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They don't have more information. They don't know:

- what the prospective employee is currently paid - what the prospective employee would move job for - how serious the alternatives the prospective employee mentions are

Those three are the things the prospective employee knows, that the prospective employer is trying to guess. This new law erodes (and will likely eradicate) the first one, as it's basically a statewide public salary banding system.

Also, this probably isn't all just "labor" jobs. I think it's all jobs.

An employer usually has more information about market prices than an employee because the employer is simply hiring or at least interviewing more often. Plus they might have access to things like https://theworknumber.com/ which can show them accurate pricing nationwide and per applicant (although this CA law would outlaw that).

It should never be relevant to an employer what a candidate is currently being paid.

Also, this probably isn't all just "labor" jobs. I think it's all jobs.

I do not understand this. All jobs involve a worker selling labor to someone else.

It should never be relevant to an employer what a candidate is currently being paid

Well they aren't going to come and work for you unless you pay them more than what they're currently being paid (unless they're moving for something like life reasons) so I don't think there is any more relevant number than that.

It should never be relevant to an employer what a candidate is currently being paid.

Of course it's relevant - it helps them understand what can tempt an employee away from their current job. That's why it's worth hiding it. This law stops it being hidden.

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