California Governor Jerry Brown approved Assembly Bill 168 last October 12, 2017. The bill added a new section to the California Labor Code (Section 432.3) and became effective last January 1, 2018. The law prohibits employers from asking for a job applicant’s salary history information which includes the applicant’s compensation and benefits from their last job. California has followed the steps taken by Massachusetts (signed in 2016, effective July 2018), Oregon (signed in 2017, effective 2019), Delaware (signed in 2017, effective December 2017). New York City also has.