Pay Equity Communications (AKA: What Do I Say?)

Responding to inquiries regarding your company's stance on pay equity can be dicey. Having a strategy on how you address questions is important. 

Every time a client asks "what do I say" in response to employee inquiries about what the client's company is doing to ensure fair pay, Justin Bieber's song "What do you Mean" starts playing in my head as "What do I Say." Luckily, while I am certainly not a Belieber, I find the song catchy rather than annoying, and appropriately thought-provoking.

It is a tricky question. I don't think any company – at least not any of our clients (!) – would argue with the importance of treating all employees equally and paying them fairly.  But when an employee, or group of employees, ask pointed questions such as: