No more secrets? New bill aims to sanctify publicising your pay
Buddle Findlay special counsel Shaun Brookes on why a bill outlawing pay transparency may or may not pass, but world is moving towards greater transparency anyway.
WATCH: Buddle Findlay special counsel Shaun Brookes speaks with Dita De Boni.
At present, a New Zealand employer can write into an employment agreement that a worker cannot blab to others about what they’re paid – whether it be griping about how low it is, or boasting about how high.
These agreements are considered functionally unenforceable, in that few legal cases are