HB 560 — An Act amending the act of December 17, 1959 (P.L.1913, No.694), known as the Equal Pay Law, providing for pay ranges.

PRINTER'S NO.   564

                        THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                            HOUSE BILL
                            No. 560
                                                   Session of
                                                     2025

     INTRODUCED BY ISAACSON, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, CERRATO, DONAHUE, GIRAL,
        GREEN, HILL-EVANS, HOWARD, KENYATTA, OTTEN AND SANCHEZ,
        FEBRUARY 12, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, FEBRUARY 12, 2025


                                       AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of December 17, 1959 (P.L.1913, No.694),
 2      entitled "An act prohibiting discrimination in rate of pay
 3      because of sex; conferring powers and imposing duties on the
 4      Department of Labor and Industry; and prescribing penalties,"
 5      providing for pay ranges.
 6      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 7   hereby enacts as follows:
 8         Section 1.    The act of December 17, 1959 (P.L.1913, No.694),
 9   known as the Equal Pay Law, is amended by adding a section to
10   read:
11         Section 3.1.    Pay Ranges.--(a)   An employer shall provide the
12   pay range and the factors the employer considers in setting pay
13   ranges to:
14         (1)   an applicant for a position offered in a job posting;
15   and
16         (2)   an employe who is a candidate for a position offered as
17   an internal transfer or promotion.
18         (b)   If no pay range exists, an employer shall provide the
19   minimum wage or salary set by the employer before the employer
 1   posted the position or offered an internal transfer or
 2   promotion.
 3      (c)   Upon hiring an employe, and annually thereafter, an
 4   employer shall provide the employe, in writing, the pay range
 5   for the employe's job title and for jobs within the employer's
 6   business that are substantially similar with respect to the
 7   skill, effort and responsibility required to perform the jobs
 8   and the conditions under which the jobs are performed.
 9      (d)   This section applies to employers with 15 or more
10   employes.
11      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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