{"id":7037,"date":"2023-10-20T21:06:06","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T01:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.millerthomson.com\/geoff-mason-covers-british-columbias-pay-transparency-act-on-the-jas-johal-show\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T13:15:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T17:15:14","slug":"geoff-mason-covers-british-columbias-pay-transparency-act-on-the-jas-johal-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.millerthomson.com\/en\/insights\/labour-and-employment\/geoff-mason-covers-british-columbias-pay-transparency-act-on-the-jas-johal-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Geoff Mason covers British Columbia&#8217;s <i>Pay Transparency Act<\/i> on The Jas Johal Show"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Geoff Mason speaks to Jas Johal about the new <em>Pay Transparency Act <\/em>which will require employers to include wages in job postings as of November 1, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The job posting requirements coming out of the <em>Pay Transparency Act<\/em> are really focused on closing the pay gap &#8211; specifically the gender pay gap&#8230;, the idea being that if employers are required to disclose the expected salary or salary range for a particular position at the time they&#8217;re posting it, they don&#8217;t have the opportunity to &#8230; adjust that after the gender or ethnicity &#8230; of the actual candidate is known.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.listennotes.com\/podcasts\/the-jas-johal-show\/bc-employers-must-include-efM2LExrzOy\/\">Listen to the clip<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geoff Mason speaks to Jas Johal about the new Pay Transparency Act which will require employers to include wages in job postings as of November 1, 2023. 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