She, like others, was daunted by new laws around pay transparency and the start of salary ranges being posted for open jobs-mandates that, she said, made her nauseous at first. But since ignoring the changes was not an option, she wanted her peers in HR to buck the decades-old trend of silence around salaries and prepare for a time when it would become part of business as usual.
"Clear, consistent communication and manager training are critical to transparency efforts. Without them, even well-intentioned strategies can fall short."
Ruth Thomas, the chief compensation strategist at Payscale, said that when companies use AI to analyze large amounts of compensation-related data, it can help promote pay transparency and provide HR teams with a tool for understanding new job markets.
