Tom Finkelpearl, the former commissioner of the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs, describes the new law as “good and important” for US museums and the American art world at large.Īccording to Indebted Cultural Workers, Glenn Lowry, director at MoMA, takes home around 48 times the salary of an education assistant at the museum Photo: Peter Ross Proponents say the new law heralds a sea change in wage transparency that will help to ease the racial and gender pay inequalities that persist across industry sectors, including the arts. Any company with more than four employees must adhere to it or risk civil penalties rising to $125,000 from the New York City Commission on Human Rights. The new ruling, an amendment to New York City Human Rights Law passed by the city council last December, applies to roles that are remote or in-person, permanent and short-term contracts, and to interns. But, in New York City and increasingly across the US, it will soon be a thing of the past.įrom 15 May, employers in New York City will be guilty of “unlawful discriminatory practice” if they do not disclose a minimum and maximum salary or hourly wage on a job advert. “Salary commensurate with experience.” This elusive phrase will feel all too familiar to many US museum and arts workers.
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