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WORK / PAY TRANSPARENCY

The Posting Had No Pay Range. Keep the Screenshot and the Rule It Cites

Preserve a pay-transparency evidence file: the posting, the range, the timeline, and the enforcing agency. It runs locally in this browser and sends nothing.

LIMIT FIRST: This is a record-keeping aid, not legal or tax advice. It cannot compel a payment, overturn a deactivation, or determine whether a specific practice is unlawful.
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Rule status (state route): in force: pay-range posting duties are state law in a growing set of states (including CO, CA, NY, WA, HI and IL under their own terms); there is no federal posting rule for private employers. The governing statute and its effective date are the ones in the state where the job is posted; statutes reviewed 2026-10-03. state where the job is posted.

Automated decision this documents: AI-assisted candidate screening that can be tuned against a posted range

Free path, in order (no cost):

  1. Your state labour or civil-rights agency (the pay-transparency rule names it)
  2. State attorney general's consumer division (usa.gov/state-attorney-general)
  3. Legal aid intake through lawhelp.org

What this cannot do: It cannot compel a payment, overturn a deactivation, or determine whether a specific practice is unlawful.

Sources checked 2026-10-03 · source bank reviewed against the live pages listed in metadata.

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