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Pay Transparency
In short
Pay transparency is openly sharing salary ranges, pay criteria and increase logic with employees and candidates: the new trust test for employer brands.
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The EU pay transparency directive and the expectations of younger generations have taken pay out of the "unspoken" zone. Transparency does not require publishing exact figures: ranges in job ads, explained grades and criteria and a clear increase cycle are transparency too.
Why it matters
Silence about pay makes candidates and employees assume the worst. Transparency raises fairness perception and trust; ranges in ads improve application quality.
Communication steps
- A plain explanation of pay philosophy and criteria
- Ranges in job ads; a pay conversation guide for managers
- Scheduled communication of the increase and promotion cycle
- A channel for questions and appeals
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