Gender pay gap

IT Salary Outlook Positive; Work-Life Balance and Base Pay Top Priorities for Technology Professionals Finds InformationWeek’s U.S. IT Salary Survey Report

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Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Despite rising labor costs, economic inflation, and companies making an effort to cut back, the salary outlook for IT professionals is positive.

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  • Despite rising labor costs, economic inflation, and companies making an effort to cut back, the salary outlook for IT professionals is positive.
  • Work-life balance and base pay top the list as what matters most to IT professionals when it comes to their jobs.
  • More than three-quarters (77%) of IT professionals reported an increase in base salary in 2022.
  • The gender pay gap still exists, but both men and women saw an increase in pay.

Gender Pay Gap Backslides Within European Healthcare Industry

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Tuesday, March 14, 2023

FAIRFIELD, N.J., March 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Results from a new report, "Reducing the Gender Pay Gap to Drive Success in the Healthcare Industry," issued by the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association (HBA) Europe region in collaboration with our data partner reveals an increase in the gender pay gap between men and women in the life sciences sector in Europe. With input from more than 50,000 employees at 180 companies, the data show that the median pay gap increased from 11.5 percent to 14.4 percent in the past two years.

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  • FAIRFIELD, N.J., March 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Results from a new report, "Reducing the Gender Pay Gap to Drive Success in the Healthcare Industry," issued by the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association (HBA) Europe region in collaboration with our data partner reveals an increase in the gender pay gap between men and women in the life sciences sector in Europe.
  • The report data indicates Sweden, Ireland, Netherlands, and Portugal have spearheaded an improvement in the gender pay gap since the 2021 report.
  • However, the largest European markets, like France and the United Kingdom, show a worsening of the pay gap.
  • HBA volunteers spoke with various industry leaders to identify what can be done by individuals, companies, and governments to reverse the current trend of a worsening gender pay gap.

Dataiku Releases New ‘AI & Us’ Documentary Series

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Wednesday, September 7, 2022

NEW YORK, NY, Sept. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dataiku , the platform for Everyday AI, has announced the first season of its AI & Us series, which looks at how increasingly accessible AI is transforming industries.

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  • NEW YORK, NY, Sept. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dataiku , the platform for Everyday AI, has announced the first season of its AI & Us series, which looks at how increasingly accessible AI is transforming industries.
  • The objective of the web series is to build a link between AI and business through the eyes of practitioners in order to create meaningful conversations.
  • Episode 2, A Matter of Perception questions our perceptions of AI: have we moved beyond the evil machine Terminator perception of AI?
  • Dataiku is the platform for Everyday AI that allows companies to leverage one central solution to design, deploy, govern, and manage AI and analytics applications.

PMI Achieves Female Representation Target: 40% of Women in Managerial Positions

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Thursday, May 12, 2022

Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) (NYSE: PM) today announced that it has reached its global company-wide target to improve gender balance, ensuring at least 40% female representation in managerial roles by 2022.

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  • Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) (NYSE: PM) today announced that it has reached its global company-wide target to improve gender balance, ensuring at least 40% female representation in managerial roles by 2022.
  • With this in mind, we have our next gender representation target: 35% of women in senior roles by 2025.
  • The new target35% of women in senior roles by 2025demonstrates the companys desire to continuously improve gender representation.
  • The recertification verifies that PMI continues to pay female and male employees equally for equal work in the more than 90 markets where PMI operates.

The Gender Pay Gap is real and may widen when women return to work, Payscale’s research explains

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Tuesday, March 15, 2022

The older women get, the further their earning power declines, with the gender pay gap increasing substantially for women aged 45 and above.

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  • The older women get, the further their earning power declines, with the gender pay gap increasing substantially for women aged 45 and above.
  • Payscales GPGR measures for both the controlled and uncontrolled gender pay gap.
  • While the controlled gender pay gap is narrower, with women being paid $0.99 for every $1 men make, the gap should be zero, and the closing of the gap has been ponderously slow.
  • Unemployed women also face a disproportionate wage penalty compared to men, suggesting that the gender pay gap could widen again in the future.

