Salary secrets: pay transparency is great – until you hear what your slacker colleague earns

In the UK, a new era of pay openness could be about to begin. It is undoubtedly a positive step, but water-cooler discussions could be about to get considerably more messy …

Name: Pay transparency.

Age: Merely a twinkle in government ministers’ eyes.

Appearance: Potentially a bit can of worms-y.

You can’t have a problem with pay transparency. It’s a good thing! It is! It highlights and helps tackle gender, ethnicity, age and disability pay gaps for a start, which is why the UK government is looking at ways to promote more openness around what people earn.