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Pay secrecy ban paves the way for mass discrimination claims as equal pay firms seek to cash in
Employers in the private sector are being urged to brace themselves for a wave of discriminations claims as ‘equal pay firms’ seek to cash in on the abolition of pay secrecy clauses.
From October, the Equality Act will render pay secrecy clauses unenforceable, and employers will not be able to prevent staff disclosing salary information provided it is to establish pay discrimination.
The ban on so-called ‘gagging clauses’ has been welcomed by diversity campaigners, and in particular women in the City who have long felt that they were paid significantly less that their male colleagues.
The move is designed to enable workers to ‘seek’ pay disclosure from colleagues in order to stamp out salary discrimination in the workplace.
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September 3, 2010
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