• smeg
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    6
    ·
    1 year ago

    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 thought this was explicitly illegal?

      • smeg
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        1 year ago

        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!