When the Boss Says, ‘Don’t Tell Your Coworkers How Much You Get Paid’

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Under the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (NLRA), all workers have the right to engage “concerted activity for mutual aid or protection” and “organize a union to negotiate with [their] employer concerning [their] wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment.” In six states, including my home state of Illinois, the law even more explicitly protects the rights of workers to discuss their pay. This is true whether the employers make their threats verbally or on paper and whether the consequences are firing or merely some sort of cold shoulder from management. My managers at the coffee shop seemed to...

20 June

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Wait. A Business Can Be Sued for NOT Hiring Criminals?

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Many small businesses did not know it was illegal to impose a ban on hiring anybody with a criminal record. “I was not aware of that one,” said Brian Hamilton, who owns four car dealerships in Nebraska. By ROBB MANDELBAUM Published: June 20, 2012 In April, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission signaled that it would begin to crack down on employers who use the criminal histories of job applicants to discriminate against them illegally. Is a candy company that gives tours to children taking a risk if it does not hire criminals? But to judge from conversations with business owners, labor lawyers and human resources...

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When the Boss Says, ‘Don’t Tell Your Coworkers How Much You Get Paid’

Wait. A Business Can Be Sued for NOT Hiring Criminals?

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