42. Pay Transparency for Allies
Here’s this week’s letter:
I’m wondering how I can be an ally at work. I heard that there’s a new pay transparency law coming into play, in the past what always made me uncomfortable was thinking about the nondisclosure form I had signed promising that I wouldn’t share my salary with anyone, but over the past few years as I’ve become educated about pay discrepancies particularly for women, I have started to think that what my employer is asking me to do is unethical. So my question is, do you recommend pay transparency as a form of allyship?
Links from today's discussion:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ruthgotian/2022/05/24/why-new-pay-transparency-law-may-not-solve-the-wage-discrimination-problem/?sh=6943467d489e
https://www.wired.com/story/salary-transparency-gender-pay-gap/
https://www.govdocs.com/can-employees-discuss-pay-salaries/