Official Website administered by the State Treasurer and Receiver General of Massachusetts
Deborah B. Goldberg
Official Website administered by the State Treasurer and Receiver General of Massachusetts
Deborah B. Goldberg
August 3, 2016
The Huffington Post // Emily Peck
In 1945 Massachusetts passed the nation’s first law which prohibited employers from paying men and women differently for the same work. 71 years later, Massachusetts passed the country’s most robust equal pay law, which bans salary history from the hiring process in an effort to end cycles of gender based wage discrimination. The Huffington Post reports that employers can still pay men and women differently based on seniority, merit, productivity, education, training, and cost of living or travel.
