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Just tell them it's confidential.

• toomuchtodo 11y 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.
  • jsight 11y ago
    Keepin mind that the actual protections here are relatively weak.
    • toomuchtodo 11y ago
      Are you saying you have no recourse if you're fired for sharing your salary information?
  • Teodolfo 11y ago
    Not in Calfornia: http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=LAB&sectionNum=232 http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection... Even federally arguing that current salary is a trade secret is a legal gray area.
    • toomuchtodo 11y 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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