Is Pay Transparency And Reporting Coming To Massachusetts?

Massachusetts employers should keep an eye on a flurry of proposed legislation recently filed in both the state House of Representatives and Senate. One bill would impose new pay transparency obligations on Massachusetts employers. Another would require Massachusetts employers to report pay data to state regulators and create reporting obligations that go beyond similar obligations in place in other states.

Specifically, House Docket (HD) 2814 would require businesses that employ fifteen or more employees (full or part-time) in Massachusetts to disclose the "pay range" of a particular job: (i) in any job advertisement or posting, (ii) to an employee offered a promotion or transfer, (iii) to an employee in a specific position upon request, and (iv) to an applicant upon request. "Pay range" is defined as the "annual salary range or hourly wage range or other compensation that the employer reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for such position at that time."