[Wikimedia-l] fiction: WMF policy of paying less than market

[[w:en:User:Madman]]

On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 8:46 AM, James Salsman <jsalsman at gmail.com> wrote:
> Jan-Bart de Vreede wrote:
>> Finally I find the idea of restraining people to talk about salary
>> almost comical....
>
> Would you post the text of the non-disparagement clause referred to at
> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/April_5-7,_2008#Non-disparagement_and_confidentiality_agreement
> and
> http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Water_cooler&diff=19657&oldid=19653
> please, so we can see exactly what it says?

At least in the U.S., per the National Labor Relations Act, employees
are always allowed to discuss wages without fear of reprisal from
their employers. So even if such a clause were to exist prohibiting
such discussion, it would have no legal effect.

-Madman/ea