dumb_blonde:

According to my employer's policy, any discussion of pay between employees is grounds for termination. In fact, every company I have worked for had that same policy.

And don't you wonder why? This is a rule that was made by men to keep women and minorities from finding out that they were being underpaid.

Just like when they explain to this intern that her male counterpart deserves a dollar an hour more than her because he "presented better" than she did at the interview. Nothing illegal about that and most women don't have the balls to see it for the obvious jab to their ego that it is and they just slink away to cry in their haagen dazs and wonder what's wrong with me and why don't the boys like me?

IMHO she's going to be a very unhappy person if she believes the fish tales about everyone else's salary and continues to compare herself to others during her career. The only one she should be competing with is herself and if she doesn't think her pay is commesurate with her work, then she needs to address this on it's own merit and stop spinning a web of speculative drama based on one thing her coworker told her.