On the first of the year, California’s new pay transparency law requiring pay scales in job postings took effect. Although the new legislation was passed in the fall, some requirements of the new law left more room for interpretation than many employers would have wanted. To summarize, Senate Bill 1162 instituted significant changes to pay data reporting and requires employers with 15 or more employees to post a pay scale in any open job posting. Recently, the Labor Commissioner’s Office updated its Frequently Asked Questions on a few key elements of this law which will begin to answer some of the previously unanswered questions posed by employers:
15-Employee Threshold. The job posting requirement of the new law applies to employers with 15 or more employees. However, the statute does not specify how to count the employees for purposes of coverage.
