1、An Affirmity White Paper Cultivating Fair Pay in the WorkplaceYour Guide to Global Pay EquityCultivating Fair Pay in the Workplace:Your Guide to Global Pay Equity|ContentsIntroduction1What Is Fair Pay?2The Mechanisms of Unfair Pay3Why Should Organizations Care About Fair Pay?4Five Steps for Organiza

2、tions Who Want to Contribute to Fair Pay5A Concluding Note on Establishing Fair Pay6About Affirmity7Cultivating Fair Pay in the Workplace:Your Guide to Global Pay Equity|When discussing the world of work,its difficult to come up with a phrase as loaded with meaning and implications as“fair pay”.The

3、idea that fair pay should exist,in at least some form,has swept around the globe.Almost every country has laws and regulations stipulating the need for,and enforcement of,fair pay standards.While usually related to gender pay differences,internationally we see laws also dealing with other identifier

4、s.The list includes:Race Ethnicity Religion Age Sexual orientation Gender identity Citizenship status Geography Disability Veteran status Job categoryAs issues of pay fairness became more widely acknowledged by countries and their individual administrations,laws were developed to address them.They w

5、ere often developed as a reflection of a societys ideals.Whatever the catalyst,fair pay tends to be a charged issue.When you look at statistics describing pay differences,and the reasons for them,its easy to see why so much attention and energy is put into correcting unfair pay situations.For exampl

6、e,if we consider gender differences,the estimated gap between the average hourly wages of men and women is typically quite high:Introduction1Cultivating Fair Pay in the Workplace:Your Guide to Global Pay Equity|The graph above1 highlights pay gap information from the International Labor Organization