Most employees don’t like to talk about how much they earn. Many are simply afraid to. But breaking that taboo can transform life – especially for women and people of colour
According to the Trades Union Congress, one in five workers in Britain have gag clauses in their contract, effectively banning them from talking about pay.
I’ve done some quick searching and it seems that the 2010 Equality Act makes it “grants employees the right to discuss salary for collective bargaining or protection”, and that makes it illegal for employers to prohibit you from discussing your salary. Here is the best summary I’ve found. No idea how this make the original thing I quoted legal!
I thought this was explicitly illegal?
It’s illegal in the US, but I guess not in the UK.
I’ve done some quick searching and it seems that the 2010 Equality Act makes it “grants employees the right to discuss salary for collective bargaining or protection”, and that makes it illegal for employers to prohibit you from discussing your salary. Here is the best summary I’ve found. No idea how this make the original thing I quoted legal!