This Law Firm Publication by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. discusses an executive order that prohibits questions about salary history during the application process for employment with the city of New Orleans. Executive Order MJL 17-01 (EO), signed by New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu on January 25, 2017, also requires the Civil Service Commission to conduct, and submit to the mayor, a pay disparity study of city employees. The EO aims to eliminate the substantial workplace wage gaps between men and women in Louisiana.