Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act likely contributed to fewer online job postings in the state, especially for remote positions offered by national employers, while at the same time boosting the number of active jobseekers, according to a new study.
Colorado remote workers need not apply: Companies avoid state due to salary-posting law
Kuhn studied thousands of online job postings in 2020 and 2021 to determine what impact the requirements might have had on the number of online postings on Indeed, the country’s largest job site. He also looked at the share of the working-age population either working or actively looking for work, what is known as the labor force participation rate.
Utah was chosen as the control state to measure against Colorado because it is a regional neighbor, has a growing population with comparable demographics, and its economy is somewhat similar to Colorado with a mix of tourism and technology. Unlike Colorado, it doesn’t have pay disclosure rules. What the study found was that Colorado’s labor force participation was 1.5% higher relative to Utah, which proved helpful given the ultra-tight labor market in recent months. At the same time, daily job postings on Indeed were 8.2% lower in Colorado than in Utah.The shift to remote work because of the pandemic likely contributed to a larger number of job postings across a variety of markets, which might have disadvantaged Colorado.
stating that Colorado applicants need not apply, in part to get around the state disclosure requirements.
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