Can employers tell you not to discuss pay?
Employers Cannot Prohibit Employees from Discussing Pay In the Order, Obama explains his reasoning: “When employees are prohibited from inquiring about, disclosing, or discussing their compensation… compensation discrimination is much more difficult to discover…and more likely to persist.”
What gives you the right to be paid for work?
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) guarantees a number of rights, primarily aimed at ensuring that workers get paid fairly for the time they work.
Do you have to keep your salary a secret?
Pay secrecy clause A pay secrecy clause stops staff discussing their pay. You can write it in a way that tells your employees they’ll face disciplinary action if they do. But there’s a catch. You can’t force an employee to stop talking about their salary, even if there’s a salary secrecy clause in their contract.
Is salary supposed to be confidential?
– Salaries are kept confidential because there are differential salaries being paid to people in the same job, with the same qualifications, same responsibilities.
Can employer hold my salary?
Your employer cannot withhold your final salary if you have served your notice period. The notice period gives both parties time to plan for a smooth transition, including handover arrangements. As a responsible employee, you should also play your part by completing your duties before leaving employment.
How do I ask for salary not paid?
Ask for what is due and mention the specifics like time frame and number of working days. An example would be as follows. I would like to bring to your notice that I have not received my monthly compensation for the month of XXX. Please look into the particulars and do the needful at your end.
What to do if you are getting underpaid?
If you do think you’re being underpaid, talk to an employment law attorney in San Jose, CA right away.
- Look for common pay stub errors.
- Report the mistake to human resources.
- Maintain your own work records.
- Talk to a labor attorney.
- Talk to your co-workers.
Can an employee refuse to work?
Refusal to work was a breach of contract, amounting to misconduct. It said ‘it is not the law that an employee who is the victim of a wrong can in all circumstances simply refuse to do any further work unless and until that wrong is remedied. He may in some circumstances have to seek his remedy in the courts’.