Employers use payday loans, social media to set pay

A study led by UC Irvine law professor Veena Dubal found 'surveillance wages': employers in healthcare, logistics, retail, and customer service buy tools that use payday loan data, card debt, and social media posts to calculate the minimum a worker will accept. By 2022, about 70% of large companies used employee monitoring software. Colorado proposed a bill to ban such algorithmic wage pricing.

• By 2022, about 70% of large companies used employee monitoring software
• Algorithms consider payday loans, card debt, and social media posts
• Colorado bill introduced to ban data for salary calculation
• New York passed similar law, but only for prices