Application Form wants to know current Salary

Jonnybmac said:
Thought you meant telling fibs about it to your future. Not even sure how that can backfire as most employers wont even find out as your p45 will go to accounts who wont care.

Isn't the non-disclosure between employees ajd not outside of work to avoid uproar of people saying he's on x more than me - I doubt it can be enforced outside of work.
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Yes it'll be inside work to colleagues
 
Quartz said:
It is quite common for contracts of employment to stipulate that you cannot reveal your salary. I've had it in several of mine. If you reveal it, you are in breach of contract.
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Its quite common for contracts to stipulate that salary shouldn't be discussed, and generally in the work environment. Its not very common for contracts to have an out and out you cannot disclose your salary to anyone clause. How would anyone ever make applications for lending/borrowing if that was in contracts of employment.....Sorry Bank X I cant tell you my salary as I will get the sack.... but I am good for the money...honest.
 
Jonnybmac said:
Thought you meant telling fibs about it to your future. Not even sure how that can backfire as most employers wont even find out as your p45 will go to accounts who wont care.
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Doesn't matter whether accounts care, that's irrelevant they likely wouldn't even know what he did claim as his salary in the first place. They don't exist in a bubble though, HR can check and if they do then it backfires massively.

Isn't the non-disclosure between employees ajd not outside of work to avoid uproar of people saying he's on x more than me - I doubt it can be enforced outside of work.
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Well generally you're still in work when you apply for jobs, of course any terms of a non-compete have a potentially bigger impact when you're still employed by a company as you're then subject to their disciplinary procedures etc.. and/or can potentially be sacked. Or, perhaps in this case, potentially sidelined and not offered any further pay rises etc..

Lets say Brian got a very large bonus, a specific figure - word gets out about Brian's bonus, his Bosses won't be too happy. Whether that is because Brian told his co-workers in the pub or because an unprofessional head hunter outside the company decided to gossip a bit doesn't matter too much, Brian's bonus figure got out regardless and now the company knows about it and they're not happy.

Whether certain terms of a non-compete can be enforced can be quite complicated, I suspect as others have pointed out that you can't have a blanket ban on revealing compensation - things like fighting discrimination or having to reveal income to get a mortgage etc.. very likely can't be banned by some contract.
 
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dowie said:
Doesn't matter whether accounts care, that's irrelevant they likely wouldn't even know what he did claim as his salary in the first place. They don't exist in a bubble though, HR can check and if they do then it backfires massively.



Well generally you're still in work when you apply for jobs, of course any terms of a non-compete have a potentially bigger impact when you're still employed by a company as you're then subject to their disciplinary procedures etc.. and/or can potentially be sacked. Or, perhaps in this case, potentially sidelined and not offered any further pay rises etc..

Lets say Brian got a very large bonus, a specific figure - word gets out about Brian's bonus, his Bosses won't be too happy. Whether that is because Brian told his co-workers in the pub or because an unprofessional head hunter outside the company decided to gossip a bit doesn't matter too much, Brian's bonus figure got out regardless and now the company knows about it and they're not happy.

Whether certain terms of a non-compete can be enforced can be quite complicated, I suspect as others have pointed out that you can't have a blanket ban on revealing compensation - things like fighting discrimination or having to reveal income to get a mortgage etc.. very likely can't be banned by some contract.
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It's a little far fetched to think what you tell a recruiter would get back to your manager to be fair but internally i see your point.
 
The employer should understand what the position is worth, so should you. So go high its only going to go one way after that.
 
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