Employers ‘should be banned from asking what your last job paid you’ to close the gender pay gap

BANNING bosses from asking job applicants about their salary history could close the gender pay gap. According to recruitment experts, questioning job candidates about their previous pay could inadvertently cause inequalities to snowball. That’s because women often start out with lower salaries, which means the hiring practice perpetuates the pay gap. In the US, states like California […]