Colorado wage transparency equal pay requirements, sample job postings?

Effective January 1, 2021, as previously discussed, including in this firm’s recent on-demand complimentary webinar, Colorado employers — and out-of-state employers posting within Colorado even by the Internet — face new requirements that include having to post a good faith range of wages and a general description of benefits in all job opening postings. These new laws also impose (internal) promotional-opportunity notice obligations, which in turn also include obligations to disclose wage and benefit levels. Employers are reminded they block pay-history questions, and that another recent Colorado law includes ban-the-box prohibitions that now according to recent guidance by the CDLE prohibit saying “background checks required.” How are employers complying? A first-day review of sample Internet job postings on sites such as Indeed and Monster suggest at least some employers are posting along the following lines:

Job title

Business-name

City, CO

$x-$y (where so far the most common range seems to spread across a difference ($y-$x) of $5-10,000 for salary and $2-4 for hourly positions)

General description of position, like “Acme corp  is hiring managers to oversee an exciting team of workers to do such-and-such work”

Bonus incentives available

Medical, dental and vision elections available

401(k) with company match

Is that sufficient? Are pay ranges greater than $5-10,000 too much? At least one public posting had a spread of almost $50,000, is that too much, could it be based on a “good faith’ estimate of actual pay? Must bonus disclosures include more information than that, must they state a good faith estimated dollar range? Stay tuned as postings eventually begin to face scrutiny by the CDLE and courts.

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  1. Carol Stephenson
    Carol Stephenson says:

    Posting salary positions within a 5 -10k range seems low in my opinion. I would more likely post within 20k range for salary and $1 – $3 range in my line of work. I don’t think there is a one size fits all.
    As for bonuses, percentage of salary should be posted based on certain criteria and possibly time of year the bonus is paid out, but not dollar amount.
    Benefits should be more specific, 401k match is what percentage?
    Eligibility of benefits?

    I’ll be very curious to see how positions are now posted and learn from them.

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