[singron]

The scariest thing about the salary transparency laws is that it makes it blindingly obvious that companies do not regularly follow the law. Adherence is both very public and easy, but imagine all the other laws being broken all the time that aren't as trivial to comply with.

[mx_02]

Do you mean it's a bad thing about the law? Or is a bad thing that is seeing the sunlight due to the law?

[dmoy]

Almost certainly the latter

[melvinmelih]

Since the job listings are public it should be trivial to compile a public shame list of companies who still do not follow the rules in those states.

[toomuchtodo]

Perhaps you could also use such a list to seek damages in states where the law allows for it (Washington state [1]) and provide the list to states where damages are not provided to encourage lawmakers to make the policy more robust.

> If a company violates the new requirement [2], “a job applicant or an employee” is entitled to remedies, according to a state Legislature website. Those remedies could include up to $5,000 in compensation [3].

[1] https://www.seattletimes.com/business/months-after-wa-employ... ("Months after WA employers required to share pay info, a flood of lawsuits")

[2] https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=49.58.110

[3] https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=49.58.060

[anotherhue]

I think you are assuming that companies feel shame, at best they feel loss, and then only if it's a significant percentage of profits.