Tag: Pay Transparency

February 27, 2024

Facing the unrest of the early 2020s, Valerie Richards took action. “Employees came to me and said, ‘This is impacting me, my family and how I’m doing my work,’” she says. “It opened my eyes. I said, ‘We need to […]

September 11, 2023

The pay transparency movement is gaining momentum. In the past few years, several states and cities have put laws and regulations in place that require employers to include salary ranges in their job postings. Employers operating under pay transparency requirements […]

August 21, 2023

Some employers worry that elevating pay transparency will cause employees to quit. It’s likely some will. But in organizations where trust is established in the culture, the change is unlikely to spark high turnover. The trouble is that trust is […]

June 23, 2023

As digital natives, Gen Z workers have the potential to bring unique skills and valuable perspectives to the organizations where they work. Having experienced significant challenges at a young age, including the COVID-19 pandemic and entering the workforce during a […]

March 22, 2023

California has taken a bold step towards pay equality and fairness with the recent implementation of Senate Bill 1162. This dynamic piece of legislation, which has been dubbed a victory for employees, is set to shake up the employment landscape […]

February 28, 2023

The report offers three takeaways for HR professionals, Amy Stewart, Payscale’s associate director of content and editorial, told HR Dive. First, despite the precarious economy, pay raises are looking higher again in 2023, compared to pre-COVID-19 years, although they are […]

February 27, 2023

At the beginning of 2023, California and Colorado joined Washington and other U.S. states, as well as New York City, in enacting pay transparency laws. It’s likely more states will join them. While they differ in detail and complexity, pay […]

February 20, 2023

Quiet quitting, bai lan, and anti-work are some of the trends currently demonstrating that employees are unhappy with poor workplace cultures that fail to keep them engaged. To get ahead of these problematic trends, HR leaders and organizations must build […]

February 10, 2023

With the tight labor market impacting the country for the past couple of years, it’s not uncommon to see signs advertising job openings along with the starting pay and even sign-on bonuses. Despite the increased prevalence of such job ads, […]

February 3, 2023

People management is forever an evolving landscape and 2023 is shaping up to be no exception. The HR Dive team reached out to labor and organization experts, DEI consultants and employment law attorneys to gauge what’s on the horizon for […]

November 10, 2022

Many of us grew up in a workplace that didn’t talk openly about pay. Employees didn’t want to disclose their salaries for fear their peers would think they were over- or under paid and employers were more than happy to […]

September 29, 2022

With the stroke of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s pen, a new pay transparency law was passed on Tuesday. The new legislation – Senate Bill 1162 – expands upon the framework of the Equal Pay Act, which requires employers in the […]

October 29, 2021

As the United States navigates a historic labor shortage, it’s critical for employers to adapt to the changing employee benefits landscape and compensation demands. Employers must understand that today’s jobseekers are evaluating companies differently, and the kinds of benefits and […]

April 20, 2020

Pay transparency has been the gold standard for fighting all kinds of pay inequity. Recent research by PayScale claims that pay transparency does, in fact, solve the gender wage gap. I spoke with an expert about the findings, as well […]

October 16, 2019

The only thing constant is change. Though some aspects of business success are built upon bedrock principles that were detailed decades ago, you can’t stop evolving. There are new business models. There is new technology. And there needs to be […]

November 29, 2018

Today’s employees expect the companies they work for to deliver openness and transparency in, essentially, all of their business practices. This includes everything from communicating leadership changes, making adjustments to the business model, revealing news around potential acquisitions and, most […]

November 22, 2016

These days, pay transparency is a hot topic among HR and compensation professionals. There’s also been some interesting developments from Buffer’s employer driven approach of sharing everyone’s pay with all employees to a Google employee taking it into her own […]