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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 Blog

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 Blog

New report helps employers understand where pay disparities start—and what to do about it I’m going to tell you a story—about real women, based on … Continue reading Blog

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 Blog

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 Blog

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 Blog

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 an average … Continue reading Blog

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 Blog

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 Blog

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 Blog

Today—August 13—is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, the approximate day a Black woman must work into the new year to make what a White man … Continue reading Blog

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 Blog

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 Blog

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 Blog

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 Blog

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 Blog

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 Blog

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 Blog

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 Blog

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 Blog

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 Blog

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 Blog

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 Blog

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 Blog

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 Blog

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 Blog

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 Blog

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 Blog

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 Blog

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 Blog

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 Blog

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 Blog

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 Blog

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 Blog

“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 Blog

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 Blog

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 Blog

In early 2019, Citigroup  —  with strong encouragement from activist Natasha Lamb at Arjuna Capital  —  offered a blunt assessment of its gender pay gap. … Continue reading Blog

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 Blog

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 Blog

Is asking, “So how much did you make?” ok? Is it a legal issue — deceptive and unlawful — or is it just natural behavior with consequences? We agree … Continue reading Blog

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 Blog

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 Blog

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 Blog