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Taylor Swift, the gender pay gap and the impact on your people

HRExecutive

co-founder of PayAnalytics, a pay equity software solution, shares a similar personal experience in the Forbes article, “ This tech founder hopes to close the pay gap through data.” Margret Vilborg Bjarnadottir, Ph.D., ” When she discovered her own gender pay gap, she too had a deeply personal and emotional experience.

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How to Turn Pay Secrecy Obstacles Into Pay Transparency Opportunities

ExactHire

The inability for employees to freely discuss pay information with one another has arguably prevented some individuals from taking advantage of federal protections available under the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 in the past.

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How to Turn Pay Secrecy Obstacles Into Pay Transparency Opportunities

ExactHire

The inability for employees to freely discuss pay information with one another has arguably prevented some individuals from taking advantage of federal protections available under the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 in the past. Obstacle #2 – Time & money required to get better market pay data.

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HR tech: The key to achieving pay equity

Bob

Pay transparency is the practice of openly sharing information about compensation in the pursuit of pay equity, allowing people to understand how their pay compares to others and promoting fairness in the workplace. The regulations also prohibit pay discrimination on the basis of gender, ensuring equal pay for equal work.

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What is pay equity? Defining the problem before it can be addressed

Business Management Daily

Pay discrimination can lead to retention problems, legal issues, and a poor reputation that affects how both job candidates and the public at large perceive the organization. A variety of legitimate factors influence employee compensation. Obviously, the issue of fair pay is a societal concern. Take the case of location.

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3 Ways Workforce Intelligence Enables Better Workforce Risk Management

Visier

Whether HR is dealing with health and safety incidents, compliance issues, compensation and payroll errors, or wrongful hiring and termination practices, these are all risks that HR can mitigate with the right data-driven approach. Similarly, a company cannot claim innocence based on erroneous data.

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A Brief Overview of Pay Equity History in the U.S.

HRsoft

Certain specific federal and state legislative activities are in large part responsible for the way we approach compensation today. This act prevents against employer’s discrimination of employees based on sex. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act: 2009. Pay equity is an important part of any compensation plan.