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WAGE NONDISCLOSURE #141 Under the Minnesota Wage Disclosure Protection Law, employees have the right to tell any person the amount of their own wages. While the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act (Minn. Stat. §13.43), specifically lists an employee’s actual gross salary and salary range as public personnel data, Minnesota law also requires wage disclosure protection rights and remedies to be included in employer personnel handbooks. To that end, and in accordance with Minn. Stat. §181.172, the city may not: • Require nondisclosure by an employee of his or her wages as a condition of employment. • Require an employee to sign a waiver or other document which purports to deny an employee the right to disclose the employee’s wages. • Take any adverse employment action against an employee for disclosing the employee’s own wages or discussing another employee’s wages which have been disclosed voluntarily. • Retaliate against an employee for asserting rights or remedies under Minn. Stat. §181.172, subd. 3. The city cannot retaliate against an employee for disclosing their own wages. An employee’s remedies under the Wage Disclosure Protection Law are to bring a civil action against the city and/or file a complaint with the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry at (651) 284-5070 or (800) 342-5354. However, we will discipline, up to and including termination, any employee who gains unauthorized access to another employee’s private financial data. Management encourages you to discuss your compensation with the administrative services director and/or your direct supervisor. It is our policy to pay wages and salaries that are competitive with those paid for similar jobs in our surrounding area. We maintain the accuracy of our wage and salary structure by periodically checking what the competition pays. We also comply with the business and general economic conditions of the industry.