HB 2700

                                                PRINTER'S NO.   3778
                THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
                    HOUSE BILL
                    No. 2700
                                          Session of
                                            2026
INTRODUCED BY HOWARD, SHUSTERMAN AND HILL-EVANS, JULY 14, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, JULY 15, 2026
                               AN ACT
1 Amending the act of December 17, 1959 (P.L.1913, No.694),
2    entitled "An act prohibiting discrimination in rate of pay
3    because of sex; conferring powers and imposing duties on the
4    Department of Labor and Industry; and prescribing penalties,"
5    further providing for title of act and for definitions;
6    providing for disclosure of wage and benefit information;
7    further providing for penalties; and imposing penalties for
8    nondisclosure of wage and benefit information.
9    The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11    Section 1.    The title of the act of December 17, 1959
12 (P.L.1913, No.694), known as the Equal Pay Law, is amended to
13 read:
14AN ACT
15 Prohibiting discrimination in rate of pay because of sex;
16    requiring certain employers to disclose wage and benefit
17    information in job listings and offers of employment;
18    conferring powers and imposing duties on the Department of
19    Labor and Industry; and prescribing penalties.
20    Section 2.    Section 2 of the act is amended by adding
21 definitions to read:
1Section 2.    Definitions.--* * *
2(g)    The term "covered employer" means an employer that
3 employs fifteen or more individuals for wages, remuneration or
4 other compensation. The term includes an agent of the employer.
5(h)    The term "job listing" means an advertisement of a job
6 opening, in a printed or electronic medium, that an employer or
7 agent of an employer publishes to solicit or encourage an
8 individual to apply for the advertised job. The term includes an
9 advertisement for a position offered as an internal transfer or
10 promotion.
11(i)    The term "prospective employe" means an individual who
12 applies for, is a candidate for or receives an offer of
13 employment for a position with a covered employer, whether or
14 not a job listing advertises the position. The term includes an
15 individual employed by a covered employer who applies for, is a
16 candidate for or receives an offer of employment for a position
17 offered as an internal transfer or promotion.
18Section 3.    The act is amended by adding a section to read:
19Section 3.1.    Disclosure of Wage and Benefit Information.--
20 (a)    A covered employer shall include in each job listing a
21 written disclosure containing all of the following:
22(1)    A description of each medical, dental or vision benefit,
23 if offered, that will be available to the prospective employe
24 upon commencement of employment in the advertised position,
25 including all of the following:
26(i)    The premium or other periodic cost of coverage, the
27 portion of the cost paid by the covered employer and the portion
28 of the cost paid by the employe, stated as a dollar amount or
29 percentage.
30(ii)    Any deductible, copayment, coinsurance or annual out-
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1 of-pocket maximum applicable to the benefit.
2    (iii)    The name of the plan, provider network or plan
3 administrator, if any.
4    (iv)    Any waiting period or other condition of eligibility
5 for the benefit.
6    (2)    A description of each life insurance benefit, if
7 offered, including the death benefit or face value of the policy
8 and any employe contribution required.
9    (3)    A description of each retirement or deferred
10 compensation benefit, if offered, including the type of plan,
11 the maximum annual employer contribution or the formula by which
12 the employer contribution is determined, any schedule under
13 which employer contributions vest and any waiting period or
14 other condition of eligibility for the benefit.
15    (4)    If the covered employer does not offer a benefit under
16 clause (1), (2) or (3), a clear and conspicuous statement
17 identifying each benefit not offered.
18    (b)    A covered employer shall provide a prospective employe
19 with a written disclosure containing all of the following when
20 the covered employer makes an offer of employment:
21    (1)    The annual salary or hourly wage offered.
22    (2)    A statement as to whether the position is classified as
23 exempt or nonexempt from overtime compensation requirements and,
24 if the position is nonexempt, a statement that the prospective
25 employe will be paid at the stated rate for all hours worked and
26 at not less than one and one-half times the prospective
27 employe's regular rate for each hour worked in excess of forty
28 hours in a workweek as provided by law.
29    (3)    A copy of the summary plan description required under 29
30 U.S.C. § 1022 (relating to summary plan description) for each
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1 employe benefit plan in which the prospective employe would be
2 eligible to participate.
3    (4)   For each benefit specified under subsection (a) for
4 which a summary plan description is not required under 29 U.S.C.
5 § 1022, a written explanation of the benefit in a form and
6 manner that the secretary requires.
7    (c)   A disclosure required under subsection (a) may appear in
8 the body of the job listing or, for an electronic job listing,
9 by prominent hyperlink or Internet website address included in
10 the job listing that connects directly to the disclosure. The
11 disclosure shall be accurate as of the date the job listing is
12 first published and shall remain accessible while the job
13 listing remains published.
14    (d)   This section shall apply to a job listing for and an
15 offer of employment for a position that will be performed in
16 whole or in part in this Commonwealth, including a position that
17 may be performed remotely by an individual located in this
18 Commonwealth.
19    (e)   For the purposes of this section, the term "employe"
20 includes a person subject to 29 U.S.C. § 206 (relating to
21 minimum wage).
22    Section 4.    Section 8(a) of the act is amended to read:
23    Section 8.    Penalties.--(a)   [Any] Except as provided under
24 section 8.1, any employer who wilfully and knowingly violates
25 any provisions of this act, or who discharges or in any other
26 manner discriminates against any employe because such employe
27 has made any complaint to his employer, the secretary or any
28 other person who instituted or caused to be instituted any
29 proceeding under or related to this act, or has testified or is
30 about to testify in any such proceedings, shall, upon conviction
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1 thereof in a summary proceeding, be sentenced to pay a fine of
2 not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than two hundred
3 dollars ($200), and, upon default in such fine and costs, shall
4 undergo imprisonment for not less than thirty days nor more than
5 sixty days. Each day such a violation continues shall constitute
6 a separate offense.
7    * * *
8    Section 5.   The act is amended by adding a section to read:
9    Section 8.1.     Penalties for Nondisclosure of Wage and Benefit
10 Information.--(a)    A covered employer that publishes or causes
11 to be published a job listing that fails to include the
12 disclosures required under section 3.1(a) shall, upon conviction
13 thereof in a summary proceeding, be sentenced to pay a fine of
14 not more than three hundred dollars ($300). Each day that the
15 job listing remains published without the required disclosures
16 shall constitute a separate offense.
17    (b)   A covered employer that makes an offer of employment
18 without providing the disclosures required under section 3.1(b)
19 shall, upon conviction thereof in a summary proceeding, be
20 sentenced to pay a fine of not more than two thousand dollars
21 ($2,000).
22    (c)   Before instituting a proceeding under subsection (a) for
23 a covered employer's first violation of section 3.1(a), the
24 secretary shall provide the covered employer with written notice
25 of the violation. A covered employer shall not be subject to a
26 fine for a first violation if the covered employer corrects the
27 violation or withdraws the job listing within fourteen days
28 after receipt of the notice.
29    (d)   Any person may report a suspected violation of section
30 3.1 to the secretary. The secretary may institute or cause to be
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1 instituted summary proceedings under this section.
2    Section 6.   This act shall take effect in 120 days.
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