SSB 5408: Allowing for corrections to wage and salary disclosures.

What this bill does

Requires an employer to be given written notice of an alleged violation of wage and salary disclosure requirements in a job posting before a job applicant may seek administrative remedies or file a private civil action. Provides that an employer may not be subject to penalties or other damages if the employer corrects a job posting within 14 calendar days of receiving the written notice.

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Floor votes

• House: Final Passage as Amended by the House · April 15, 2025
  94 yea · 1 nay · 3 not voting
• Senate: Final Passage as Amended by the House · April 22, 2025
  47 yea · 1 nay
• Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 28, 2025
  41 yea · 7 nay · 1 not voting

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