Pay Equity

Define Comparable Work

Comparable jobs, or comparable work, refers to the positions in your organization where the skills and work are similar regardless of where in the organization they occur or what job families they belong to. Ultimately, a grouping of comparable jobs identifies the roles that have similar responsibilities and value to the organization, involving taking a close look at your organization’s roles, pay structure, and people.

Collect & Validate Data
  • Leverage Your Organization’s Data: Our HRIS integration provides automatic synching of your internal data such as your company jobs, employees, and salaries for in-depth analysis.

  • Manage Variables: Collect data based on your own Analysis Types to use in the pay equity analysis. These typically represent protected classes to test to make sure they are not influencing pay.

Analyze & Document Jobs
  • Job Description Management: Our JobArchitectTM module lets you build out your job description library and document jobs in the form of standardized job descriptions that outline the essential responsibilities and specific qualifications to perform a job successfully, such as knowledge, skills, and abilities.

  • Seamless Integration Across Product: JobArchitect™ links a finished job description to be used for market pricing and directly links to other modules across the Pay Equity Suite.

Build Pay Equity Groups
  • Intuitive Job Grouping: Pay Equity Groups will auto assign comparable work groups for you using our methodology or you can group jobs together using characteristics like grades, point value, location, or other items.

  • Create Similarly Situated Groups: Roles with comparable work can be assigned to the same grade, unless there are differences in job content. These job groups are called similarly situated groups (SSGs). Progressions within the grades can be tied to proficiency in compensable factors (skill, accumulated knowledge and increases responsibility).

Insights You Need to Get It Right

The latest research, expert advice, and compensation best practices all in one place.
The Plunkett Pay Equity Framework
The Plunkett Pay Equity Framework™ WHITE PAPER
The Plunkett Pay Equity Framework prescribes a six-step methodology to attain pay equity

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The Power of Pay Equity
The Power of Pay Equity WHITE PAPER
Addressing pay equity requires a process to ensure that everyone is paid equally.

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Understanding the Gender Pay Gap in America
Understanding the Gender Pay Gap in America Blog
Women in the United States earn 80 cents for every dollar paid to men.

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Embracing Fair Pay in the War For Talent
Embracing Fair Pay in the War For Talent White Papers
Learn how organizations are using market data to establish equitable pay structures.

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Building and Analyzing Salary Structures
Building and Analyzing Salary Structures WHITE PAPER
Learn how to maintain and update pay structures within your organization.

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