Philadelphia Allowed to Enforce Ban on Employers Asking for Job Applicants’ Salary History

Job hunters line up for interviews at an employment fair sponsored by the New York State Department of Labor in Brooklyn, New York, on Oct. 8, 2014. Mark Lennihan/AP Photo

A federal appeals court has allowed Philadelphia to enforce a law that will bar employers from asking prospective employees about their salary history.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit ruled in favor of the city (pdf) on Thursday, reversing a lower court’s preliminary injunction blocking a provision of the Wage Equity Ordinance from going into effect.