# Question on equal pay **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 6, 2017, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-equal-pay/803738 "2017-12-06T20:33:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dstarfire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dstarfire/32/5762_2.png) [@dstarfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dstarfire)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-equal-pay/803738/21 "2017-12-11T04:46:37Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > 5% is **not** small, not when there’s no rational basis for it. How do you think men would react if tomorrow they on average they all suddenly had their wages cut by 5% just because they have a Y chromosome? I guarantee the headlines about the wage slash would not include the word “small” and would instead focus on men’s completely justified upset. Well, presumably, revoking the law against making employment decisions on the basis of genetic testing would trigger an outcry long before they got to the point of checking for a specific chromosome. Also, any time you use the words “small” and “men” in the same sentence, there’s going to be some outrage and upset. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-equal-pay/803738/22 "2017-12-12T15:43:19Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > Discussing your salary is not one of those things. The NLRA guarantees employees the right to discuss their pay without retaliation. However, your employer is within their rights to tell you not to talk about your pay while on the clock, since you should be working instead. > > That said, _proving_ that you actually got fired for discussing your pay, as opposed to them simply deciding they don’t like you, can be very difficult. It’s often not that difficult, since most employers who have a “don’t discuss pay” policy put it in writing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-equal-pay/803738.md?page=1)