<font color=skyblue>I have seen employment applications or business guidelines in my history of employment where a specified rule is that you never divulge your earnings of you your paycheck to an associate worker, under penalty of diciplinary action against you. I hear that a law called the Fairness Act names this action as illigal. A manager can never tell his employee that he cannot share information such as earnings if he wants to.

Now...I do ont know the details of this law, nor why so many businesses continue to hang the threat over our heads that we will get our asses kicked if we don't do what they say.

Can somebody help me out here?</font>

I think what you're describing is found in the Paycheck Fairness Act. Here is a discussion on it, and I do noth think it is law yet (but I haven't checked):
http://www.nwlc.org/pdf/PaycheckFairnessFeb2002.pdf

Now, I've worked under this gag rule regarding salary a LOT. But, one can always discuss and issue without "discussing the issue," no? This Act you mentioned is targeted at the wage gap women experience. That said, it has at least one benefit that crosses gender lines: it prohibits wage rate gag orders.

That said, it strikes me that reality triumphs. Most employment is at-will, I know mine is. Even when Will's not around that day. :D Seriously, though, if they want to fire you for one thing, but can't, they'll find another.

So, do what lawyers do: start internet websites like "Greedy Associates" where we go to anonymously compare this stuff and spread muck about the big law firms. ;)