Starting October 27, 2025, employers in Cleveland will need to adjust their hiring practices to align with the city’s newly enacted pay transparency and compensation history law. On April 30, 2025, Cleveland passed legislation mandating that employers disclose salary ranges and scales in job advertisements. Additionally, the law prohibits employers
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Cleveland’s Pay Transparency and Compensation History Law: Breaking Down the New Employer Requirements
TakeawaysThe new law goes into effect on 10.27.25. It requires employers to include salary ranges and scales when advertising job openings and bars them from inquiring about applicants’ compensation history.The law applies to private employers that employ at least 15 people within the city.Employers should review their practices and start preparing for the new requirements now.Related link
Cleveland Will Prohibit Salary Inquiries and Require Salary Ranges in Job Postings
On April 28, 2025, the Cleveland City Council unanimously passed Ordinance No. 104-2025 (the “salary ordinance”), which will ban any employer that employs fifteen or more employees in the City of Cleveland, as well as any employment agency operating on the employer’s behalf, from asking about or considering a job
Cleveland Adopts Salary History and Transparency Law
Cleveland Adopts Salary History and Transparency Law
On April 28, 2025, the Cleveland, Ohio City Council adopted Ordinance 104-2025, which requires employers with at least 15 employees in Cleveland to include salary ranges in job postings and prohibits inquiring about an applicant’s salary history. The ordinance, which will take effect