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[B] Unequal pay - What to do? [/B]

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    #32
    davo10
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    ibarelycare wrote: »
    It's not enforceable.

    What makes you think this?

    The employer cannot stop employees from discussing payrates, but what is to stop them acting on it once they are informed? If it's in the contract of employment and is clearly stated.


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    #33
    slavetothegrind
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    probably because a company contract cannot trump state law?


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    #34
    davo10
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    slavetothegrind wrote: »
    probably because a company contract cannot trump state law?

    Which law would that be?


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    #35
    slavetothegrind
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    i don't know hence the question mark. is it really possible to prevent someone disclosing their salary to someone else?


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    #36
    ibarelycare
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    slavetothegrind wrote: »
    i don't know hence the question mark. is it really possible to prevent someone disclosing their salary to someone else?

    In the UK they brought a law in this year banning "salary secrecy" clauses...it's a human rights law. I thought this was the case in Ireland too but apparently not (so I stand corrected). There's nothing to stop an employer putting such a clause in a contract. I can't imagine anything further than a warning to an employee for a breach would be upheld.


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