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You may get the right to find out what your colleagues earn - here's why
Employees should legally be able to find out what their co-workers are earning, the UK's equality watchdog says
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Employees should legally be able to find out what their colleagues are earning, the UK's equality watchdog has said.
Bosses should be required to respond to questionaires about colleagues' pay to cut pay discrimination, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has proposed, external.
In addition, employers should be prevented from asking about current salary when offering a job to stop a history of discrimination from carrying on, it said.
Women would also benefit from employers publishing salary details in job adverts, the EHRC has said previously, external.