States Pass Pay Transparency Laws—Will Productivity Diminish?

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Washington and California passed laws requiring companies to post salary ranges on job listings. New York passed a similar last year. The goal is to help reduce wage gaps and make a more level playing field for employees.

And with pay transparency laws becoming a hot topic in business, questions by both employers and employees keep coming up. What is pay transparency, how does it work, and what are the results?

Pay Transparency Strategy

Pay transparency is a strategy to highlight and discuss salaries within a company. It can be a conversation between managers and employees. Pay transparency can be measured on a spectrum.