Bloomberg Law: California Lawmakers Want Narrower Pay Ranges in Job Postings

March 5. 2025

Policy Director & Deputy Legal Director Jessica Ramsey Stender is featured in a Bloomberg Law article about California Senate Bill 642, which is a priority bill of our Stronger CA campaign.

“There are a lot of employers who engaging in good faith efforts to come up with reasonable pay ranges they reasonably believe apply to the position for which they are hiring. There have been examples of some employers posting pay ranges that are on their face not reasonable,” Jessica Ramey Stender, policy director and deputy legal director at the Equal Rights Advocates, said in an interview. The organization, which advocates on gender issues in workplaces and schools, backs the bill.

Read the article, or click here for PDF version of the article (bypass the paywall).