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Alaska SB78: Rules About Sharing Pay Information

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In one sentence

This law requires employers to list pay in job ads, stops them from asking about past salaries or punishing workers for talking about money, and sets fines for breaking these rules.

What it does

  • Requires employers to include a description of compensation, including salary or range of salaries, in all employment notices, advertisements, or solicitations.
  • Stops employers from banning employees or applicants from sharing their own pay or discussing the pay of others.
  • Prohibits employers from asking job applicants about wages they earned at previous jobs.
  • Forbids employers from firing, disciplining, threatening, discriminating against, or penalizing workers for using these new rights or helping others use them.
  • Allows employees to sue in court for damages, including reinstatement and lost wages, if an employer retaliates against them.
  • Sets state fines between $100 and $2,000 for each violation of the law.

Who it affects

  • Employers including private businesses with one or more employees, the State of Alaska, the University of Alaska, the Alaska Railroad Corporation, and local government units.
  • Employees who work as natural persons rather than independent contractors.
  • Applicants for employment seeking jobs in these workplaces.

Limits and unknowns

  • This law only applies to work performed on or after the date it officially takes effect.
  • Employees are not required by this law to share their pay information if they do not want to, though employers may consider voluntary disclosures when setting pay.
  • The exact text of the summary that must be posted will be approved later by regulations.

Plain language

Terms to know

Retaliation
Punishing an employee, such as firing or disciplining them, because they used a legal right under this law.
Commissioner
The government official who approves the required summary of the law and decides on fines for violations.

Official record

Sources

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Official summary

DISCLOSURE OF WAGE INFORMATION An Act relating to disclosure of information regarding employee compensation by employers, employees, and applicants for employment.

Official activity

Bill history

  1. (S) Heard & HeldText
  2. (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)Text
  3. (H) Minutes (HL&C)Min
  4. (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124Text
  5. (S) REFERRED TO LABOR & COMMERCE1085
  6. (S) FN1: (LWF)1085
  7. (S) NR: KIEHL, MYERS1085
  8. (S) DP: CLAMAN, STEVENS1085
  9. (S) JUD RPT 2DP 2NR1085
  10. (S) Minutes (SJUD)Min
  11. (S) Moved SB 78 Out of CommitteeText
  12. (S) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205Text
  13. (S) Minutes (SJUD)Min
  14. (S) <Bill Hearing Canceled>Text
  15. (S) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205Text
  16. (S) Minutes (SJUD)Min
  17. (S) <Bill Hearing Rescheduled to 04/11/25>Text
  18. (S) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205Text
  19. (S) Minutes (SJUD)Min
  20. (S) Heard & Held -- Agenda Change --Text