Employees May Discuss Their Wages in Business and at Work

In the process of updating a client’s handbook recently, I removed a sentence from their former confidentiality policy forbidding the discussion of wages among employees. Such prohibition, verbally or in writing, is not compliant.

From the Federal Department of Labor Women’s Bureau Fact Sheet on Pay Secrecy:

Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) protects non-supervisory employees who are covered by the Act from employer retaliation when they discuss their wages or working conditions with their colleagues as part of a concerted activity to improve them, even if there is no union or other formal organization involved in the effort.

These employee rights are enforced by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). 

Have you ensured that your Employee Handbook is updated and compliant (especially regarding the rights of employees to discuss their wages) in business and at work?