George's Employment Blawg notes that it may actually be illegal to penalize your employees for talking about salary:
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.
For me, I think this is great.
One thing I have always been annoyed at is when talking about salary--arguably one of the main reasons people even go to work--is silently made taboo... all to protect companies against (yet propogate) the fear that your cubicle neighbor is making more than you are.
Transparency is a hallmark of the successful company of the future. Keeping the salary scale level and open, I believe, is a major part of this.
I have always thought that talking about salary shouldn’t be taboo. In the end is what we are working for.
Posted by: Mary | August 8, 2006 12:35 PM | Permalink to Comment