(June 23, 2016 at 8:28 pm)Redbeard The Pink Wrote:(June 23, 2016 at 7:19 pm)Minimalist Wrote: http://www.rawstory.com/2016/06/kansas-t...ifference/
Most places want you to think they can discipline you for discussing your pay, but technically that's illegal. Union laws guarantee workers the right to discuss and compare their pay rates specifically to prevent situations like you're describing. Kansas sounds kinda shitty, so I don't know if they actually have any recourse, but ideally they should be able to get that dude punished for that.
(June 23, 2016 at 11:11 pm)Heatheness Wrote: That is against the law. They can no longer fire or punish people for discussing wages. Lawsuit!
Depends on the state. Kansas is a state that has an 'implied contract' exemption in the labor relations portion of their state constitution. It is an at-will state, which means an employer can fire an employee with no reason or recourse whatsoever. Since they gave a reason, if it states implicitly in the employee handbook that employees must not discuss their salaries with other employees, then these kids have no legal recourse, other than to contact the NLRB.
The NLRB can force the company to rehire the kids, and pay them back salary. I hope they do this, but I am not sure of the NLRB's ability to do this with state sovereignty issues at stake.
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