Compensation Foundations: Gender Pay Equity

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Gender Earnings Comparison

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Introduction
Mykkah Herner, MA, CCP
Modern Comp Evangelist
Laura Reigel
Customer Marketing Manager

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54 Million Salary Profiles
10 Org types 350 Industries 15,000 Job Titles
2,300 skills, 4,200 certifications
The World’s Largest Salary Database

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The
Basics

6. As California Goes…
…so goes the nation.

7. Turns out 48/50 States have some version
of a pay equity law on the books

8. Proposal to change EEO reporting to include
gender, race, and ethnicity

9. 83% of Top
Performing
companies
say their
employees
are paid
fairly
vs. 73% of
all companies
83% 73%
Source: PayScale 2016 Compensation Best Practices Report - https://hub.payscale.com/h/i/221642277-payscales-2016-compensation-best-
practices-report

10. Top tech companies share diversity data
more and more publically

11. Diverse teams lead to
better business outcomes

12. Diverse teams lead to
better business outcomes
Source: McKinsey - http://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization/our-insights/why-diversity-matters

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The
Science

14. Gender Earnings Comparison
Feature

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Hover over a job row for more detail

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The
Execution

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How do I enable
that feature?

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You’ll need to have gender uploaded for each employee…

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… in the Gender column.
*This is different from using a custom field column.

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But I already have gender entered
in one of the custom fields…

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Great! Then this will be super simple.
Contact cs@payscale.com and we’ll
get it configured for you.

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What am I looking at?

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Overall earnings by gender for the whole organization
For every dollar earned (company-wide average)
How many dollars do
• men earn
• women earn
• “not specified” earn

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Gender pay equity for each job
• For this job, men earn a nickel more than women, on average
• Number of people in the job, by gender
• Gender breakdown percentage

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Are you sure the analysis is right?
• Have you defined the job appropriately? Multiple levels?
• Is the employee in the right job? Recent promotion?
• Do you need to calculate increases?

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Ensure appropriate position in range

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The Art

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What can impact my Gender
Earnings Comparison?

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You may look at every job in the organization
• Each job is equitable (legally compliant)
• Overall stats still show uneven payment

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Uncontrolled vs controlled pay gap
Factors that impact gender wage gap
• Job Type
• Job Level
• Compensable Factors
• Marriage & Family
• Unconscious Bias
http://www.payscale.com/data-packages/gender-pay-gap

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Look by job function
• Upload Department, Division,
Functional Area, or a Job Custom
Group
• View analytic reports by that group,
then gender

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Look by job level
• Upload pay grade or organizational
level
• View analytic reports by that group,
then gender

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Take the LEAD on Gender
Pay Equity
L – Look for potential pay equity issues.
E – Evaluate the issues, talk to managers, determine
the rationale for any discrepancies, etc.
A – Act. Fix the problems.
D – Discuss solutions with execs, managers, and
employees.

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Q & A
(we’ll email this out)