Current research suggests it’s time to re-evaluate existing pay structures and prioritize worker health and safety.
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Traditional pay structures — like wage gaps, pay-for-performance systems, the belief that time equals money and pay secrecy — are stopping organizations from reaching their goals and thriving.
The gender pay gap has proved difficult to close.
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Women make about 81 cents for every dollar a man earns, little changed in recent years. Could more pay transparency change that?
Want to know how your salary jar stacks up?
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Pay transparency laws are the latest effort to eliminate the still-yawning gap between the salaries of men and women. Do they work?
Sometimes operating in the dark does more harm than good.
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It’s not just the gender pay gap that stands to benefit from ending salary secrecy.
When pay rates are individually negotiated, women tend to do less well.
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With the gender pay gap refusing to go away, it’s time more people were encouraged to discuss their salary openly.