I work at a US based tech company with just under 100 employees in a fairly niche industry, but I am certain they are bringing in many multipl millions a year and they are pretty established and recently got funding, so I don’t think they’re a startup anymore. Despite being firmly anti-work, I love my job and it’s one of those rare times an employer is genuinely willing to humanize and empathize with their employees. I am paid more than well and I feel seen and heard by management 99% of the time. Today however, my team was told by HR that their policy is not to discuss compensation with other teams because our team makes more due to our bonus structure. I looked for a bit online and on the NLRB website and couldn’t come to a conclusive answer as to if this is legal or not. HR didn’t come out of nowhere saying this to reprimand us because somebody was talking, it came up in an innocent conversation during a meeting and my manager originally said, “I am pretty sure we legally can’t say not to discuss pay” before going to confirm with HR who then said the policy is to not discuss. So my question is, is there ever a situation where a company can make it policy to not discuss compensation? If not, I want to tell my managers because they are good people and I don’t want them to get in any trouble if their policy is unlawful.