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5 Ways to Promote More Gender Equity in the Workplace

Visier

For instance, in the current example of Google, where the DoL is suing Google for details related to Google’s compensation data , the devil is in the details: Google may be defining — and therefore measuring — “equal pay for equal work” differently than the Department of Labor.

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5 Ways to Promote More Gender Equity in the Workplace

Visier

For instance, in the current example of Google, where the DoL is suing Google for details related to Google’s compensation data , the devil is in the details: Google may be defining — and therefore measuring — “equal pay for equal work” differently than the Department of Labor.

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Employee Compensation: Everything you Need to Know

Astron Solutions

As an HR leader for your organization, you know that employee compensation is not just something you determine when you hire a new team member and then forget about. In fact, how you compensate a team member should reflect their performance and will often change throughout their journey with your organization. What is Compa-ratio?

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Walking Up a Descending Escalator & Other Crazy Pay Policies

Compensation Cafe

For example: if you increase your grade midpoints 3% every year while the average employee gets a 4% pay increase, the average worker's Compa-Ratio will only improve one percent per year. Range penetration over time is a matter of net increases. Picture walking up a descending escalator. Standard remedies are few and seldom applied.

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Cafe Classic: Solving the Dilemma of Pay Progression Over Time

Compensation Cafe

Conventional practice is to hire most new people into their jobs at salary levels below their market midpoint or Market Reference Point (MRP) and to move grade structures maybe half as much as the anticipated general market movement each year. Here is a fix. The issue is simple and clear.

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Let's Recognize Customer-Facing Jobs

Compensation Cafe

As an example, the employees most commonly approached by guests at Walt Disney World are the Custodial Workers. Hire into the salary range. Oftentimes it's the lower paid employee or the position with the least amount of “cachet” that presents the jobholder with the opportunity to influence customer action and reaction.

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The New Workforce Gender Equity Factors HR Needs to Watch

Visier

In examining the Manager Divide, we found a strong correlation to motherhood. According to this Vox article : “Historical drivers of the gender wage gap — a lack of education among women, for example — are disappearing. Uncover gender bias in performance reviews and take steps to eliminate it. The Problem with Gender Bias.

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