Would you reveal your salary details? Posted on May 3rd
Research out today suggests 60% of people in the UK would be happy to reveal what they get paid to colleagues in order to help end the gender pay gap. Would disclosing pay make a difference?
A global recruitment consultancy, Hudson, carrying out the research also found that 62% of people thought senior managers should be forced to reveal their salaries.
According to the Trade Union Congress (TUC), men in the UK are paid, on average, 17% more than women in the same position.
There has been outrage in Italy after the outgoing government published every Italian’s declared earnings and tax contributions on the internet. The website was suspended after a complaint from the country’s privacy watchdog.
Would you be happy for your colleagues to know how much you earn? What difference do you think it would make? Are you aware of a colleague earning much more than you doing the same job? Send us your comments.
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