Pay: It’s not always the most comfortable conversation to have, but for companies that are serious about achieving a discrimination-free workplace, ensuring pay equity is a good place to start. Employment attorney Heather Bussing discusses the finer points of starting (and repeating) a pay equity audit.
Never miss a compliance opportunity to make a better workplace. After all, it’s compliance. It’s not like it’s optional. You have to do it. Compliance with employment laws is fundamentally about doing the work to create a discrimination- and harassment-free workplace where people are treated with dignity and paid fairly based on their work. This seems like a good thing.
Instead of treating compliance as some burdensome requirement that interferes with business, use it as an opportunity. Having a discrimination- and harassment-free workplace helps attract and retain the right people so that you can provide quality products and services for your clients. It’s much better than spending time with lawyers in depositions and courtrooms. And a lot less expensive, too.
Start with pay equity
Start with pay equity because it’s easier than most other initiatives. Pay equity falls somewhere between pretty easy, like tracking overtime and calculating final paychecks, and really difficult, like creating a…
