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To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to require an employer providing an employment opportunity to disclose the wage range for such employment opportunity to employees and applicants for employment, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act to require employers to disclose wage or salary ranges for employment opportunities. Employers must include wage ranges in all public and internal job postings, disclose ranges to applicants before discussing compensation, and provide ranges to current employees upon hire, annually, and upon request. The bill prohibits retaliation against employees or applicants who request wage range information. Violations result in civil penalties of $5,000 for the first violation and $1,000 more for each subsequent violation (up to $10,000), plus employees may sue for statutory damages of $1,000 to $10,000 or actual damages, whichever is greater, plus attorney fees.
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- Mar 10, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
- Mar 10, 2025 Introduced in House
- Mar 10, 2025 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E198)
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 10, 2025
Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to require an employer providing an employment opportunity to disclose the wage range for such employment opportunity to employees and applicants for employment, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Salary Transparency Act”.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO WAGE DISCLOSURES.
(a) In General.—The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 7 the following new section:
“SEC. 8. REQUIREMENTS AND PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO WAGE DISCLOSURES.
“(a) In General.—It shall be an unlawful practice for an employer to—
“(1) fail or refuse to disclose, in any public or internal posting for an employment opportunity, the wage or wage range for such employment opportunity;
“(2) in any case in which a public or internal posting for an employment opportunity has not been made available to an applicant for such employment opportunity, fail or refuse to disclose to such applicant the wage or wage range for such employment opportunity prior to discussing compensation with the applicant and at any time upon the applicant’s request;
“(3) fail or refuse to disclose to an employee the wage or wage range for the employee’s position upon hire and at least annually thereafter and at any time upon the employee’s request; or
“(4) refuse to interview, hire, promote, or employ an employee or applicant for employment, or in any other manner retaliate against an employee or applicant for employment, for exercising any rights under this section.
“(b) Definition.—In this section, the term ‘wage range’, with respect to an employment opportunity, means the range of wages, or salaries and other forms of compensation, that the employer providing such employment opportunity anticipates in good faith relying on in setting the pay for such employment opportunity. Such term may include reference to any applicable pay scale, previously determined wage range for the position, the actual wage range for those currently holding equivalent positions, or the budgeted amount for the position, as applicable. For the purposes of subsection (a)(3), such term may include reference to any applicable pay scale, previously determined wage range for the position, or the wage range for incumbents in equivalent positions, as applicable.”.
(b) Penalties.—Section 16 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 216) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(f)(1) Any person who violates the provisions of section 8 shall—
“(A) be subject to a civil penalty of $5,000 for a first violation, increased by an additional $1,000 for each subsequent violation, not to exceed $10,000; and
“(B) be liable to each employee or applicant for employment who was the subject of the violation for statutory damages between $1,000 and $10,000, or actual damages, whichever is greater, plus reasonable attorneys’ fees, and shall be subject to such injunctive relief as may be appropriate.
“(2) An action to recover the liability described in paragraph
(1)(B) may be maintained against any employer (including a public agency) in any Federal or State court of competent jurisdiction by any one or more employees or applicants for employment for and on behalf of—
“(A) the employees or applicants for employment; and
“(B) other employees or applicants for employment similarly situated.”. <all>
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