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In the US, federal law bars employers from forbidding internal discussions of salary and benefits.

http://www.twc.state.tx.us/news/efte/salary_discussions.html



Interesting - I've worked at US companies with policies just like the one at the top of that page. I had no clue they were illegal. Hard to enforce was obvious though, and I do remember breaking such a policy at least once.


There are policies that the company can't disclose your salary, but I think that people just assume the existence of a (highly illegal) policy that says that you can't discuss your own salary. I make a point of telling anybody who wants to know, and when the specific number is relevant to a conversation (not very often) to not hesitate in giving it.

It's the least I can do for fellow workers, and I know that my salary is no measure of my worth.




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