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The pros and cons of pay disclosure will be discussed Tuesday by experts at an ILR School livestream open to the public.
Speakers at “Pay Gaps are Real: Is Pay Transparency the Answer?” include Peter Bamberger, Ph.D. ’90, research director of ILR’s Smithers Institute and the Domberger Chair in Organization and Management at Tel Aviv University’s Coller School of Management; Jacqueline M. Ebanks, executive director of the New York City Commission on Gender Equity; Evandro Gigante, Proskauer Rose partner and co-head of its Employment Litigation & Arbitration group, and Brian Levine, Mercer's pay equity leader.
As of Nov. 1, New York City employers will be required to disclose minimum and maximum salaries for job openings. Nationally, a number of municipalities are considering controversial pay transparency laws.
According to Bamberger, author of the forthcoming Oxford University Press book, “Exposing Pay: Pay Transparency and What it Means for Employees, Employers and Public Policy,” research shows that pay transparency can:
- Potentially boost performance and help retain top performers, but can spark counterproductive work behavior.
- Reduce the risk of gender or race/ethnic-based pay inequities, but may generate envy.
- Motivate those receiving more pay to stay and those at...
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