You are appointed to a committee of the HR department in corporate headquarters whose task is to develop recommendations on how to set pay levels when new offers are extended to prospective recruits. The company has branches in 20 states, some of which have a “compensation history ban law” and some of which don’t. The committee is to provide recommendations on how to determine what appropriate compensation should be in employment offers that would be attractive to potential employees. One issue to be addressed is whether to have different policies in various states or a nationwide policy applicable to all branches. The committee is also asked to develop some guidelines to prevent pay discrimination by gender when new offers are extended.