An employee's disclosure of salary information might violate workplace rules, but firing an employee for that disclosure might violate the Equal Pay Act.

Governor Phil Murphy signed into law the New Jersey Equal Pay Bill on April 24, 2018. As a reminder, this bill strengthens protection for women and minorities against employment discrimination, and promotes equal pay for all protected groups.

Eight years ago, the United State Supreme Court decided Lilly Ledbetter, saying that Ledbetter could not sue her employer for discriminatory wages, because she waited too long to file the suit.