Our perspectives on workplace equity.
A new directive addressing pay equity reviews issued in March by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has caused a swirl of confusion … Continue reading The New OFCCP Guidance: Can You Still Retain Attorney-Client Privilege?
Understanding the median pay gap isn’t solely a compensation, compliance, or legal issue. It’s a wholesale overhaul of equity in the workplace and a major … Continue reading Comms 101: Your Median Pay Gap and the Transparency Era
This article was originally published on April 22, 2022. It was last updated on May 17, 2022. A few years ago, I went to my … Continue reading What You Need to Know About EEO-1 Reporting
This article was originally published on January 21, 2022. It was last updated on May 16, 2022. We are in a new era of pay … Continue reading U.S. Pay Scale Transparency Legislation Cheat Sheet
Simply put, opportunity equity means that all employees have equal access to opportunities for employment, advancement, and development — regardless of gender, race, or other … Continue reading What is Opportunity Equity?
The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (“EFRAG”) recently announced the release of its draft of “European Sustainability Reporting Standards,” laying out the proposed reporting requirements … Continue reading How to Prepare for EU ESG Reporting Requirements
This four-part series is brought to you by the letter ‘S’ in ESG — diving into what social impact means for companies, how focusing on … Continue reading The ‘S’ Part 4: Three Great Examples of ESG Social Impact Communications
Despite public diversity pledges and investments in DE&I programs, the tech industry continues to find pay equity a challenge. According to Dice’s 2022 Equality in … Continue reading 6 Key Strategies for High-Growth Tech Companies to Successfully Scale Pay Equity
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month is a time to pay tribute to the generations Asian and Pacific Islander Americans who have contributed to … Continue reading 52 Books, Documentaries & Movies to Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
This four-part series is brought to you by the letter ‘S’ in ESG — diving into what social impact means for companies, how focusing on … Continue reading The ‘S’ Part 3: How Software Helps You Achieve and Report on ESG Progress
Pressure is building from all sides to disclose and report on pay gap and diversity metrics. Globally, legislation is increasing, with more requirements around both … Continue reading What is Workplace Equity?
This four-part series is brought to you by the letter ‘S’ in ESG — diving into what social impact means for companies, how focusing on … Continue reading The ‘S’ Part 2: The Top 9 Workplace Equity Metrics to Use for Reporting on the ‘S’ In ESG
This four-part series is brought to you by the letter ‘S’ in ESG — diving into what social impact means for companies, how focusing on workplace … Continue reading The ‘S’ Part 1: Why Investing in and Reporting on the ‘S’ in ESG is Good for Business
The belief that sunlight is the best disinfectant has led to a push for more transparency and disclosures around internal pay gaps within U.S. employers. … Continue reading Behind the Headlines: What the Newly Disclosed California Pay Data Do (and Don’t) Say About Your Company
Good news: wage growth has been higher for women than it has been for men for the past 6 months! Unfortunately, like some other recent … Continue reading Behind the Headlines: Women’s Wages Increase Outpace Men’s. It’s Not the Good News You Think It Is.
In 2021, many pay scale disclosure laws morphed, with laws in Connecticut, Nevada, Rhode Island, and Colorado requiring proactive disclosure of pay scale information. These … Continue reading New York City Pay Scale Disclosure Law FAQs
The calls to increase the number of women in senior-level roles are growing, but are companies making progress? The latest Census data released this week … Continue reading Census Shows Modest Gains for Women in C-Suite as Companies Face Pressure to Diversify
Women’s History Month is a time to recognize women’s contributions to progress and innovation in science, technology, culture, art, and society — and to keep … Continue reading 52 Books, Documentaries & Movies to Celebrate Women’s History Month
We’re excited to announce the launch of our Workplace Equity Platform, which offers a suite of products and services that help companies measure and improve … Continue reading Building an Equitable Workplace is More Attainable Than Ever: Introducing the Workplace Equity Platform
If you found your way to this article, odds are that you already understand how technology can help you address pay equity in a more … Continue reading How to Make a Business Case for Pay Equity Platforms
As a company dedicated to creating more equitable workplaces, our team is constantly looking for opportunities to learn about different cultures and understand others’ experiences. … Continue reading 52 Books, Documentaries & Movies to Celebrate Black History Month
We see fresh headlines all the time proclaiming that women and people of color still earn only a fraction of every dollar made by men … Continue reading 4 Root Causes of the Pay Gap & How to Address Them
Employees, investors, consumers, and legislators are demanding that brands step up — that they pay people fairly across a much broader set of compensation types … Continue reading There’s a New Standard for Fair Pay
In all the uncertainty surrounding the workplace in 2022 one thing is clear: there is no going back. We are entering a new era of … Continue reading To Our Partners, Leaders, and Friends… The Era of Workplace Equity
What does it mean to be valued at work? At Emerson’s Collective’s 2022 Demo Day, Syndio CEO Maria Colacurcio explores what it could mean for … Continue reading Syndio CEO Maria Colacurcio on What It Means to be Valued at Work
The regulations around pay equity and DEI in 2022 are undergoing a fundamental shift. Two forces — Washington and Wall Street — are aligned in … Continue reading 2022 Promises to be an Eventful Year for Pay Equity and DEI: Is Your Company Ready?
