Closing the Gap: What Employers Need to Know About Pay Equity

Elizabeth Arnold and Chester Hanvey joined the Employment Law Alliance Employment Matters podcast for the episode “Closing the Gap: What Employers Need to Know About Pay Equity.”

They examined:

• Understanding pay equity: comparing compensation across the market and within an organization
• Key drivers of pay disparities: common internal factors that lead to unequal pay
• Evaluating disparities: distinguishing between legitimate differences (e.g., job duties, skills, education, tenure, supervisory roles) and unlawful discrimination (e.g., gender, race, age)
• Role of job analysis: how it supports pay equity litigation
• Litigation trends: emerging patterns in recent pay equity cases
• Employer best practices: proactive strategies to identify and prevent pay inequities

Listen to the episode.

Ms. Arnold and Dr. Hanvey also previously took part in the Employment Matters episode “Beyond the Timecard: Employer Accountability in Off-the-Clock Work.”