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AZ HB2337

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/26/2021

Primary Sponsor

Athena Salman

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-fifth Legislature - First Regular Session (2021)

AI Summary

  • Prohibits employers from requiring nondisclosure agreements about wages, requiring employees to sign waivers denying wage disclosure rights, or taking adverse action against employees for discussing their own wages or other employees' wages voluntarily.

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

  • Requires employers to include notice of employee wage disclosure rights in employee handbooks and allows employees to file civil actions for violations, with remedies including reinstatement, unpaid wages recovery, and expungement of adverse records.

  • Amends equal pay law to explicitly prohibit employers from using an employee's prior wage or salary history as a defense in wage discrimination claims.

  • Applies the prior wage history prohibition to all wage or salary discrimination claims under state law, ensuring employers cannot justify current pay disparities based on employees' previous compensation.

Legislative Description

Wage disclosure; employee rights

Employment Practices

Last Action

House read second time

1/27/2021

Committee Referrals

Rules1/27/2021
Commerce1/26/2021

Full Bill Text

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