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More states are requiring companies to include salary ranges in job postings

by Samantha Fields
Sep 29, 2022
Transparency around salaries makes it easier for job candidates to negotiate around an offer, or to decide if they even want to apply for a position.
Salary ranges in job postings can aid job seekers who get offers in negotiations.
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New York state expected to enact pay transparency law

by Dylan Miettinen
Jun 14, 2022
The law would require most employers in the state to disclose pay ranges in job advertisements.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul, seen above at an April press conference, is expected to sign off on a salary range disclosure law that advocates say is a step toward pay equity.
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Education support specialists keep schools running, but their pay doesn't reflect that

by Julia Schiff
May 27, 2022
ESPs, or classified employees, are a chronically underpaid part of the education system. Low wages are driving them out of the profession.
Education support specialists on average make $35,000 a year, but they often go the extra mile to help students succeed.
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Revisiting location-based pay in this era of remote work

by David Brancaccio , Rose Conlon , Erika Soderstrom and Daniel Shin
Oct 15, 2021
Companies are choosing to reduce the pay of remote workers who head to areas with a lower cost of living.
More companies are cutting down the pay of remote workers who choose to live in areas with a lower cost of living.
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Workplace Culture

Disney faces pay-secrecy complaint in lawsuit

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Mar 19, 2021
It's illegal under labor laws to prohibit employees from discussing salaries, though informal taboos are common.
Pay secrecy policies keep women and people of color from finding out just how much less money they may make compared to their white, male colleagues.
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Video game workers speak out about treatment amid industry's record sales

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Aug 4, 2020
There have been charges of pay disparities, discrimination and harassment.
Gamers at the BlizzCon 2017 gathering in Anaheim, California. Some workers in the industry have complained about the conditions they face.
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Race and Economy

How salary history bans can raise wages for female and Black workers

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jul 8, 2020
New research shows evidence that pay gaps are related to salary negotiations.
Salary history bans make it illegal for an employer to ask a prospective employee about their past compensation.
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Race and Economy

If a company is serious about racial pay equity, what should it do?

by Marielle Segarra
Jun 9, 2020
There are concrete steps companies can take. To start, collect the data.
Companies can take steps to close the racial pay gap, starting with collecting the data.
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EEC: Econ 101

Pirates could teach us a thing or two about fair pay

by David Brancaccio and Rose Conlon
Mar 5, 2020
Equality abounded on the open sea.
"Pirate articles," or contracts that stipulated compensation, were sort of like worker cooperatives of their time.
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Employers must submit pay data to feds ... for now

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Sep 30, 2019
It's part of a push to close the pay gap for women and minorities.
A protester at the "A Day Without A Woman" demonstration on March 8, 2017 in Miami, Florida.
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