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dev_chieftain) wrote2012-11-03 01:58 pm
dev_chieftain) wrote2012-11-03 01:58 pm
Trudy posted this link and I think everyone should see it
http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/outside-voices-careers/2012/10/29/8-workplace-rights-your-employer-might-not-tell-you-about
The big one to me is actually:
5. Your employer can't stop you from discussing your salary with your co-workers. The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) says that employers can't prevent employees from discussing wages among themselves. Many employers have policies against this anyway, but these policies violate the law.
Talk about your wages with other people. Make sure you're getting paid fairly. Are you getting paid less than them? Why?
This is something that has annoyed me for ages, so it's nice to know it's ILLEGAL that people tell me I'm not allowed to talk about how much money I make with someone else. It's not a case where coworkers are actually going to get jealous-- I talked with a guy at my job who's been there for four or five years and does a different position than me, and he makes more than double what I do. I'm not jealous of HIM, but I am suspicious of the company's policies with regards to myself and all other recent hires, because I KNOW they're not paying us as much as they should.
Which is something I and everyone else at my job has a fucking right to know. For fuck's sake.
The big one to me is actually:
5. Your employer can't stop you from discussing your salary with your co-workers. The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) says that employers can't prevent employees from discussing wages among themselves. Many employers have policies against this anyway, but these policies violate the law.
Talk about your wages with other people. Make sure you're getting paid fairly. Are you getting paid less than them? Why?
This is something that has annoyed me for ages, so it's nice to know it's ILLEGAL that people tell me I'm not allowed to talk about how much money I make with someone else. It's not a case where coworkers are actually going to get jealous-- I talked with a guy at my job who's been there for four or five years and does a different position than me, and he makes more than double what I do. I'm not jealous of HIM, but I am suspicious of the company's policies with regards to myself and all other recent hires, because I KNOW they're not paying us as much as they should.
Which is something I and everyone else at my job has a fucking right to know. For fuck's sake.