On June 7, Gov. Ned Lamont signed HB Number 6380, which requires employers to disclose to applicants and employees the salary ranges for positions. Significantly, the law also expands Connecticut’s prohibition of gender-based pay discrimination to require equal pay for “comparable,” as opposed to “equal,” work. The bill, entitled “An Act Concerning the Disclosure of Salary Ranges,” goes into effect Oct. 1.
Under the new law, an employer is prohibited from: