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[B] Unequal pay - What to do? [/B]

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  • #32
    davo10
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,926 ✭✭✭davo10


    ibarelycare wrote: »
    It's not enforceable.

    What makes you think this?

    The employer cannot stop employees from discussing payrates, but what is to stop them acting on it once they are informed? If it's in the contract of employment and is clearly stated.


  • #33
    slavetothegrind
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,790 ✭✭✭slavetothegrind


    probably because a company contract cannot trump state law?


  • #34
    davo10
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,926 ✭✭✭davo10


    slavetothegrind wrote: »
    probably because a company contract cannot trump state law?

    Which law would that be?


  • #35
    slavetothegrind
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,790 ✭✭✭slavetothegrind


    i don't know hence the question mark. is it really possible to prevent someone disclosing their salary to someone else?


  • #36
    ibarelycare
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58,456 ✭✭✭✭ibarelycare


    slavetothegrind wrote: »
    i don't know hence the question mark. is it really possible to prevent someone disclosing their salary to someone else?

    In the UK they brought a law in this year banning "salary secrecy" clauses...it's a human rights law. I thought this was the case in Ireland too but apparently not (so I stand corrected). There's nothing to stop an employer putting such a clause in a contract. I can't imagine anything further than a warning to an employee for a breach would be upheld.


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