Q&A
Challenges in implementing wage transparency laws for various hiring scenarios
1:08:55
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3 min
Council Member Williams discusses challenges in implementing wage transparency laws, particularly in scenarios where job responsibilities and compensation may change during the hiring process.
- Concerns about reposting requirements when hired employees are paid outside the original salary range
- Example of a candidate being considered for expanded responsibilities and potentially higher compensation than initially advertised
- Discussion on how to balance transparency requirements with flexibility in hiring decisions
- Acknowledgment of the difficulty in addressing systemic hiring problems through individual job posting requirements
Nantasha M. Williams
1:08:55
Yeah.
1:08:55
I spoke to, some business folks, and and I don't and I know the bill was in Mendez.
1:09:02
I don't know if this is still in there, but there was a conversation around, like, if someone gets hired and they pay them something that is outside of what the the salary range is, like, repost like, the reposting of the job seemed, it it didn't seem like it was a a thing that, 1, made sense or, 2, like, would would help job applicants who are looking on job boards if they already made the offer.
1:09:38
So I like, I was trying to like, some of the things, it's like, how how does to your point, like, how does the employer record keep that information, and how can that information be used to support further wage transparency issues and or disparity issues?
1:09:56
Because they gave an example of, a woman who they interview for one position, and she and, of course, they used the woman as the example.
1:10:05
So, you know, I understand this, but, like, they used the woman as an example that they hired, who they came in and she interviewed for one role.
1:10:14
After speaking to this woman, they learned that she could fulfill all these other roles.
1:10:18
And they started thinking about, like, how they wanted to, like, hire her, but that she probably should get a higher wage.
1:10:26
And they felt like the that this bill would not have allowed them to look at her independently and extrapolate and determine whether or not she should get a higher wage based off of the interview and the fact that they were then now asking her to do other things that were almost, like, com not completely, but somewhat outside of the job description.
1:10:48
So I don't know how this factors into what you're saying, but I just that was, like, one of the the biggest things that they mentioned.
1:10:56
They mentioned other things, but that was the biggest thing that I found was, like, okay.
1:11:00
That sounds like, if it really happened that way, it sounded, you know, fair to kind of inquire how this would impact a decision like that in terms of the actual job description because it's it's going back to the job description.
JoAnn Kamuf Ward
1:11:14
I think just the and this comes up, I think, with a few of the bills.
1:11:17
Like, their structural problems and the solves are coming down to to an individual job posting or an individual notice of a hire.
1:11:24
I think it's very like, thinking about what are the solutions for the systemic structural hiring problems is really challenging.
1:11:31
And I think there's some ways to build elements of transparency into what employers are doing that don't necessarily lead
Hillary Scrivani
1:11:37
to an enforcement fix.
1:11:37
Right?
1:11:37
Like, if if
JoAnn Kamuf Ward
1:11:37
someone is getting offered a wage way below an enforcement fix.
1:11:39
Right?
1:11:39
Like, if if someone is getting offered a wage way below what's in a job posting, like, that that's a hard thing for, like, someone to report, and then we're gonna react, and then the job's gonna be gone.
1:11:48
But I do think some of the ethos of the bills that are talked about today are about having employers post more information so that there's just generally more information available to both applicants and current employees.