Throughout an employee’s lifecycle, many compensation decisions lead to pay inequities — but no decision is as important as starting salary. Since raises are usually … Continue reading Ensure Hiring Teams are Making Fair Offers: Introducing Pay Finder Standalone View
Syndio, in partnership with Fast Company, recently conducted a survey to better understand how managers and their employees think and feel about fairness, transparency, and … Continue reading Equity and Workplace Fairness: The Case for Transparency
Times, they are a-changing in pay equity. As expectations from employees, investors, and even the public are evolving and putting a spotlight on all things … Continue reading 6 Signs You Need a Pay Equity Platform
Pay equity is top of mind for most business leaders today. Investors are asking about it, employees are demanding it, and new legislation is making … Continue reading Top 3 Pay Equity Lessons Learned from Leading Companies
As we observe Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, the day in the year when Black women’s pay finally catches up to what their white male … Continue reading New Opportunity Gap Research Reveals Lack of Opportunity Is a Driving Force in the Pay Gap between Black Women and White Men
Penny Jar Capital is an Early-Stage Investment Firm Anchored by Stephen Curry SEATTLE — June 22, 2021 — Syndio, maker of pay equity software used … Continue reading Pay Equity Company Syndio Announces Investment from Penny Jar Capital
Juneteenth marks the anniversary of the emancipation of enslaved people in Texas in 1865. President Lincoln issued and signed The Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, … Continue reading Juneteenth 2021
This article was last updated on November 15, 2021 to include new functionality. Getting starting pay right — so it’s competitive and equitable — is … Continue reading Introducing Pay Finder: Make Better Pay Decisions and Prevent Pay Inequity
If you’re on a Board of Directors, you’ve watched Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) take center stage over the last year. To ensure accountability, … Continue reading Top 10 Questions for Board Members to Ask Executives about Pay Equity
Stakeholders at all levels of businesses — investors, boards, executives, employees, even consumers — are calling for tangible evidence of progress toward racial justice. Diversity, … Continue reading Fair Pay: A Tangible Way to Rapidly Advance Racial Justice In Your Organization
What do you do when employees raise concerns about fair pay? What information do they want — and need — to know? How transparent should … Continue reading Pay Transparency Is Coming — 5 Steps to Make It Work for Your Brand
If you’re an enterprise organization, your team has probably done a pay equity analysis at least once. According to World at Work, 73% of businesses … Continue reading How Often Should You Analyze Pay Equity? The Answer Might Surprise You…
Why can’t we kick pay inequity once and for all? Why — according to a recent World at Work survey — did 73% of businesses … Continue reading The 3 Missing Ingredients to Resolve Pay Inequity Once and For All
Equal Pay Day is an anti-holiday — one that’s meant to raise awareness for the pay inequities in the U.S., but that, ultimately, shouldn’t exist … Continue reading Equal Pay Day: The Anti-Holiday We Can All Strive to Eliminate
READ THE REPORT As the Biden administration ramps up execution of its agenda, including priorities around equality, there’s increasing discussion about new legislation and regulations … Continue reading The State of Pay Equity Laws in the U.S. — 2021
Wanting to pay employees fairly is nothing new. In fact, since the Equal Pay Act of 1963, most organizations have been trying to achieve fair … Continue reading 7 Reasons Enterprises are Switching to Pay Equity Software for Fair Pay
We’re pleased to feature one of our customers, Lauren Jackman, Director of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging for Medallia, to learn more about her perspective on … Continue reading For Medallia, Pay Equity Is an Always-On Proposition
Take two hypothetical employees: Jim and Kim. Jim and Kim are both Level 3 software engineers at the same technology company. Jim makes $178,000 a … Continue reading What Really Determines Pay? Introducing Pay Policy Analytics
Colorado’s “Equal Pay for Equal Work Act” went into effect on January 1. If you’re a business with employees in Colorado (at least one, actually), … Continue reading Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act — What Employers Need to Know
