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Michigan

MI PA 337

2024 | Fair Pay, Minimum Wage, Retaliation


STATUS: Enacted

A 2024 Michigan Supreme Court decision reestablished the original version of this law as adopted in 2018. The law gradually raises the minimum wage to $12/ hour by 2028, and gradually increases the minimum tipped wage to match the minimum wage by 2029.

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Massachusetts

MA H.B. 4890

2024 | Fair Pay, Pay Secrecy Prohibitions, Pay Transparency, Remedies Fair Pay, Retaliation, Salary Range


STATUS: Enacted

This law requires employers with 25 or more employees to include the pay range in any job posting. It also requires employers with 100 or more employees to file federal EEO reports with the state.

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Maryland

MD SB 525

2024 | Fair Pay, Pay Transparency, Retaliation, Salary Range


STATUS: Enacted

This law requires employers to disclose wage range and benefits in job postings and to applicants. Employers are also required to set wage ranges in good faith.

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Colorado

CO SB 19-085

2019 | Defenses, Equal Pay, Fair Pay, Legal Deadlines, Pay Transparency, Prior Salary, Protected Classes, Remedies Fair Pay, Retaliation, Work Comparisons


STATUS: Enacted

Comprehensive state equal pay law requiring equal pay for substantially similar work for employees of a different sex, or different sex in combination with another protected status; prohibiting employer inquiry into prior salary; adding pay transparency requirements; and providing remedies for violations of the law.

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Wyoming

WY HB 0071

2019 | Fair Pay, Remedies Fair Pay, Retaliation


STATUS: Enacted

Amended employer penalties for violations of the existing equal pay law and/or retaliation against employees.

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Nebraska

NE LB 217

2019 | Fair Pay, Pay Transparency, Retaliation


STATUS: Enacted

Ensures that workers can discuss their salaries without retaliation.

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Alabama

AL HB 225

2019 | Defenses, Equal Pay, Fair Pay, Legal Deadlines, Prior Salary, Retaliation


STATUS: Enacted

State Equal Pay Act prohibiting compensation discrimination on the basis of sex or race for equal work with certain enumerated defenses and prohibiting employer retaliation against potential employees for failure to provide a record of their prior wage history.

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West Virginia

WV §21-5B-3

| Equal Pay, Fair Pay, Retaliation, Work Comparisons


STATUS: Enacted

The West Virginia Equal Pay Act prohibits private and public employers from paying wages to any employee at a rate less than the rate paid to employees of the opposite sex for work of comparable character, the performance of which requires comparable skills. It also prohibits retaliation against employees who file or otherwise participate in an investigation regarding equal pay claims.

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Tennessee

Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-2-201, et. seq.

2014 | Equal Pay, Fair Pay, Retaliation, Work Comparisons


STATUS: Enacted

Prohibits wage discrimination on the basis of sex for comparable work on jobs that require comparable skill, effort, and responsibility, and that are performed under similar working conditions.

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