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Should Your Pay be Private?

Should Your Pay be Private?

What happens when our salaries become public knowledge?

The Real Story · BBC World Service

February 9, 201849m 40s

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Show Notes

Our pay is still largely a private matter - but why is that? What would happen if pay was transparent? Would it be good or bad for business? Would employers have to address inequality and discrimination? Would workers feel demoralized or empowered? And what effect would such a cultural shift have on society? On Newshour Extra this week Ritula Shah and a panel of experts consider what happens when companies or entire countries dare to reveal all.