Understand Pay Transparency and Your Rights as a Job Seeker
What do Colorado’s pioneering pay transparency laws mean for your job search?
Bossed Up · Emilie Aries, Louise Myrland
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Show Notes
Initiatives to address pay gaps are spreading across the country. My home state of Colorado is a trailblazer in this quest, and people like today’s guest are spearheading policies that are changing the landscape nationwide. Louise Myrland, the VP of Programs for the Women’s Foundation of Colorado, joins me today to discuss Colorado’s historic pay transparency law, its nationwide impact, and new data showing the profound effects this groundbreaking legislation has had on the careers and lives of women in Colorado - as well as job-seekers everywhere.
Leverage Louise’s knowledge of this game-changing policy:
- Learn your rights as a job seeker;
- Discover how this legislation expands the rights of already-employed workers, too;
- Interview tips for navigating outlawed salary questions;
- The fascinating numbers behind our country’s closing gender wage gap.
Related Links:
- Learn more about The Women’s Foundation of Colorado and access many helpful resources - https://www.wfco.org
- Explore Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act - https://cdle.colorado.gov/dlss/equal-pay-for-equal-work-act
- The Women’s Foundation of Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work 2023 report - https://www.wfco.org/equalpay
- Learn more about Colorado’s Department of Labor and Employment - https://cdle.colorado.gov/labor-law-stats/demands-complaints-responses-and-settlements
- Press release for Equal Pay Day News - https://www.wfco.org/file/Equal-Pay-Day-News-Release-2024-updated.pdf
- Download the Bossed Up Negotiation Guide for job seekers - https://www.bossedup.org/negotiation
- Listen to episode 444, Are Pay Transparency Laws Working? - https://www.bossedup.org/podcast/episode444
- HIRED: my Job Search Accelerator - https://www.bossedup.org/gethired
- Find forms for reporting employers on equal pay rights and more here - http://bosssedup.org/takeaction
- Bossed Up Courage Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/927776673968737/
- Bossed Up LinkedIn Group - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/7071888/
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