[cebert]

For the “Uber of Nursing” example, if employers want to play games like this, the best way to combat it is with symmetrical information. Employees should share their salary offers on a website, which would empower them to get a better sense of whether they are being paid fairly.

[kubb]

But you understand why one of these things is legal and the other is not?

Because the employer has power and the employee doesn’t.

Of course they should, but they have much more influence on the law so they don’t.