manager disclosing salary information infront of colleague.

wii_man1

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Annisele

I'm not sure I understand the question.

If it was a salary review meeting, then surely it's no surprise that your salary was discussed during it? Or was it the other person's review, and not yours?

If you objected to the presence of the other employee, why didn't you say so at the beginning of the meeting?

You can always complaint to HR if you want to, but it won't necessarily get you anywhere. What do you want to achieve? If you want an apology, you might have better results speaking to your manager and explaining how and why she upset you.

wii_man1

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Googlewhacker

is it really that big a deal?

wii_man1

to me yes.

Annisele

Well, if you do want to make something out of it, then before you make a complaint (and likely upset your manager) you should probably decide what it is that you want.

An apology? An assurance that your salary won't be disclosed in future? A pay rise? Are there rules in your workplace about the disclosure of salary and you want your manager to have training on those rules? Something else?

From what you've posted, it's hard to see that anything malicious happened. There was a salary review meeting involving a manager and a team leader - not unusual - and salary was disclosed - also not unusual.

wii_man1

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Flyboy152

I find the whole thong to be quite distasteful, to be honest. Your salary is no ones business, but yours and your employer's. Ask your manager to disclose their salary to all and sundry, see how they like it.

wii_man1

Flyboy152 wrote: »

I find the whole thong to be quite distasteful, to be honest. Your salary is no ones business, but yours and your employer's. Ask your manager to disclose their salary to all and sundry, see how they like it.

Thanks you see my point my salary is between me and HR not team leaders or managers.

tizerbelle

OMG! Are you for real? Your salary is not purely between you and HR. It is part of the operating costs of the business and will have to be accounted for in corporate / divisional / departmental and team budgets. No company in the world would be able to operate effectively if the only people who knew what employees were being paid are the employee and the HR department.

Your salary is a matter between you and the "company" and the "company" means those employees that are involved in payroll matters - this doesn't just mean the employees that operate payroll but those that are involved in all aspects of pay including determining pay awards, reviewing performance, managing team budgets etc etc.

It is not illegal nor a breach of data protection for YOUR manager and YOUR team leader to know your salary as required in the course of their duties. It's not even illegal nor a breach of data protection for other managers or team leaders or employees to know your salary if again it is needed to conduct their roles.

If your manager and/or team leader had decided to shout your salary level out in the middle of the office in front of your colleagues that would be a breach of data protection but for gawds sake you were in a pay review meeting - of course your salary is going to be discussed. You can't just talk percentages, a percentage of an unqualified amount means nothing.

Emmzi

i know my astaff's salaries and my boss knows mine.

As I input to their reward discussions, I need to know. I'll expect more from a 30k a year peron than a 10k a year person and will award bonuses and pay rises with that in mind.

I can't do my job properly without knowing.

We don't tell *random* people but yes, the team leader needs to know.