NYC Enacts Salary History Ban

Performers and talent agents should be aware of the New York City Salary History ban that went into effect Oct. 31. Public and private employers will no longer be able to ask a job applicant (or their current or former employers) about their salary or benefits during any stage of the hiring process. However, performers and their agents will still be able to voluntarily state and leverage their own salary history, so long as the agent has secured permission from the performer to do so. The salary history ban is an effort to end the cycle of inequity and discrimination in the workplace that keeps women and people of color underpaid for equal work. To learn more about this law, please see the NYC Human Rights’ Salary History Law page.

This article was originally featured in the November 2017 local e-newsletter.