Salary transparency to increase as UK workers upload anonymous pay details to Glassdoor website

The salaries of thousands of British workers are about to hit the internet, according to reports.

International website Glassdoor.com is said to be about to add British wages to its extensive searchable database.

It is another step towards wage transparency after the draft Equality Bill outlined measures to ban gagging clauses that prevent employees from discussing their salaries with each other.

The Glassdoor website allows current and former employees to post anonymous salary entries and company reviews, which are then vetted for accuracy. More than 50,000 entries have been made from 80 countries.

Sign up to our weekly round-up of HR news and guidance

Receive the Personnel Today Direct e-newsletter every Wednesday

Email(Required)

OptOut

From time to time, we will send you emails about selected products, events and services from Personnel Today - but you can choose to opt-out at any time. If you do not wish to receive these emails, please tick this box.

Name

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Δ

While British reviews are included, the salaries will only be added in the coming days.

Robert Hohman, chief executive of the website, told The Times: “People don’t talk enough about how they can be more valuable. This should help them. Knowledge is power.”