How will the pandemic alter the way we work? One significant change is the way many employers are handling remote work — which has, for some companies, meant a lasting embrace of a practice that might have seemed much less feasible before COVID-19 became a familiar phrase. Now, certain regions are offering incentives for remote workers to move there, and some workers who grew fond of remote work are quitting their jobs rather than return to an office full-time.
At its best, embracing remote work can be good for workers and workplaces alike — it offers workers a greater degree of freedom and allows employers to take a broader look at who might be available to fill a certain position. Complicating matters somewhat, however, is a new state law on the books in Colorado — and, as Chip Cutter reports for The Wall Street Journal, it has led some employers to search for candidates for open positions everywhere except for the Centennial State.
Cutter writes that the new law “requires companies with even a few employees in the state to disclose the expected salary or pay range for each open role they advertise, including remote positions.” It was enacted to address wage gaps due to gender — a very real issue.
The downside? A number of companies are, rather than being more transparent, opting to add a disclaimer on their job listings that they can be filled by anyone outside of the state of Colorado. Cutter’s article cites recent listings from the likes of CBRE Group and Johnson & Johnson as containing this kind of language. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Colorado’s Department of Labor and Employment recently opened an investigation into this practice — something which might have an impact on workers both inside and outside of the state.
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