Is it legal to post salaries, benefiits, etc. of your company?

[chibaken]

In Japan can an employee specify what company they work for and post their salary and other information about their employment package on a website? And even if it is legal would it be common for Japanese companies to find another way to get rid of that information?

[bitteradjunct]

In Japan can an employee specify what company they work for and post their salary and other information about their employment package on a website? And even if it is legal would it be common for Japanese companies to find another way to get rid of that information?

Why would you want to?

I couldn't understand your last question. How would a Japanese company "find another way to get rid of that information" after it has been put on a website? Sue the website and shut it down?

Just post your info here and find out. All of us here sitting on the pot are friends.

[thenoie]

I smell a http://www.glassdoor.com/index.htm# clone... (there are others)

I think japanese people would love it... supprised there is not somethign like that already

[KansaiBen]

In Japan can an employee specify what company they work for and post their salary and other information about their employment package on a website? And even if it is legal would it be common for Japanese companies to find another way to get rid of that information?

In Japan there is a difference between what is legal and what is ethical and the 'done' thing. To the boss he considers what he pays you and the terms of your contract to be privileged infomation and a kind of trade secret and publishing it on an open forum is a breach of employer-employee confidence. Some employers even say you cant even reveal what teaching methods you use or how you teach classes as if it's a classified secret. Its not illegal but if one of my employees did that I'd make sure not to renew his contract or give him the night shift for a month or two.

Why would competitors want to know what other companies pay their employees? Worried they are paying too much?

[thenoie]

In Japan there is a difference between what is legal and what is ethical and the 'done' thing. To the boss he considers what ge pays you and the terms of your contract to be privileged infomation and a kind of trade secret and publishing it on an open forum is a breach of confidence. Some employers even say you cant even reveal what teaching methods you use or how you teach classes as if its a classified secret. Its not illegal but if one of my employees did that Id make sure not to renew his contract or give him the night shift for a month or two.

Why would competitors want to know what other companies pay their employees? Worried they are paying too much?

London was the same before i left, In my team of 18 people doing the same role, there was a £24k difference....

They dont ever share, the guy at the top of the food chain doest want a cut , and the guy at the bottom is always told he is making the same as all the others...

[KansaiBen]

London was the same before i left, In my team of 18 people doing the same role, there was a £24k difference....

They dont ever share, the guy at the top of the food chain doest want a cut , and the guy at the bottom is always told he is making the same as all the others...

I just found out my university was giving eight or nine classes to part timers, wanted to cut them to seven or so to save money and the union was called in to stop them reducing classes. Fat comfort to guys like me who were full time and thought all of us were in five classes each. When the uni found out we knew what they were up to they had a hissy fit.