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Power And Pay Secrecy, Michael M. Oswalt, Jake Rosenfeld, Patrick Denice
Power And Pay Secrecy, Michael M. Oswalt, Jake Rosenfeld, Patrick Denice
Indiana Law Journal
The legal momentum toward pay transparency is widespread and fast-moving. Since 2010, over a dozen states have passed laws prohibiting employers from telling workers they may not talk about wages. Proponents see these and related transparency laws as crucial steps to combat sex- and race-based pay discrimination in the workplace. But do state anti-secrecy laws actually reduce pay secrecy in the first place? That basic question remains largely unexplored. This Article fills the gap through a unique national survey that includes information about pay discussion rules and a range of other relevant employer and employee characteristics across the fifty states. …