Salary transparency spreads, with practical objections

Britain is making salary disclosure in job ads mandatory. The top comments went straight to loopholes: what if Bob interviews for one role but fits a better-paid one, what stops a range of £20,000 to £100,000, and the cynical read that actual salary equals the bottom of the range. An older thread asking why Pave is legal, with commenters comparing it to the DOJ's RealPage suit over algorithmic pricing, fits the same theme from the employer side.

The through-line is that pay information is being pushed toward the open from two directions. Governments force disclosure to candidates, while compensation benchmarking tools let employers see each other's numbers. Candidates and companies both get better data, and the argument is about who benefits more.

The practical objection is the strongest one: ranges only help if they are narrow and honest, and nothing in the thread suggests enforcement on range width.