For far too long, employers have used a woman’s previous salary as an excuse for paying her less than a man. No longer will that be possible after a US appeals court ruled that employers cannot justify paying a woman less than a man doing similar work based on her salary history—a move, advocates say, will help close the wage gap between the sexes.
The US just outlawed one of the biggest excuses for the gender pay gap
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