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Are you doing enough to leverage tech for employee relations?

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Advertisement Yet, without a strong focus on analytics, reaching those ER objectives will be an even tougher challenge, according to HR Acuity’s fifth annual Employee Relations Benchmark Study. This year’s study was based on in-depth research from more than 125 organizations, representing approximately 4.5

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Brazilian Labor Law: Ensuring Equal Pay for Equal Work

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In cases of pay disparities, employers must create action plans, with detailed goals, deadlines, and training programs. While it is making big strides towards achieving equality, the country is still ”decades away from wage equality.” It’s estimated that women in the Brazilian workforce will not see equal pay until 2047.

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EEOC to Employers: Be Proactive on Addressing Instances of Age Discrimination

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A number of federal, state, and local laws make it illegal to discriminate against a job candidate or employee on the basis of age. For example, theAge Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) prohibits discrimination based on age for persons 40 or older. The EEOC will monitor compliance with this agreement.”.

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Massachusetts Gender & Racial Wage Gap Persists, Despite the Equal Pay Act

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Massachusetts has displayed a further willingness to excel in closing the wage gap, with the Massachusetts Office of Economic Empowerment establishing the Wage Equality Advisory Committee to “ to develop innovative best practices and strategies to address the Commonwealth’s gender wage gap ” in concert with the Massachusetts Equal Pay Act.

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Majority of UK job roles still pay men more than women

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New analysis of the ONS’s 2023 gender pay gap data, by HR and payroll software provider Ciphr , has revealed that a shocking 78% of all full-time job roles in the UK, and 81% of such roles held by 50,000 or more workers, have a gender pay gap in favour of men. That’s around four in five occupations with a gender-based pay disparity.

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Massachusetts Pay Transparency Law in the Works

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2721 ), seeks to advance racial and gender wage equity by requiring employers to report wage information publicly. It’s a much-needed addition, given the Bay State’s history of pay discrimination. For example, take this alarming statistic from a One Fair Wage study: On average, Black female employees made $7.79

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How to Prepare for EU Transparency Directive Implementation

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Four reasons for legislative reform Some major causes of the gender pay gap are identified by the European Commission as follows: Sectoral segregation: 24% of the pay gap is related to the overrepresentation of women in low-wage sectors. Some countries lack comprehensive data on their gender pay gap but have taken steps to address that issue.