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John LaFountain
On the 4th of September 2018, Suffolk County legislature has proposed the “Restricting information on salaries and earnings” or the Rise act. Officials claim will “bring about pay equally and prevent discrimination”. The proposed bill was introduced to the Suffolk County legislature by Suffolk County executive Steve Bell. The proposed RISE act would by (at least by intended purpose and in theory) would prohibit employers whose business reside in Suffolk County, from inquiring the wage history (of a potential employee's former and/or current job) for the duration of job interviews and hirings. Bellone claims that the “wage gap that gives women and people of color less capital than their white male counterparts”, and the RISE act would “foster pay equity and prevent discrimination”. Thus the proposed RISE act would act as an effective counterbalance against the alleged “wage gap” that Bellone claims exist in Suffolk county. However, Bellone failed to list any examples of this alleged discrimination, of employers inquiring a future employees wage history. Bellone also did not specify what punishments employers might face if they ask for wage history. Saying that “it was not the responsibility of his office. To reiterate, employers ofter ask for a prospective employees wage history at any previous jobs, which would help the employer and business owner determine the salary of the possible future employee. Bellone claims, that some business owners within the boundaries of Suffolk County, “intentionally exploit” this question “when it comes to wages”. Bellone asserts, that the proposed RISE act will ensure the stipend and pay offered by employers to ethnic minorities and women (who Bellone claims, are affected by the alleged “wage gap”), are instead based on their “responsibility and qualifications” than on their previous wage history at prior jobs. If the legislature of Suffolk County approves the RISE act. It is projected to go into effect on the 30th of June 2018. Information derived from the source The Suffolk County News article County foster's legislation to foster pay equality, by Anthony Perrotta.
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