Research out today suggests 60% of people in the UK would be happy to reveal what they get paid to colleagues in order to help end the gender pay gap. Would disclosing pay make a difference?

 

A global recruitment consultancy, Hudson, carrying out the research also found that 62% of people thought senior managers should be forced to reveal their salaries.

 

According to the Trade Union Congress (TUC), men in the UK are paid, on average, 17% more than women in the same position.

 

There has been outrage in Italy after the outgoing government published every Italian's declared earnings and tax contributions on the internet. The website was suspended after a complaint from the country's privacy watchdog.

 

Would you be happy for your colleagues to know how much you earn? What difference do you think it would make? Are you aware of a colleague earning much more than you doing the same job? Send us your comments.

 

Source: BBC News

How much I earn is a private matter for me and the taxman and no one else, it is not anyone's business how much I earn

Probably not my colleagues, but my friends I don't really mind.

 

As an undergraduate, me and my friends consistently discuss our potential wages, and those of us who have already graduated openly discuss how much they earn. Generally, if someone asks me I'm happy enough to talk about it.

Edited May 5, 200817 yr by Andrewy

What an incredibly stupid idea.... What would it actually achieve...? The only way that I can see to bridge to "gender pay gap" is for the Law and Govt to actually come down like a ton of bricks on companies that don't pay out equal pay to women instead of pussyfooting around with them..... Issue unlimited fines, hit them where it really hurts them.. They'll start to get the message that actually paying their female employees their fair share will be cheaper for them than being whacked with a big fine.....

No, if they want the gender pay gap to close then the government needs to step in and make companies pay all of it's employees equally.

We have no problem with telling each other what we earn where I work - I guess we are quite open though.

 

I have never had a problem telling anyone - its hardly a big issue as far as I am concerned.

This is a good idea.

Initially I thought it wasn't a good idea either - not sure why exactly, just that is the mind set that was started.

Having later experienced working at a private sector company where it all became revealed by accident who was on what. After a brief discussion which centered around a few of the younger ones who got less pay, but it soon cleared up with acceptance of the arrangement and considerable agreement that it was done fairly.

Pay negotiations where also a lot better afterwards, as there was no way a manager could deceive others, they had to be straight and honest, which I think worked to the benefit of all. It helped to clear the air, and keep it clean.

Later I worked briefly in the public sector, everyone was on a band, the bands had a pay range, they seem more or less to published the salary scales. Can't say I remember looking into who was on what, it didn't really matter. All seemed open and natural.

I would recommend it.

 

The reason most management would be reluctant to disclose their salary is because of the number of people who would then question what the f*** they do to earn it. At my company there are a huge number of middle managers constantly trying to create work for themselves to then delegate. The work is 90% of the time completely unnecessary and no more than a vanity project with which to try to impress those above them.

 

Some of these worthless c**ts are earning six figures.

 

I suspect it's the same at most companies.