Hush, Money . . . NOT: It May Be Illegal To Prevent Your Workers From Discussing Their Salaries

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Does your company prohibit employees from discussing their pay? If so, or if your company disciplines employees for discussing salary, it may be violating NLRB rulings.

Think this only applies to unionized workers? Thanks to a recent posting in one of law.com’s specialized websites, we learn that the answer is “NO,” according to the NLRB.

This article discusses some recent rulings continuing a stance that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has maintained for a good many years.

Recent NLRB rules have even extended non-unionized employee rights further in the following ways in stating that companies have violated laws when they prohibited such activities as:

“Disclosure of ‘compensation data’ by and among employees and complaints by employees to company customers about the employees’ terms and conditions of employment.”

Clearly, recent NLRB decisions are adding yet another factor that employers need to be aware of in crafting employee handbooks and HR policies and in making disciplinary and termination decisions.

Read here for more information on the NLRB and its coverage of non-unionized employees.

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