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| Biostage names chief science officer | | Holliston biotechnology firm Biostage has named Harout DerSimonian to the newly created position of chief science officer as the company closes in on human trials of its Cellspan esophageal implants. | | Read more >> | | Mass employers added more than 48K in first half of 2016 | | Massachusetts employers have added more than 48,000 jobs this year, tempering to some extent the concerns over global economic headwinds and sluggish growth in state tax revenues. | | Read more >> | | Healey cracks down on 'copycat' assault weapons | | An estimated 10,000 "copycat" assault weapons were sold in Massachusetts during 2015, according to the attorney general's office, which announced a crackdown effort on Wednesday. | | Read more >> | |
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| Question of the Week | Tuesday we asked: A pay equity bill aimed at ensuring that men and women are paid the same for comparable work has been passed by both the House and the Senate. Included in the bill is a first-in-the-nation provision to prevent employers from requesting salary history in hiring. | Do you support preventing employers from asking about salary history? |  | - If an employee is held within a narrow salary range throughout their working life, they have little incentive to stay with one employer and every incentive to jump -- or switch fields. -- Christina P. O'Neill, principal, LedeWrite LLC, Worcester
- No, there should be transparency with salary history, to reduce the incidence of salary bias, where women and minorities make less than white males who do the same job.
- employers should post the pay range they want to pay for a persons qualifications and know the market they are in.
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