Arjuna Capital/Proxy Impact: Pfizer Tops “Racial and Gender Pay Scorecard” This Equal Pay Day, While Women and People of Color Face a One-Two Punch From the Pandemic

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Monday, March 14, 2022

The grades are based on quantitative disclosures (versus qualitative assurances) by companies taking concrete steps to close racial and gender pay gaps.

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  • The grades are based on quantitative disclosures (versus qualitative assurances) by companies taking concrete steps to close racial and gender pay gaps.
  • Its no surprise that racial and gender pay equity has become a key area of focus for investors, who are demanding more from companies.
  • We are already seeing more company and shareholder support for racial and gender pay gap reporting and industry leaders are starting to emerge.
  • Within the last year, Pfizer managed to narrow its racial and gender pay gaps and began including executive leadership in its pay equity analysis.

BlueSteps Partners with The Pay Index to Provide Compensation Benchmarking for Executive Jobs

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Monday, March 7, 2022

Even within their own organization, it can be challenging for an executive to understand how their pay compares to market value.

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  • Even within their own organization, it can be challenging for an executive to understand how their pay compares to market value.
  • The new BlueSteps partnership with The Pay Index brings pay transparency through reliable data and reporting that BlueSteps members can now easily access through the BlueSteps member dashboard.
  • James Rust, The Pay Index Founder and CEO commented, "At The Pay Index we are passionate about pay transparency.
  • By opting into The Pay Index plugin on their BlueSteps dashboard, BlueSteps members can now start creating their own compensation benchmark reports and gathering detailed insights into how their total compensation compares to the marketplace.

HowToBet.Com Releases Report Showing That Male Professional Athletes Earn Exponentially More Money Than Women ― But Not for the Obvious Reasons

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Tuesday, November 16, 2021

But the pay difference between female and male professional athletes is not limited to the country's top soccer stars.

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  • But the pay difference between female and male professional athletes is not limited to the country's top soccer stars.
  • Bird's salary is matched by just six other top performers in the WNBA league including Brittney Griner and Diana Taurasi.
  • The NBA's audience and marketing revenues are famously huge, but HowToBet.com dismantles the argument that women's professional athletes' salaries are always objectively dictated.
  • The average male player earns $398,725 while, according to the National Women's Soccer League Players Association (NWSLPA) estimates, three-quarters of the women players earn $31,000 or less.

JDXpert Announces Free Pay Equity Webinar - On the Road to Equitable Pay

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Thursday, September 16, 2021

RALEIGH, N.C., Sept. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Over the last several years, we have seen a dramatic shift in the public consciousness toward social justice, transparency, and intolerance of inequity.

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  • RALEIGH, N.C., Sept. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Over the last several years, we have seen a dramatic shift in the public consciousness toward social justice, transparency, and intolerance of inequity.
  • The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting recession have only made these matters more urgent.
  • This situation is in the control of employees and constitutes an urgent call for pay equity.
  • In this webinar, Becky Wood, Director of Applied Analytics and Kevin Smith, Compensation Solutions Engineer, will share pay equity trends, best practices, and how your organization can leverage technology to put pay equity into practice.

Payscale Continues Growth Trend Through Acquisition of Pay Equity Analysis and Compensation Management Software Leader, CURO

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Wednesday, August 18, 2021

, the leading provider of compensation data, software and services,has acquired CURO Compensation Ltd. (CURO) , a global leader in pay equity and compensation management technology.

Key Points: 
  • , the leading provider of compensation data, software and services,has acquired CURO Compensation Ltd. (CURO) , a global leader in pay equity and compensation management technology.
  • CUROs Pay Equity software is optimized for local, regional and multi-national pay equity audits.
  • Customers will have access to CUROs pay equity and merit cycle management modules, while also utilizing Payscales compensation tools and market data.
  • Users leverage employee pay data to pick and choose variables to conduct pay equity analysis, leaving users with customizable possibilities to identify and quantify pay equity gaps and develop remediation strategies.