Labor rights

Curo Compensation Announces General Availability of Gender Pay Equity Solution

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Monday, January 13, 2020

BOSTON and LONDON, Jan. 13, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Curo Compensation Limited (Curo), an industry leader in total compensation management technology, today announced the general availability of its new pay equity analysis software, CURO Pay Equity .

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  • BOSTON and LONDON, Jan. 13, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Curo Compensation Limited (Curo), an industry leader in total compensation management technology, today announced the general availability of its new pay equity analysis software, CURO Pay Equity .
  • Recognizing the widespread and longstanding impact of pay inequality, Curo designed CURO Pay Equity to help employers identify and resolve gender pay variances faster.
  • With dynamic dashboards and visual analytics, CURO Pay Equity returns easy-to-understand results, including the budget recommendations needed to make the compensation adjustments to reduce or eliminate pay gaps.
  • Our software empowers companies to manage compensation processes with confidence, align employee compensation with business success, analyze pay equity gaps and demonstrate a commitment to fair pay.

'The TED Talk Whisperer' Embraces the 4-Day Workweek in Launching International Communications Firm

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Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Founder Devin D. Marks known by his clients as " The TED Talk Whisperer " has coached hundreds of speakers on a compressed schedule, including viral TED speaker Dr. Robert Waldinger , whose "Good Life" TEDxTalk has tallied 30 million views on TED.

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  • Founder Devin D. Marks known by his clients as " The TED Talk Whisperer " has coached hundreds of speakers on a compressed schedule, including viral TED speaker Dr. Robert Waldinger , whose "Good Life" TEDxTalk has tallied 30 million views on TED.
  • Since 2014, Marks has practiced the 4-day approach while running an award-winning, on-line training consultancy: myTEDtalk.com.
  • With HUTCHINSON, MARKS + COMPANY (HM+CO), he's bringing his personal flex-schedule and rolling it out team-wide, from day one.
  • To date, the 4-day workweek has been tested by major companies like Microsoft Japan, which realized a 40% productivity jump.

Battle in Seattle: Starbucks Shows Leadership on Median Gender/Racial Pay Equity, While Laggard Microsoft Fights Disclosure, According to Arjuna Capital

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Wednesday, December 4, 2019

The investment management firm Arjuna Capital, which has spurred nearly two dozen companies to provide gender and racial pay equity disclosure, is the sponsor of the more demanding median gender pay equity resolutions at both Microsoft and Starbucks.

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  • The investment management firm Arjuna Capital, which has spurred nearly two dozen companies to provide gender and racial pay equity disclosure, is the sponsor of the more demanding median gender pay equity resolutions at both Microsoft and Starbucks.
  • Arjuna Capital Managing Partner Natasha Lamb has provided a video statement for delivery today at the Microsoft virtual meeting .
  • In the statement, she notes: Disclosure of median pay is now mandated in the United Kingdom.
  • For Microsofts UK operations, our company reported a 7.9% hourly median pay gap, and a 13% bonus median pay gap.

How Companies Should Weigh and Implement the 4-Day Workweek

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Tuesday, November 26, 2019

This past August, Microsoft Japan experimented with a four-day workweek, keeping its doors closed on Fridays and giving employees the day off.

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  • This past August, Microsoft Japan experimented with a four-day workweek, keeping its doors closed on Fridays and giving employees the day off.
  • To condense the workweek, employees were encouraged to scrap meetings and instead communicate by in-office messaging.
  • "I think that Microsoft has the potential of becoming an influencer and is showing other companies that this could be the way to go."
  • While beneficial in theory, however, the four-day workweek must make sense in terms of a company's operations and environment, he cautions.

StubHub Partners with TIME'S UP in Fight for Equal Pay for Female Athletes

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Tuesday, October 1, 2019

To fuel the fight for pay equity, StubHub will donate $1 per order up to $100,000 for all sports event purchases on StubHub during the month of October.

