IA SF187

Employers cannot require employees to refrain from disclosing, discussing, or sharing information about their own or coworkers' wages, benefits, or compensation as a condition of employment

Employers are prohibited from seeking salary history information from job applicants as a condition of interviews or employment, though they may ask what salary level a candidate would require to accept a position

Job postings must include the minimum rate of pay for the position, including overtime and allowances such as tipped wages, and newly hired employees cannot be paid less than the advertised rate

Employers cannot release salary history of current or former employees to prospective employers during the hiring process without written authorization from the employee

Affirmative defenses for pay differentials based on factors like seniority, merit, or production quality only apply if the employer demonstrates the factor is job-related, constitutes a business necessity, and accounts for the entire pay differential in question