US woman reapplies to her own job after company posts fresh advertisement with higher salary

A US woman has reapplied for job at her current organisation after finding out that the company is offering her position at a higher salary following a new salary transparency law.

New York's Kimberly Ngyun who is a contractual UX writer with Citigroup wrote in a social media post that her current employer posted a job on LinkedIn for the same role as hers, intending to offer compensation between $32,000 (Rs 26 lakh) and $90,000 (Rs 74 lakh), which is more than what she gets.

Kimberly told US media that she currently earns $85,000 (Rs 64 lakh) a year as a contractor.

After noticing the job post, Kimberly informed other UX writers and raised the issue with HR who told her that the company has no control over contractor salaries.

She also claimed in her post that she raised the issue of pay inequity even before but to no avail, adding that she was now looking for a new job.

Meanwhile Citigroup told US media that contractual workers are being paid as per market-competitive rates and after NYC brought in salary trasparency law in November they were criticised for offering certain positions between $0 to $2 million.

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