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  • To fuel the fight for pay equity, StubHub will donate $1 per order up to $100,000 for all sports event purchases on StubHub during the month of October.
  • The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team's stunning World Cup victory brought the equal pay discussion front and center.
  • We urge our fellow fans to join us in the fight to close the gender pay gap."
  • To donate and join the fight for equal pay, visit TIME's UP's website .

Workfront's 6th Annual State of Work Report Finds Employees Spend Just 43 Percent of their Work Week on the Jobs They Were Hired to Do

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Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Ninety-one percent of respondents say they are proud of the work they do and 78 percent say their job represents more than a paycheck.

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  • Ninety-one percent of respondents say they are proud of the work they do and 78 percent say their job represents more than a paycheck.
  • Technology can help, but only if it's the right technology Adding more technology solutions doesn't necessarily make for better work.
  • The study found that globally, employees spend just 43 percent of their workweek on the jobs they were hired to do.
  • Workfront is the modern work management application platform, helping people do their best work so companies can thrive in a digital world.

Arjuna Capital, TIME’S UP Take Fight for Median Gender/Racial Pay Reporting to Alphabet/Google Annual Meeting

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Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Thats why were back at the annual meeting for the fourth year in a row asking for more.

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  • Thats why were back at the annual meeting for the fourth year in a row asking for more.
  • Investors need more than simply equal pay for equal work data we need transparent median pay gap disclosures.
  • Michael Passoff, CEO, Proxy Impact and median pay gap resolution co-filer, said: Global median pay is the most commonly used way to measure the gender pay gap in the workplace.
  • Arjuna Capital has teamed up with TIMES UP to highlight the importance of median pay gap disclosures so companies tell the whole story of gender and racial pay inequity.

Canada commits to combating labour exploitation and promoting safer workplaces on 100th ILO anniversary

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Monday, June 17, 2019

GATINEAU, QC, June 17, 2019 /CNW/ -As a founding member of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Canada is proud to celebrate the organization's 100th anniversary.

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  • GATINEAU, QC, June 17, 2019 /CNW/ -As a founding member of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Canada is proud to celebrate the organization's 100th anniversary.
  • The Government of Canada continues to promote and uphold the ILO's decent work agenda, and is committed to combatting labour exploitation and promoting strong labour inspection systems.
  • To this end, Canada has ratified the ILO's Protocol 29 on Forced Labour and Convention 81 on Labour Inspection.
  • Protocol 29, the Protocol to The Forced Labour Convention, 1930, provides specific guidance on how to eliminate all forms of forced labour, including human trafficking.

Syndio Establishes Pay Equity Standards for Global Corporations Based on Validated Methodology

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Monday, April 29, 2019

"In recent years, pay equity has been thrust to the forefront of discussion in the global workforce," said Maria Colacurcio, CEO, Syndio.

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  • "In recent years, pay equity has been thrust to the forefront of discussion in the global workforce," said Maria Colacurcio, CEO, Syndio.
  • Syndio has developed a list of standards that, if adopted by companies globally, will help resolve the pay gap once and for all.
  • Syndio's list of pay equity standards includes:
    Recognize the obligation and commit to ongoing pay analyses.
  • Pay equality is critically important, and we've been eager to join this commitment to equal pay standards with Syndio and the NWLC."

Equal Pay Day Statement

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Tuesday, April 9, 2019

GATINEAU, QC, April 9, 2019 /CNW/ -Today, the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, issued the following statement recognizing Equal Pay Day.

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  • GATINEAU, QC, April 9, 2019 /CNW/ -Today, the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, issued the following statement recognizing Equal Pay Day.
  • "On Equal Pay Day, it is important to note how far Canadian women have come in the last 40 years.
  • When Canadian women can count on equal pay for work of equal value, our economy grows stronger, families prosper and communities thrive.
  • While proactive pay equity legislation and pay transparency are important tools to help reduce gender wage gaps, they are part of our broader plan to advance the equality of women in the workplace.