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falcon2424
May 2, 2005

Infinite Karma posted:

If Jenny is more senior, or has a more demanding set of projects, then it's a good justification for paying her more. A 2K difference between employees makes sense when subjective measures are taken into account. But if Jenny was making twice as much as you, you'd be right to get pissed off when you found out, no? Right now it's a discussion that doesn't happen at all, and I can't think of a better way to get fairer pay than making it transparent that nobody is getting a sweetheart deal.

It's obvious why employers keep the info secret presently. What I don't think is obvious, is what the repercussions would be to make it public.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/14/business/yourtaxes/14disclose.html?_r=0
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danielhannan/100150768/if-tax-transparency-turns-us-into-scandinavians-so-much-the-better/

Tax returns are public in Norway now. And they used to be public in the US.

It seems like Norway has had the kind of debate you'd imagine. There's a paper that publishes the top-earners earnings online. And a privacy debate. Recently, they've moved to requiring that you show some kind of 'need' before looking someone up to stem privacy problems.

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