Philadelphia State’s capital, Philadelphia will soon be one of the first US cities to make it illegal for employers to ask job applicants about their wage history. The aim is to tackle the gender wage gap, against a backdrop of a growing trend where associations are taking action with democrat majority held local authorities to secure some progress that they can no longer hope for at State or Federal level.
Passed unanimously by Philadelphia’s City Council and with democrat Mayor Jim Kenney’s promise to sign it into law as soon as possible, a new wage discrimination bill will enter into force 120 days after it gets the official sign-off. Philadelphia’s initiative is part of a new trend. Lawyers and progressive thinkers and actors have lost hope in both the Republican dominated Congress, which is firmly opposed to such measures and in President Trump. Lobbyists are focusing their efforts at the...
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