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In 2023, Washington State will be expanding its pay transparency requirements. The state already required employers to disclose a job’s minimum pay when making an applicant a job offer. But under the new law, companies will have to disclose pay ranges in the job posting itself.

In summer 2022, Ireland implemented a far-reaching pay equity legislation, the Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021. This legislation requires employers to begin reporting on their gender pay gaps. Companies will need to report differences in the mean and median pay between male and female employees. And if there’s a pay disparity, the company will need to provide a written explanation for it and outline any steps planned to close the gap.

As pay transparency laws continue to gain traction across the US, California employers are getting ready to comply with the state’s new pay reporting and pay disclosure law. It was signed by Governor Newsom on September 27, 2022.

PayAnalytics looks back on a productive 2022. We rolled out several new features to support customers on their pay equity journeys, and we celebrated big milestones for several of our customers. In addition, our team presented at conferences and published their research to promote pay equity worldwide.

Companies hiring in New York City have been changing the way they advertise job openings in response to the new pay transparency law. The New York City pay transparency law's effective date was November 1, 2022, and since then, companies with four or more employees must post the pay range for every job posting. The law covers all NYC-based companies. It also covers companies beyond city limits posting remote jobs that may be filled by NYC-based workers.

Demografische Lohnunterschiede stellen heute ein wachsendes Problem dar, und Unternehmen, Organisationen und Regierungen suchen nach Lösungen, um gleiche Bezahlung zu gewährleisten. Zwei Konzepte werden regelmäßig als „Lohngefälle" oder „Lohnlücke" bezeichnet Was ist der Unterschied zwischen bereinigtem und unbereinigtem Lohngefälle?

At PayAnalytics, we often talk about equal pay for work of equal value. Canada’s Pay Equity Act, implemented August 2021, takes a unique approach to achieving this objective. Typically, pay equity requirements focus on how men and women doing similar jobs are paid, but Canada now focuses on the value of the job to the employer.

Last week, our founders David Anderson and Margret Bjarnadottir presented their academic work at the WorldatWork Workplace Equity Forum 2022 in Austin, Texas.

"With the right tools, supported with the right data, we can bring about workplace transformation and pay equity."

In the latest issue of Dynamic Magazine, our founder Margrét shares valuable insights for leaders using data analytics or AI on their pay equity journeys.

In einem aktuellen Blogbeitrag für das deutsche HR-Magazin Trend Report erklärte Margrét Bjarnadóttir, Mitbegründerin von PayAnalytics, wie wichtig es ist, die Grenzen von KI-basierten HR-Tools zu erkennen, wenn wichtige Entscheidungen über Einstellungen, Vergütung, Beförderungen und Weiterbildungsmöglichkeiten getroffen werden.

Margret, our co-founder, Dr. Marie Louise Sunde, Founder and CEO of Equality Check, and Tuula Rytila, Corporate Vice President at Microsoft Digital Stores had an inspiring discussion on a panel on gender equity at the Nordic Innovation Summit two weeks ago. The panel was called "The Scandinavian DEI Paradox—Not So Paradoxical?" referring to the fact that while the Nordics consistently score at the top of every equality scale, women are still underrepresented on boards and in top management.

California, the first U.S. state to pass a law on pay data reporting, is considering proposed legislation taking the requirements of the original bill even further. Senate Bill 973 on pay equity was passed in September 2020 and requires large employers to provide data on employees by race, ethnicity, and sex in the ten job categories and pay ranges used by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The first data reports were submitted to the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) in March 2021.