Even though employers shouldn’t be asking and prospective employees shouldn’t be disclosing, the practice of asking for a candidate’s salary history is still common.
In yet another example of the wage gap, according to a study from PayScale, Inc. women who decline to provide information about their salary history end up getting paid less for doing so — as punishment, perhaps? Whatever the reason, women who don’t give a salary history when asked earn 1.8 percent less than those who do provide it.
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