Discussion of Wages

Several laws protect employees’ rights to discuss wages and working conditions: Labor Code section 232, California’s Fair Pay Act (Labor Code 1197.5) and the National Labor Relations Act.

This law is not intended to permit employees to disclose your proprietary information, trade secret information or other legally protected information without your consent.

In Grant-Burton v. Covenant Care, Inc., a California court found that an employer violated the Labor Code when it fired an employee for engaging in a discussion of bonus payments with co-workers. At a meeting with co-workers, the employee discussed the fact that some