PAYANALYTICS EQUIPS EMPLOYERS TO CHART A COURSE TOWARD PAY EQUITY

PAYANALYTICS EQUIPS EMPLOYERS TO CHART A COURSE TOWARD PAY EQUITY

10 Jul 2023

This year, PayAnalytics has made strides in helping employers across the world chart a course toward achieving and maintaining pay equity. Now, our pay equity software solution has touched the lives of over 1 million employees in 75 countries, a milestone for our organization and a testament to the transformative power of our pay equity technology.

Beyond providing a solution that helps companies to see and close their pay gaps from Day One, we’ve also continued to build a knowledge center to help organizations learn what pay and workplace equity and pay transparency are, why they matter, and how to work toward achieving them. These concepts can be nebulous and daunting for even the most experienced of HR professionals, and our aim is to empower organizations by demystifying these goalposts and breaking them down into tangible, measurable steps.

To that end, we also maintain a resource library of local legislation that includes up-to-date information on pay transparency laws in the U.S., Europe, U.K., and elsewhere. We have made it our mission to equip employers with actionable information, both in the form of insights within the PayAnalytics solution itself, and in the thoughtful content we provide. Irrespective of where they are on their pay equity journey, employers will find resources they need to get started, keep going, and succeed.

A few of these resources include our newest research-based guide on The Benefits of Pay Transparency. When employers overcome pay secrecy, in essence, they demonstrate a commitment to their employees, showing them that they are valued, that they matter and make a difference. In turn, employers may see increased productivity, trust, and performance, as well as lower recruitment costs. Alongside this publication, we’re offering a reader-friendly Guide to Gender Equality Certification in Italy; the “reader’s digest” version is available on our blog, and the full guide is downloadable for easy sharing.

We also had the honor of joining our colleagues and cohort at World at Work’s Total Rewards conference in June of this year. Dr. Margrét Bjarnadóttir, one of our co-founders, presented on How to Use People Analytics Tools Fairly. In the spirit of inviting others into the conversation, we also crafted a short blog with key takeaways from the conference—including success stories.

Finally, one of our biggest accomplishments this year—apart from the overwhelming successes of our clients, including one large European company that closed its gender pay gap among 4,500 employees in a matter of days—was introducing a new Workplace Equity Feature in our software. This feature enables employers to use our solution to go beyond pay equity alone. Using this feature, they can analyze diversity and representation among current employees, new hires, and exiting employees, as well as look for demographic differences in raises and promotions. Further additions to and refinements of our solution—based on feedback from our users—are on the way in 2023 and 2024.

It has been, it’s safe to say, an exciting quarter at PayAnalytics. We’re excited to continue to build momentum on our shared journey toward making the world a more fair and equitable place for all. Together.

 

APPOINTMENT OF CANADA’S NEW FEDERAL PAY EQUITY COMMISSIONER: FULL STEAM AHEAD ON ADVANCING PAY EQUITY!

APPOINTMENT OF CANADA’S NEW FEDERAL PAY EQUITY COMMISSIONER: FULL STEAM AHEAD ON ADVANCING PAY EQUITY!

9 Jul 2023

On June 27, 2023, Minister of Labour Seamus O’Regan Jr. announced the appointment of Lori Straznicky as Canada’s new federal pay equity commissioner. She will be appointed to the role at the Canadian Human Rights Commission effective November 1, 2023, for a term of five years. Ms. Straznicky stepped in as interim commissioner in November 2022, providing oversight in the Government’s work to strengthen pay equity in Canada.
As Minister O’Regan highlighted:
“Lori Straznicky will help us achieve pay equity and close the gender wage gap in federal workplaces. She’s done great work as interim Pay Equity Commissioner and I know she’ll keep delivering in her new official role”.
Working within the Canadian Human Rights Commission, Ms. Straznicky will continue to lead a dedicated unit responsible for:
• assisting stakeholders and bargaining agents on pay equity issues
• investigating complaints related to contravention of the Pay Equity Act, and
• educating employers on their obligations under the Act.
Building upon the significant progress achieved during her interim role, Ms. Straznicky will persist in her efforts to further reduce the gender wage gap in federally regulated workplaces.
Canada’s Pay Equity Act, which came into force on August 31, 2021, creates a proactive pay equity regime that will ensure that women and men working in federally regulated workplaces (in both the public and private sectors, parliamentary workplaces, the Prime Minister’s office and ministers’ offices) receive equal pay for work of equal value. The Pay Equity Act will reduce any gender wage gaps in federally regulated workplaces that exist due to the undervaluation of work traditionally performed by women.

ONTARIO’S PAY EQUITY OFFICE RELEASED THE SECOND SEASON OF ITS AWARD-WINNING PODCAST SERIES LEVEL THE PAYING FIELD

ONTARIO’S PAY EQUITY OFFICE RELEASED THE SECOND SEASON OF ITS AWARD-WINNING PODCAST SERIES LEVEL THE PAYING FIELD

9 Jul 2023

Exploring topics related to economics, equity, women, work and wage equity, in this season of Level the Paying Field, the Pay Equity Office of Ontario (PEO) convenes leading experts and renowned researchers to uncover the hidden biases that contribute to unexplained pay gaps.

“Gender bias is pervasive in our society” says Kadie Ward, Commissioner and CAO of the Pay Equity Office. “From who does what work, to parenting, to unpaid care work, we can see gender coded expectations everywhere and these create inequalities generally and in the labour market.”

Through the series, PEO seeks to highlight how data and research can seed meaningful conversations around gender inequality and drive change. “Each of our guests have experience in researching, analysing, creating and adapting policies to help address underlying stereotypes,” says Ward. “We’ve pulled this group of experts together to uncover the invisible drivers of the gender wage gap and, more importantly, shed light on how to confront and eliminate them.”

Join the Pay Equity Office in elevating the equity conversation to make the world a more equitable place for women to work, live and thrive and support closing the gender wage gap. Watch episodes of Level the Paying Field at www.levelthepayingfield.ca or listen wherever you download your podcasts.

EQUAL PAY IS EVERYONE’S BUSINESS: ALL ENGAGED IN ADVANCING WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

22 Mar 2022 - 22 Mar 2022
9:00 am - 10:30 am (America/Cayman)
Virtual

EPIC REGIONAL CONFERENCE – PAY TRANSPARENCY IN ASIA/PACIFIC: PUBLIC POLICY AND COMPANY PRACTICES

26 Oct 2022 - 26 Oct 2022
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Virtual

THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

LAUNCH OF THE REPORT “REPORTING GENDER PAY GAPS IN OECD COUNTRIES: GUIDANCE FOR PAY TRANSPARENCY IMPLEMENTATION, MONITORING AND REFORM.”

13 Jun 2023 - 13 Jun 2023
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm (Europe/Paris)
Virtual

A Review of Wage Setting through Collective Bargaining

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