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Hello, In communicating to staff their 2010 salary increases, employees will receive a total rewards statement. My employees share their compensation with others staff causing morale issues. To av
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Disciplinary action with revealing salary

posted at 12/9/2009 7:37 AM EST
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Hello,
In communicating to staff their 2010 salary increases, employees will receive a total rewards statement.

My employees share their compensation with others staff causing morale issues. To avoid this, I would like to add a disciplinary disclaimer on the statement.

Can I enforce the discplinary action? If not, what else should be done to ensure staff do not share their compensation with others?
Many thanks!
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Disciplinary action with revealing salary

posted at 12/9/2009 7:46 AM EST
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Unfortunately under the NLRA, you cannot forbid employees from discussing their own compensation with other employees. That falls under a protected right. You can discipline them for discussing the compensation of others (so your payroll/HR people can be required to hold salary information confidential).

If there are differences in pay/compensation, I would be prepared to offer non-discriminatory reasons as to why they exist. Especially if one were to feel they were gender-related, with the Lilly Ledbetter Act, the employer has much more liability.

And I just read an article that the Labor Secretary is pushing for MORE openness in salaries/compensation/wages rather than less.
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Disciplinary action with revealing salary

posted at 12/9/2009 7:50 AM EST
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And here is a direct cite:
http://www.nlrb.gov/Workplace_Rights/i_am_new_to_this_website/what_are_protected_concerted_activities.aspx
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