It’s hit and miss how much applicants can find out about how much a job pays. And advocates say that allows for unfair disparities in salaries.  

This new law will bring a little more transparency to California workplaces by requiring companies with at least 15 employees to put salary ranges into job postings. But intense business opposition blocked provisions that would have meant publication of pay data broken down by position, gender and race. And some specialists question how much difference the law will make.