Amy Ross: employment relations expert voices support for new bill protecting employees' rights to discuss their wages
Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive · Newstalk ZB
Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (pdst.fm) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.
Show Notes
An employment relations expert says many workers want to discuss how much they earn - and should be allowed to.
A Bill put forward by Labour would protect that right for employees.
It's supported by all parties, except for ACT and New Zealand First.
Amy Ross says information about salaries belongs to the worker - and this bill would not force them to share it.
"If I want to be able to discuss that and I want to be able to identify potential inequality in the workplace, then I should have the right to do so without risking getting fired or getting called into a disciplinary meeting.
LISTEN ABOVE
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.