Business English listening comprehension exercise: Should your colleagues know how much you earn?
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Here's what you do:
Click on the video below.
Watch the video, and pay attention to it! (You can pause and rewind the video.)
Answer the listening comprehension questions below the video.
Check your answers.
1. In Australia, can a company make it illegal for you to share how much you earn with your co-workers?
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2. Research shows that pay secrecy _________ the gender pay gap.
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3. Employees often think that a coworker earns _________ they do.
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4. Which party wants to get rid of pay secrecy clauses?
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5. Which sector(s) is pay secrecy most prevalent in?
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