Massachusetts is set to significantly enhance pay equity with its Bill H.4890, impacting employers across the state. As of August 2025, this law will require employers to disclose pay ranges in job postings, empowering job seekers and fostering greater transparency. For companies hiring in Massachusetts, proactive preparation and effortless compliance are crucial.
Key Requirements of Massachusetts Pay Transparency Bill H.4890:
- Pay Range in Job Postings: As of August 2025, the Massachusetts Bill H.4890 requires employers with 25 or more employees in Massachusetts to disclose the “pay range” for a position in any job posting or advertisement intended to recruit job applicants.
- “Good Faith” Range: The disclosed pay range must be a “good faith” estimate of the compensation for the position.
- Application to Remote Roles: The requirement applies to remote job postings where the employee may perform the job in Massachusetts.
- No Salary History Inquiries: While not explicitly part of H.4890, Massachusetts already has laws prohibiting employers from seeking or requiring an applicant’s salary history.
How Datapeople Helps You Prepare for Massachusetts’s Law:
Datapeople’s platform is designed to streamline compliance with upcoming pay transparency laws like Massachusetts’s, ensuring your job posts are both effective and legally ready.
- Proactive Alerts & Guidance: Datapeople can be configured to provide alerts and prompts for Massachusetts-based roles as the August 2025 effective date approaches, ensuring your team is ready well in advance.
- Location-Based Compliance: The system provides specific guidance tailored to Massachusetts’s requirements, helping you understand what precise information needs to be included.
- Standardized Language & Best Practices: Datapeople helps standardize the presentation of pay information across all your job postings, ensuring consistency, clarity, and adherence to the “good faith” requirement.
- Reduced Risk: By guiding your team through the disclosure process, Datapeople helps reduce the risk of non-compliance once the law takes effect, protecting your employer brand in Massachusetts.
By leveraging Datapeople, you can confidently prepare for Massachusetts’s pay transparency landscape, attract a more informed applicant pool, and maintain a compliant and equitable hiring process.
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