In an interesting development, Massachusetts recently passed legislation that outlaws the ability to ask a job applicant his/her current income. Specifically, it requires a company to state what the position pays upfront, based upon an internal calculation of the value placed on the position within the company. Ostensibly, this law will reduce the gender pay gap. The law also requires equal pay for work of comparable character; basically an attempt to equivocate two different positions; such as a...