[CydeWeys]

It will help me greatly when job hunting as I will be able to immediately filter out the 90+% of jobs which would be a pay downgrade for me.

These laws don't outlaw negotiation. Not sure what you're talking about there.

[robertlagrant]

If someone is really good but it would take more money than is advertised to tempt them into the new role, what happens?

[lotsofpulp]

I would guess not systemically doing it is covered under it not being a “reasonable” expectation. If you are, over the course of time, paying 70% of the candidates you hire more than your stated top range, that might be a problem.

All the way at the bottom of:

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtm...

>(1) “Pay scale” means the salary or hourly wage range that the employer reasonably expects to pay for the position.

[robertlagrant]

If "reasonable" is as relative as it sounds then this just seems performative.