H.B. 385 Summary

• Prohibits state agencies from requiring employees to keep wages confidential or from inquiring about, discussing, or disclosing their own wages or other employees' wages.

• Prohibits state agencies from seeking wage or salary history from prospective employees or requiring that prior wage history meet certain criteria.

• Prohibits state agencies from discharging or retaliating against employees or prospective employees who discuss wages or oppose prohibited wage-related practices.

• Allows state agencies that violate these prohibitions to be subject to civil actions for damages, injunctive relief, or other appropriate relief.

• Creates a five-member Wage Disparity Study Committee appointed by the House leadership to examine the effect of wage discussion prohibitions on wage disparities and employee attitudes, with a report due five years after the committee's first meeting.