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by toomuchtodo 3945 days ago
Internally, sharing your salary with co-workers is federally protected speech. You could argue to a recruiter that your salary exposed publicly is sharing trade secrets.
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Teodolfo 3945 days ago
Not in Calfornia: http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection...

Even federally arguing that current salary is a trade secret is a legal gray area.

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toomuchtodo 3945 days ago
Thank you for that citation! I'm in Illinois at the moment, but California is more relevant for an HN discussion.
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_ea1k 3945 days ago
Keepin mind that the actual protections here are relatively weak.
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toomuchtodo 3945 days ago
Are you saying you have no recourse if you're fired for sharing your salary information?
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