What's New in State Laws: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Equal Pay

New law increases equity and transparency in pay by requiring employers to disclose salary ranges and protects an employee's right to ask for salary ranges.  Specifically, the law: (a) requires public and private employers with 25 or more employees to disclose pay ranges in job postings, provide the pay range of a position to an employee who is offered a transfer or promotion, and, upon request, provide the pay range to employees who already hold that position or are applying for it; (b) requires public and private employers within 100 or more employees to submit wage data reports to the state; (c) gives enforcement authority to the Massachusetts Attorney General's office along with the ability to impose fines or civil citations for violations of the law; and (d) provides protections via the Massachusetts Attorney General's office against retaliation for asking for salary ranges when applying for a job or promotion (HB 4890, 193rd Gen. Ct. (Mass. 2024), effective Oct. 29, 2024.

Source(s): Gallagher via Wolters Kluwer, received on October 8, 2024; HB4890, accessed on October 11, 2024.

 This was an e-mail Compliance received from Gallagher "Compliance Directions", received on Tuesday October 8, 2024.  We decided to break the information out by State.  Compliance Calendar will be updated appropriately.