Salary History Question Prohibition Act

Sponsor: Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic-DC)March 18, 2025

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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Bans employers from asking about past pay, helping job seekers get fairer offers.

This bill would stop employers from asking about your past pay or using it to decide your new salary. It aims to ensure job offers are based on the job's value and your skills, not what you earned before. Employers who break these rules could face fines and have to pay damages.

What Would Change

Today, employers can generally ask about and use a job applicant's past pay history to make hiring and salary decisions. After this bill, employers would be banned from asking about or using a job applicant's past pay history. If they break this rule, they could face fines of up to $10,000. They would also have to pay up to $10,000 in damages to the affected person.

Key Provisions

Bans employers from asking job applicants about their past wages.
Blocks employers from using a job applicant's past wages to decide if they qualify for a job.
Prevents employers from using a job applicant's past wages to set their new salary. An exception applies if the applicant voluntarily shares this information after a job offer is made, specifically to negotiate a higher offer.
Protects employees and job applicants from being punished for speaking out against these new rules.
Sets a civil penalty of $5,000 for a first violation, increasing by $1,000 for each repeat offense, up to $10,000.
Requires employers to pay up to $10,000 in damages plus legal fees to affected individuals if they break the rules.

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HR 2219 · 119th Congress · March 18, 2025 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 10/10

Salary History Question Prohibition Act

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