NYC Poised to Ban Firms From Asking Job Candidates About Pay
- Measure aims to reduce gender and race pay gaps, advocate says
- Financial industry has one of the largest discrepancies
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The New York City Council is expected to approve Wednesday a measure that will forbid companies from asking job applicants how much they earned in previous positions, a practice some say keeps women from earning as much as men.
“This bill will go a long way in addressing wage disparities women--and particularly women of color--face,” said Public Advocate Letitia James, who sponsored the measure. White women in New York earn on average 84 percent of what white men earn, while Asian women earn 63 percent, black women earn 55 percent and Hispanic women just 46 percent, according to a report from the advocate’s office, based on U.S. Census data.