Roughly 2½ years after Washington’s pay transparency law took effect, lawmakers, state courts, employers and job seekers are still trying to make sense of it.

In an effort to address the disparity between men’s and women’s pay, the bill requires most employers to include salary ranges in job postings, rather than waiting to disclose the wage after the company makes an offer.

Since the law took effect in January 2023, trade groups and workers’ advocates have clashed on its details, particularly around how to enforce such a broad directive.

In July this year, a business-friendly, Legislature-approved change to the law gave employers a five-day grace period to correct job postings before they could face costly litigation.

Earlier this month, the Washington Supreme Court delivered a victor

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