HB3129 Summary

• Amends the Equal Pay Act to expand pay discrimination protections to include race-based pay discrimination for African-American employees using the same standards as sex-based discrimination.

• Requires employers with 15 or more employees to include pay scale and benefits information in all job postings, either directly or via hyperlink to a publicly accessible webpage.

• Prohibits employers from screening job applicants based on current or prior wage history and forbids requesting salary history as a condition of employment, interview, or job offers.

• Requires internal promotion opportunities to be posted to all current employees no later than 14 calendar days after an external job posting is made.

• Establishes graduated penalties for violations ranging from $250 to $10,000 depending on employer size and offense number, with cure periods of 7-14 days for active job posting violations.