Governor Maura T. Healey today signed into law An Act relative to salary range transparency (H.4890), which increases equity and transparency in pay by requiring employers to disclose salary ranges and protecting an employee’s right to ask for salary ranges…
The legislation requires public and private employers with 25 or more employees to disclose pay ranges in job postings, provide the pay range of a position to an employee who is offered a promotion or transfer and, on request, provide the pay range to employees who already hold that position or are applying for it. The Attorney General’s Office will conduct a public awareness campaign on these new rules.
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Governor Healey Signs Wage Equity Legislation
Effective Date: 10/29/25
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The law grants the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office exclusive authority to enforce its provisions. Employers found in violation of the law will face the following penalties:
- First offense: A warning
- Second offense: A fine of up to $500
- Third offense: A fine of up to $1,000
- Subsequent offenses: Fines that escalate per Massachusetts labor laws, potentially reaching up to $25,000.
For the first two years of the law’s implementation, employers will have a two-day grace period to correct violations without facing penalties.
Massachusetts’ Salary Range Transparency Law: Key Requirements for Employers
Verrill | Dec 2024
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey on July 31, 2024, signed into law An Act Relative to Salary Range Transparency (the Act), which will implement pay-transparency requirements in Massachusetts. The Act will take effect on Oct. 29, 2025, and it requires disclosure of salary information in job postings and reporting of pay data to the Commonwealth.
Massachusetts Enacts Pay-Transparency Requirements for Employers
Holland & Knight | Aug 2024
Employers with more than 25 employees in Massachusetts will soon need to disclose salary range information on job postings and provide certain pay range information to current employees. Thanks to the sweeping bill signed into effect yesterday by Governor Healey, Massachusetts will become the 11th state to mandate pay transparency by requiring employers to disclose salary ranges. Here’s what Massachusetts employers need to know about the new law that will take effect next year – and a few steps you can take to prepare for the new requirements.
Massachusetts Joins Growing List of Jurisdictions to Require Pay Transparency and Pay Data Reporting
Fisher Phillips | Aug 2024
After an extended legislative process, pay transparency requirements are coming for Massachusetts employers. On July 24, 2024, the Massachusetts House and Senate passed a bill requiring employers with over 25 or more employees in the Commonwealth to disclose salary range information on job postings, and to provide pay range information to current employees in certain circumstances. The legislation also requires private employers with 100 or more Massachusetts employees to submit EEO and pay data to the Commonwealth annually for purposes of aggregated public reporting by the Massachusetts Department of Labor. Governor Healey is expected to sign the bill into law promptly.
Massachusetts Legislature Passes Pay Transparency Bill
Seyfarth | Jul 2024
Effective one-year after Governor Maura Healy signs the legislation, employers with more than 25 employees in the Commonwealth will be required to disclose salary range information on job postings and to provide pay range information to current employees in certain circumstances. Given Governor Healy’s past efforts to achieve pay equality in the Commonwealth, we expect her to sign the bill.
Employers with 100 or more Massachusetts employees will have the additional requirement of submitting equal employment opportunity (EEO) and pay data annually to the Commonwealth. The first round of EEO reporting for covered employers will be due by February 1, 2025.
What Employers Need to Know About the New Massachusetts Pay Transparency Law
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