Today we announced that Syndio has raised $17.1 million in Series B funding. Bessemer Venture Partners led the round, with additional investment coming from Next … Continue reading Syndio Raises $17.1M in Series B
Steps to find, fix, and prevent pay equity issues Equal pay for equal work is table stakes. And it’s not just because lawsuits are becoming … Continue reading How to Analyze Pay Equity
New report helps employers understand where pay disparities start — and what to do about it I’m going to tell you a story — about … Continue reading For One Black Woman, the Opportunity Gap Means A Lifetime Loss of Nearly $1M
New report offers guidance on how to fix the pay gap and opportunity gap for people of color The Black Lives Matter movement has challenged … Continue reading When You’re Fixing Pay Equity Issues, Make Race a Priority
We are publishing the note that CEO Maria Colacurcio sent today to Syndio employees about the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Dear Syndio Team: As millions … Continue reading Reflections on the 2020 U.S. Election
October 29 marks Latina Equal Pay Day, the latest equal pay day for any group of women in the U.S. Because Latinas in the U.S. … Continue reading Latina Equal Pay Day
October 1 is Native Women’s Equal Pay Day — the date indigenous women, on average, would have to continue working to earn as much as … Continue reading The Gap is Widening: Why We Need to Pay Careful Attention to Native Women’s Equal Pay Day
For the third episode of the Fairness at Work webinar series, Craig Sawyer, Director of the Institute for Diversity and Inclusion Education at George Mason … Continue reading Fairness at Work Episode 3: Best Practices for Preventing Pay Equity Erosion in a COVID World
Last week, the California legislature passed Senate Bill 973, and Governor Newsom is expected to sign it into law. The bill is authored by Senator … Continue reading Is California’s New Law a Step Towards Lasting Fair Pay?
In the latest installment of Syndio’s Fairness at Work webinar series, CEO Maria Colacurcio talked with Lionel Lee, Head of Diversity Engagement at Zillow, and … Continue reading Fairness at Work Episode 2: Best Practices for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Today — August 13 — is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, the approximate day a Black woman must work into the new year to make … Continue reading How We Solve the Pay Gap for Black Women: Accountability
A friend of mine used to work in investment banking. He told stories of an aggressive facetime culture, where sitting at a desk until the … Continue reading As Offices Reopen, Beware an Unintentional Divide
Just as we’re adjusting to an all-remote workforce, some employees are heading back to the office, and some are staying put at home. For Syndio’s … Continue reading Fairness at Work Episode 1: Best Practices for Revamping the Remote Workplace
Last year, Gartner published a report entitled, “Addressing Pay Equity” that is appropriate to mention as part of our recent survey around the race impacts … Continue reading As Offices Reopen, Companies Need Renewed Focus on Equity
As offices reopen, what will happen to working mothers and caregivers who don’t have a place for their children to go, or are nervous about … Continue reading The Risk for Women and Minorities as Offices Reopen
Last Friday was Juneteenth, representing the moment when the last remaining enslaved African Americans in the confederacy learned of their freedom (two years later). This … Continue reading Juneteenth Is An Opportunity To Affirm Companies Do Not Pay Less Based on Race
On Monday, in a 6 to 3 decision, the Supreme Court wrote that “[w]hen an employer fires an employee for being homosexual or transgender, it … Continue reading How Does The Supreme Court’s Latest Opinion on LGBT Workplace Rights Potentially Impact Pay Equity?
Last week, Mark R. Kramer with Harvard Business Review released The 10 Commitments Companies Must Make to Advance Racial Justice. Two of the 10 commitments … Continue reading Action Against Racial Injustice Must Include Fair Pay
Significant workforce changes with COVID followed by a national reflection on racial disparities have left many leaders considering steps to do more to support equality. … Continue reading How to Embed Fairness into Total Compensation with Ongoing Pay Equity Analyses
Syndio exists to ensure fairness at work. Our mission is clear: to help employers eradicate unlawful pay disparities based on gender and/or race. We spend … Continue reading Time to listen
We are deep in the “new normal” of WFHWK. Layoffs continue. Budgets are on hold or getting axed. Parents trying to balance WFH and kids … Continue reading WFHWK Part II: Men are Spending More Time “at Work,” Women Are Not.
