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My employer (a big pharma company) insists that we are not "allowed" to discuss our salaries with other employees and that it is a fireable offense. My understanding is that the 1935 National Labor Relations Act made it illegal to punish people for revealing wages to one another. Who is right?

Submitted: 461 days and 20 hours ago.

Category: Employment Law

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Asheville, North Carolina

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Here is a copy of the act: http://www.nlrb.gov/about_us/overview/national_labor_relations_act.aspx

Can you find the language yourself above or do you need my help?

You may also want to do a search here: www.dol.gov

As you know, I cannot provide specific legal advice here, just information.

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Can you show me specifically anything that applies to wages/salaries in this document. My sister and I work for the same company and I find it rather silly that if we talk about what we make they can fire us. Also, it seems a repressive tactic by a big coorporation to keep women in lower salaried posistions. Thank you, just trying to arm myself with information.

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