of,
for
example,
sixty
thousand
dollars?
What
do
you
think
about
that?
If
you
do
not
agree
with
that,
sorry,
why
do
you
think
you
should
make
more
any
of
that
kind
of
thing
and
by
the
way
the
the
prospective
employee
does
have
the
right
to
bring
up
his
or
her
present
salary?
If
they
choose
it
and
then
that's
obviously
part
of
the
discussion.