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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2814 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1849 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Josh S. Cutler and Brandy Fluker Oakley |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to salary range transparency. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Josh S. Cutler6th Plymouth1/19/2023Brandy Fluker Oakley12th Suffolk1/23/2023Chynah Tyler7th Suffolk1/23/2023Mindy Domb3rd Hampshire1/23/2023Smitty Pignatelli3rd Berkshire1/24/2023Patricia D. JehlenSecond Middlesex1/24/2023Kenneth I. Gordon21st Middlesex1/24/2023Francisco E. Paulino16th Essex1/24/2023Brian W. Murray10th Worcester1/25/2023Christopher J. Worrell5th Suffolk1/25/2023Christine P. Barber34th Middlesex1/25/2023Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire1/25/2023Jack Patrick Lewis7th Middlesex1/25/2023Kathleen R. LaNatra12th Plymouth1/26/2023Ruth B. Balser12th Middlesex1/27/2023Sean Garballey23rd Middlesex1/27/2023Steven Owens29th Middlesex1/28/2023William J. Driscoll, Jr.7th Norfolk1/30/2023 2 of 3 |
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| 16 | 16 | | Vanna Howard17th Middlesex1/30/2023Kay Khan11th Middlesex2/1/2023Sally P. Kerans13th Essex2/1/2023Tram T. Nguyen18th Essex2/1/2023Thomas M. Stanley9th Middlesex2/2/2023Michael P. Kushmerek3rd Worcester2/2/2023Carlos González10th Hampden2/2/2023Steven Ultrino33rd Middlesex2/2/2023Carmine Lawrence Gentile13th Middlesex2/2/2023Carol A. Doherty3rd Bristol2/2/2023Christopher M. Markey9th Bristol2/3/2023Susannah M. Whipps2nd Franklin2/3/2023David Paul Linsky5th Middlesex2/6/2023Adrian C. Madaro1st Suffolk2/6/2023Jon Santiago9th Suffolk2/6/2023Rebecca L. RauschNorfolk, Worcester and Middlesex2/6/2023Patricia A. Duffy5th Hampden2/8/2023Jacob R. OliveiraHampden, Hampshire and Worcester2/8/2023Tricia Farley-Bouvier2nd Berkshire2/8/2023David Allen Robertson19th Middlesex2/8/2023Joan Meschino3rd Plymouth2/8/2023Mark J. Cusack5th Norfolk2/9/2023Edward R. Philips8th Norfolk2/9/2023Dylan A. FernandesBarnstable, Dukes and Nantucket2/10/2023Alan Silvia7th Bristol2/10/2023Colleen M. Garry36th Middlesex2/13/2023Jessica Ann Giannino16th Suffolk2/14/2023Jay D. Livingstone8th Suffolk2/14/2023Samantha Montaño15th Suffolk2/20/2023Patricia A. Haddad5th Bristol2/23/2023Shirley B. Arriaga8th Hampden2/28/2023Simon Cataldo14th Middlesex2/28/2023Mathew J. Muratore1st Plymouth3/1/2023Rob Consalvo14th Suffolk3/1/2023Paul R. FeeneyBristol and Norfolk3/5/2023Hannah Kane11th Worcester3/6/2023Michelle L. Ciccolo15th Middlesex3/8/2023Bruce J. Ayers1st Norfolk3/9/2023Russell E. Holmes6th Suffolk3/10/2023 3 of 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | Rodney M. Elliott16th Middlesex3/11/2023Natalie M. Higgins4th Worcester3/12/2023Patrick Joseph Kearney4th Plymouth3/13/2023Marcus S. Vaughn9th Norfolk3/13/2023Christopher Richard Flanagan1st Barnstable3/14/2023Michael D. BradySecond Plymouth and Norfolk3/14/2023Danillo A. Sena37th Middlesex3/14/2023Tommy Vitolo15th Norfolk3/15/2023Adrianne Pusateri Ramos14th Essex3/15/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2814 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 19 | 19 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1849 |
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| 20 | 20 | | By Representatives Cutler of Pembroke and Fluker Oakley of Boston, a petition (accompanied |
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| 21 | 21 | | by bill, House, No. 1849) of Josh S. Cutler, Brandy Fluker Oakley and others relative to salary |
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| 22 | 22 | | range transparency by certain employers. Labor and Workforce Development. |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to salary range transparency. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 149 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2section 105D the following section:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 Section 105E. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4meanings: |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5 “covered employer” shall mean any employer, public or private, that employs 15 or more |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6employees in Massachusetts. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7 “pay range” shall mean the annual salary range or hourly wage range or other |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8compensation that the employer reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for such position at |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9that time. |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10 (b) A covered employer, or agent of said employer, shall disclose the pay range for a |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11particular employment position within the advertising or posting of the position. 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12 (c) A covered employer, or agent of said employer, shall provide the pay range for a |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13particular employment position to an employee offered a promotion or a transfer to a new |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14position. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15 (d) A covered employer, or agent of said employer, shall provide the pay range for a |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16particular employment position to an employee holding such position, or to an applicant for such |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17position, upon request. |
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| 48 | 48 | | 18 (e) It shall be an unlawful practice for any employer to discharge or in any other manner |
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| 49 | 49 | | 19retaliate or discriminate against any employee or applicant because such employee or applicant |
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| 50 | 50 | | 20has opposed any act or practice made unlawful by this section, or has made any complaint to his |
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| 51 | 51 | | 21employer, the attorney general, or any other person, or instituted, or caused to be instituted, any |
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| 52 | 52 | | 22proceeding under or related to this section, or has testified or is about to testify in any such |
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| 53 | 53 | | 23proceeding. |
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| 54 | 54 | | 24 (f) The Attorney General shall enforce this section and may obtain injunctive or |
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| 55 | 55 | | 25declaratory relief for this purpose. Any covered employer who violates this section, including |
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| 56 | 56 | | 26failure to disclose a good-faith pay range, shall be punished by a warning for the first offense and |
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| 57 | 57 | | 27not more than $500 for the second offense. For a third or subsequent offense, violation of this |
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| 58 | 58 | | 28section shall be subject to section 27C(b)(1) and (2) of chapter 149. No violation of this section |
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| 59 | 59 | | 29shall be construed to carry treble damages in chapter 149 section 150. |
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| 60 | 60 | | 30 (g) The Attorney General shall conduct a public awareness outreach campaign, which |
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| 61 | 61 | | 31shall include, but not be limited to, making information available on its website and otherwise |
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| 62 | 62 | | 32informing employers of the provisions of this section. |
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