My roommate is quitting their job. They're one of three employees at their location, they handle almost all the day-to-day stuff. They're quitting because their bosses refuse to make any improvements and keep actively impeding on my roommate's ability to do their job (such as ordering way too many supplies with no room to store them, etc.).
The beautiful thing is that their bosses are shitting themselves trying to get them to stay because they're REALLY good at their job. They think the issue is pay. They're offering them a $2 raise to stay. Not fixing any of the existing issues that are actually encouraging my friend to leave.
They've also given my roommate, as well as the other 2 employees, ~30 minute speeches about how sharing/talking about your wage with your coworkers is “unprofessional.” My roommate shot back that it's their right to openly discuss wages. This seems to be their main focus now as they've accepted my roommate won't be staying.
My question is – with all the evidence they have of their bosses actively discouraging wage talk, but not outright forbidding it, can my roommate do anything against them? I keep encouraging them to go to HR about it but I don't know if that would actually help them. If it matters, we're in Ohio.