To all the jobseekers in the State of Illinois, please be careful when filling out applications for jobs.

Anonymous

March 25,2022 at 11:36PM UTC

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To all the jobseekers in the State of Illinois, please be careful when filling out applications for jobs. The state has implemented a law effective September 2019, it is illegal for employers to ask you for your salary history on job applications as well as in interviews. If you want to volunteer the information that is up to you. The employer cannot consider that information in offering you the job or for consideration of an interview.

I just had this happen recently and just wanted to inform you of this, if you were not aware.

If you are not sure if your state has this law in place, please check and see before completing the application that requires that information.

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