Leak of Microsoft Salaries Shows Fight for Higher Compensation

Re:Leak of Microsoft Salaries Shows Fight for Higher Compens... by dieFledermaus on Sunday September 15, 2019 @03:40AM (#20976070)

>Tax declarations are public information there and you can find out the salary of anyone pretty easily.

This true of almost all of the Nordics. For example, you can perform the same request from Skatteverket in Sweden.

>IMHO that kind of transparency is actually a good thing to have and helps prevent unfair practices where (e.g.: men get more than women or nepotism gets you access to better salaries).

This isn't implicitly true. If it were, Iceland wouldn't have had to pass a law to make unfair salaries (based on gender[0]) illegal.

[0] - https://www.businessinsider.com/iceland-gender-pay-gap-law-2...

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Re:Leak of Microsoft Salaries Shows Fight for Higher Compens... by dijit on Sunday September 15, 2019 @03:50AM (#20976095)

I mean. You should still make it illegal to discriminate, even if the tools to identify discrimination are available.

Otherwise what would you do with your discoveries? Vote with your wallet?

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Re:Leak of Microsoft Salaries Shows Fight for Higher Compens... by fromthestart on Sunday September 15, 2019 @04:18AM (#20976165)

>This isn't implicitly true. If it were, Iceland wouldn't have had to pass a law to make unfair salaries (based on gender)

This of course presumes that any discrepancy in pay among genders is based solely on discrimination.

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