HB 2637 Summary

• Prohibits employers from requiring employees to keep wages confidential, sign nondisclosure agreements about pay, or take adverse employment action against employees who discuss their own wages or other employees' wages voluntarily.

• Bars employers from inquiring about a prospective employee's wage or salary history before making a job offer unless the applicant voluntarily discloses this information.

• Requires employers to include notice of employee rights under this section in employee handbooks and allows employees to sue for violations, with potential remedies including reinstatement, unpaid wages recovery, and expungement of adverse records.

• Extends the statute of limitations for equal pay claims under Arizona law from six months to one year and prohibits employers from using prior wage history as a defense in wage discrimination cases.

• Applies the prohibition on using prior wage history as a defense to all wage or salary discrimination claims under Arizona employment law.