The problem is that you basically need to have those conversations about wages in an email otherwise the company will still fire you for it, but claim it was just about “poor performance” or “insubordination” so they can’t get in trouble for it… Hell I could even see a corporation arguing that your email conversation about wages wasn’t “professional use of email directly related to their work” so there’s pretty much always a way for them to skirt that law :(
Since I’m in an at will state that’s always the risk, and HR will always lie to cover the ass of the company given the chance. But they still need people, and distributing that information only erodes their ability to keep people in the dark. They can’t fire everyone that has spoken about wages in my case, we’re simply too shortstaffed, and if I got fired I could be picked up easily by another company.
I know plenty of people aren’t in that kind of favorable situation but it makes it easier to do the right thing. The bonuses I’ve seen our execs get would easily cover raises for the lower staff with room to spare.
The problem is that you basically need to have those conversations about wages in an email otherwise the company will still fire you for it, but claim it was just about “poor performance” or “insubordination” so they can’t get in trouble for it… Hell I could even see a corporation arguing that your email conversation about wages wasn’t “professional use of email directly related to their work” so there’s pretty much always a way for them to skirt that law :(
Since I’m in an at will state that’s always the risk, and HR will always lie to cover the ass of the company given the chance. But they still need people, and distributing that information only erodes their ability to keep people in the dark. They can’t fire everyone that has spoken about wages in my case, we’re simply too shortstaffed, and if I got fired I could be picked up easily by another company.
I know plenty of people aren’t in that kind of favorable situation but it makes it easier to do the right thing. The bonuses I’ve seen our execs get would easily cover raises for the lower staff with room to spare.