Today, we announced $7.5 million in Series A funding co-led by Emerson Collective and Voyager Capital. Fundraising is difficult and time consuming under normal circumstances, … Continue reading Fairness at Work is More Important Than Ever
As the founder and Chief Science Officer of Syndio Solutions, world leader in HR tech solutions solving the gender pay gap, it is fascinating to … Continue reading After Equal Pay Day
There is a new acronym on social media these days: “WFHWK” (Working from home with kids). It may be the single biggest factor in life … Continue reading A New Normal: Balancing Productivity & Reality While WFHWK
The 9th circuit ruled that prior salary is not a defense if it causes unlawful pay disparities in the workplace. It’s generally poor practice to … Continue reading 9th Circuit Says Prior Salary Cannot Justify Pay Disparities Under the Federal Equal Pay Act
Believe it or not, there is no shortage of cynics when it comes to the view that men and women are paid differently, even when … Continue reading Ever Wonder If the Gender Pay Gap Is Bogus? You’re Not Alone
When Companies Shy Away From Pay Transparency, Employees Fill the Void. And Fill it With Bad Data. (spoiler: There is No $200K Gap). What happens … Continue reading When Companies Shy Away From Pay Transparency…
The below is pulled from the October 2019 Edition of Workspan Magazine Data from the World Economic Forum suggests that it will take 20 decades … Continue reading Setting the Standards for Equal Pay for Equal Work
On Oct. 21, 2019, Law360 published an article entitled, “GCs Are Demanding Law Firms Fix Their Pay Equity Problem.” True to lawyerly writing standards, Law360 … Continue reading Law Firms Get Terrible Scores on Internal Pay Equity
Are you as fed up as I am with all the talk about flexible schedules? It’s been shown over and over that flexible schedules are … Continue reading The “Flex Schedule” versus the “Four Day” Fallacy
As the CEO of a pay equity software company, it’s not often that I get to write about Taylor Swift. I have four daughters (aged … Continue reading Keep Asking About Equal Pay
Equal pay is having its moment in the spotlight, thanks to fierce advocates like the U.S. National Women’s Team, Natasha Lamb, TIME’S UP, Kamala Harris, … Continue reading De-Coding Pay Equity: 5 Terms To Know
Yesterday, I published an op-ed in Fast Company talking about the rise of awareness around equal pay and the danger of the movement becoming all … Continue reading Keep the Action in the Fight for Equal Pay
Don’t believe everything you read. This week, in a stunning “comeback”, the national federation claimed the U.S. national women’s team is actually paid more than … Continue reading U.S. Soccer Misses the Whole Picture When Confronting Pay Equity
“Gender pay gap analysis” is a scary phrase for many businesses. The public, employees, and the plaintiffs’ bar have been pressuring organizations large and small … Continue reading Colorado’s New Equal Pay Act Means Big Changes for Your Business
The Guardian published a sobering article this week about the rise of pay gap “truthers” who continue to deny the existence of the gender pay … Continue reading The Rise of the Pay Gap Truther and Why this Should Concern All of Us
Last week, HBR published ‘Why Companies Attempts to Close the Gender Pay Gap Often Fail’. We wanted to take the opportunity to comment on the … Continue reading A Response to “Why Companies Attempts to Close the Gender Pay Gap Often Fail”
In early 2019, Citigroup — with strong encouragement from activist Natasha Lamb at Arjuna Capital — offered a blunt assessment of its … Continue reading Being Transparent About Pay Transparency
It’s no secret that women are underrepresented in the tech community. Here’s what companies need to do to retain female tech talent. Gender diversity in … Continue reading 3 mistakes tech companies make retaining women
Equal pay for equal work by people of different genders is top of mind for most companies in 2019, with a December World Economic Forum … Continue reading Gender Pay Equity Analysis Is Here to Stay. Is Your Company Doing It Right?
Is asking, “So how much did you make?” ok? Is it a legal issue — deceptive and unlawful — or is it just natural behavior … Continue reading Anchoring Pay on Previous Pay
High-achievers are lifelong learners, which often takes the shape of voracious reading. It’s because when you learn from other successful people you’re better equipped to make smart choices … Continue reading 15 Great Books for Anyone Who Wants to Get Ahead in Business
Syndio Solutions, Inc., today announces Maria Colacurcio has been named chief executive officer and the closing of a $5.2 million seed round. Syndio which offers an enterprise SaaS solution … Continue reading Syndio appoints new CEO, and closes $5.2 million seed round
When Mandy Ginsberg took over as CEO of online dating juggernaut Match Group in mid-2017, she was determined to alter the perception of the industry as a … Continue reading Match Group’s CEO audited the company’s payroll to make sure she was paying women equally and was surprised at the results
