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by robertlagrant 1388 days ago
If someone is really good but it would take more money than is advertised to tempt them into the new role, what happens?
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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.

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