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On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:15:38 -0800, Darren New wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Here in the US, salary information is between you and your employer
>
> Really? I'm not sure that's correct. Certainly if you're looking to
> (for example) sell a small company, the buyer is going to want to know
> the salaries of the people he'll be taking on, yes?
Perhaps in M/A land there are exceptions - or they know how many people
they are and the aggregate salaries/payroll budget, but in M/As (as is my
understanding) there are very specific times at which particular types of
information can be disclosed.
The laws may also vary depending on where the companies are incorporated
- if both are incorporated in the same state, then it may be down to
state laws rather than federal laws.
Of course, IANAL, so I could be completely wrong on this - but I'm pretty
sure there's a confidentiality clause about salary information. Most
companies strongly discourage employees from even talking about their
salaries with their peers.
But my point is that I don't believe company A could call up the HR
department at company B and say "John Doe has told us his salary is
$74,000 a year - can you confirm this?" - for one thing, that could open
John up to some sort of retribution from his current employer for looking
for a new job - most US states are "at will", which means your employer
can pretty much let you go for any reason - and even for no reason.
Utah's like that - the worker protections in the US (if you're not in a
union) are practically nonexistent unless you can prove racial/age/some
other form of legally recognised discrimination.
Jim
Jim
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