Posts Tagged ‘Pay Equity’
Opportunity Equity: The New Organizational Imperative
Organizations can become better workplaces by integrating opportunity equity into their workplace equity strategy. Workplace equity software supports this effort.
Read MoreClosing the Pay Gap: Equal Pay Day Moves Forward Two Days In 2024
For the first time, the U.S. marks Equal Pay Day on March 12, as the gender pay gap closes. Learn how pay equity software helps employers to achieve equal pay.
Read MoreDon’t Forget Pay Equity During Merit Increase Season
As the calendar turns to March, many employers are poised to dole out annual merit increases. This compensation practice is key to retaining top talent, but it’s important to keep pay equity in mind during the process. Employers that overlook what factors are influencing their pay decisions are at risk of creating internal equity issues…
Read MoreColumbus Salary History Ban Takes Effect March 1
Columbus, Ohio is set to join Toledo and Cincinnati by banning inquiries into the compensation of job candidates. Effective March 1, 2024, the Columbus salary history ban applies to organizations with 15 or more employees in the city. The ban also extends to job placement, referral and recruitment agencies acting on behalf of employers. Pay…
Read MorePay Equity Deep Dive Part III: Tainted Variable Analysis and Root Cause Assessment
This is Part III of our “Pay Equity Deep Dive Series.” Part I focused on Compensation Philosophy Review and Pay Analysis Group formation and testing. Part II focused on Wage Influencing Factors (WIFs) and Reliability and Robustness Testing. Part III covers Tainted Variable Analysis and Root Cause Assessment. As we shared in Part II of…
Read MoreCalifornia Updates Pay Data Reporting Requirements for 2024
Pay data reporting season is underway in California, as the state’s reporting portal opened Feb. 1, 2024. This year, organizations are required to report on three new data points. The 2024 deadline for submitting SB 1162’s required pay data report including annual mean and median pay data is May 8. Below we’ll take a look…
Read MoreBiden Administration Proposes Pay Equity Requirements for Federal Employers
The Biden administration is looking to continue its push for pay equity at the federal level. The Office of Personnel Management announced a new regulation for Federal agencies that will prohibit the use of salary history in setting pay for roles in the government. For federal contractors, the administration announced a proposed rule that would…
Read MoreMinnesota Adopts Salary History Ban Legislation
Employers operating in the state of Minnesota are no longer allowed to ask job applicants about their prior compensation or benefits. The law (Minnesota SF 2909) went into effect Jan. 1, 2024 and updated the Minnesota Human Rights Act. Minnesota is the 29th state to impose a salary history ban, which is intended to prevent…
Read MoreIllinois Equal Pay Certificate Deadline Is Looming
When it comes to pay equity, Illinois has some of the most stringent laws in the United States. Along with California, it is the only state to require pay data reporting. As the Illinois Equal Pay Certificate Deadline of March 24, 2024 draws near, here’s what employers need to know. As we also highlight, a…
Read MoreBlack History Month and the March Toward Pay Equity
Carter G. Woodson is known as the “father of Black history”— and for good reason. A historian and president of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASAHL), Woodson is credited with being the impetus behind Black History Month — initially celebrated as Negro History Week in 1926. He envisioned the…
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