HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2814        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1849

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Josh S. Cutler and Brandy Fluker Oakley

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to salary range transparency.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Josh S. Cutler

6th Plymouth

1/19/2023

Brandy Fluker Oakley

12th Suffolk

1/23/2023

Chynah Tyler

7th Suffolk

1/23/2023

Mindy Domb

3rd Hampshire

1/23/2023

Smitty Pignatelli

3rd Berkshire

1/24/2023

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

1/24/2023

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

1/24/2023

Francisco E. Paulino

16th Essex

1/24/2023

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

1/25/2023

Christopher J. Worrell

5th Suffolk

1/25/2023

Christine P. Barber

34th Middlesex

1/25/2023

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

1/25/2023

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

1/25/2023

Kathleen R. LaNatra

12th Plymouth

1/26/2023

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

1/27/2023

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

1/27/2023

Steven Owens

29th Middlesex

1/28/2023

William J. Driscoll, Jr.

7th Norfolk

1/30/2023

Vanna Howard

17th Middlesex

1/30/2023

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

2/1/2023

Sally P. Kerans

13th Essex

2/1/2023

Tram T. Nguyen

18th Essex

2/1/2023

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

2/2/2023

Michael P. Kushmerek

3rd Worcester

2/2/2023

Carlos González

10th Hampden

2/2/2023

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

2/2/2023

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

2/2/2023

Carol A. Doherty

3rd Bristol

2/2/2023

Christopher M. Markey

9th Bristol

2/3/2023

Susannah M. Whipps

2nd Franklin

2/3/2023

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

2/6/2023

Adrian C. Madaro

1st Suffolk

2/6/2023

Jon Santiago

9th Suffolk

2/6/2023

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex

2/6/2023

Patricia A. Duffy

5th Hampden

2/8/2023

Jacob R. Oliveira

Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester

2/8/2023

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

2nd Berkshire

2/8/2023

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

2/8/2023

Joan Meschino

3rd Plymouth

2/8/2023

Mark J. Cusack

5th Norfolk

2/9/2023

Edward R. Philips

8th Norfolk

2/9/2023

Dylan A. Fernandes

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

2/10/2023

Alan Silvia

7th Bristol

2/10/2023

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

2/13/2023

Jessica Ann Giannino

16th Suffolk

2/14/2023

Jay D. Livingstone

8th Suffolk

2/14/2023

Samantha Montaño

15th Suffolk

2/20/2023

Patricia A. Haddad

5th Bristol

2/23/2023

Shirley B. Arriaga

8th Hampden

2/28/2023

Simon Cataldo

14th Middlesex

2/28/2023

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

3/1/2023

Rob Consalvo

14th Suffolk

3/1/2023

Paul R. Feeney

Bristol and Norfolk

3/5/2023

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

3/6/2023

Michelle L. Ciccolo

15th Middlesex

3/8/2023

Bruce J. Ayers

1st Norfolk

3/9/2023

Russell E. Holmes

6th Suffolk

3/10/2023

Rodney M. Elliott

16th Middlesex

3/11/2023

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

3/12/2023

Patrick Joseph Kearney

4th Plymouth

3/13/2023

Marcus S. Vaughn

9th Norfolk

3/13/2023

Christopher Richard Flanagan

1st Barnstable

3/14/2023

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Norfolk

3/14/2023

Danillo A. Sena

37th Middlesex

3/14/2023

Tommy Vitolo

15th Norfolk

3/15/2023

Adrianne Pusateri Ramos

14th Essex

3/15/2023

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

3/16/2023

Judith A. Garcia

11th Suffolk

3/22/2023

Margaret R. Scarsdale

1st Middlesex

3/24/2023

James C. Arena-DeRosa

8th Middlesex

3/28/2023

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

3/29/2023

Carole A. Fiola

6th Bristol

3/29/2023

Dawne Shand

1st Essex

3/30/2023

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

4/6/2023

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

5/1/2023

Kip A. Diggs

2nd Barnstable

5/3/2023

Lydia Edwards

Third Suffolk

5/10/2023

Frank A. Moran

17th Essex

9/12/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2814        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1849

By Representatives Cutler of Pembroke and Fluker Oakley of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1849) of Josh S. Cutler, Brandy Fluker Oakley and others relative to salary range transparency by certain employers.  Labor and Workforce Development.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act relative to salary range transparency.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Chapter 149 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 105D the following section:- 

Section 105E. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: 

“covered employer” shall mean any employer, public or private, that employs 15 or more employees in Massachusetts. 

“pay range” shall mean the annual salary range or hourly wage range or other compensation that the employer reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for such position at that time. 

(b) A covered employer, or agent of said employer, shall disclose the pay range for a particular employment position within the advertising or posting of the position. 

(c) A covered employer, or agent of said employer, shall provide the pay range for a particular employment position to an employee offered a promotion or a transfer to a new position. 

(d) A covered employer, or agent of said employer, shall provide the pay range for a particular employment position to an employee holding such position, or to an applicant for such position, upon request. 

(e) It shall be an unlawful practice for any employer to discharge or in any other manner retaliate or discriminate against any employee or applicant because such employee or applicant has opposed any act or practice made unlawful by this section, or has made any complaint to his employer, the attorney general, or any other person, or instituted, or caused to be instituted, any proceeding under or related to this section, or has testified or is about to testify in any such proceeding. 

(f) The Attorney General shall enforce this section and may obtain injunctive or declaratory relief for this purpose. Any covered employer who violates this section, including failure to disclose a good-faith pay range, shall be punished by a warning for the first offense and not more than $500 for the second offense. For a third or subsequent offense, violation of this section shall be subject to section 27C(b)(1) and (2) of chapter 149. No violation of this section shall be construed to carry treble damages in chapter 149 section 150. 

(g) The Attorney General shall conduct a public awareness outreach campaign, which shall include, but not be limited to, making information available on its website and otherwise informing employers of the provisions of this section.