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On the recordJune 8, 2021
The issue is, because of the gender wage gap the likelihood that the female applicant's salary history will show a history of much lower earnings than the male applicant is simply why requesting previous salary histories has a disparate impact on female applicants for jobs.
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Raphael Warnock
Democratic · Georgia

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Warnock explains how salary history requests perpetuate the gender wage gap.

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