Exceptions. (a) An employer may prohibit an employee with regular access to information regarding the compensation of other employees in the course of the employees work, such as a human resources employee, from sharing such information, unless the disclosure is in furtherance of or response to an investigation, action, or hearing, or there is a legal obligation for the employer to furnish the information. (b) Nothing in this chapter shall require: (1) An employer to disclose the compensation of an employee in response to an inquiry by another employee; or (2) An employee to disclose his or her compensation in response to an inquiry by another employee. (Mar. 11, 2015, D.C. Law 20-219, § 4, 62 DCR 9; Mar. 5, 2024, D.C. Law 25-138, § 2(c), 71 DCR 875.)
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