Staff to seek pay rises as Equality Act comes into force

Half of workers would demand a pay rise or seek a new job if they knew their colleagues earned more than them, new research has found.As the Equality Act comes into force today, employees are now able to break so-called ‘gagging clauses’ in contracts to discuss their salaries with other members of staff. Providing this is done to establish if they are being discriminated against, employers will be unable to enforce the secrecy clauses under new regulations in the Act.