California lawmakers are exploring legislation aimed at making it harder for employers to pay men and women differently for the same job.

The bill focuses on the common practice of asking job applicants about their current salary in order to decide what to offer them. The practice makes sense from the perspective of the employer, who does not want to offer applicants much more than it would take to get them to ditch their old job.

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