The #MeToo movement has resurfaced interest around pay inequity by both gender and race. For companies looking to address such disparities, Littler Mendelson has released its Pay Equity Assessment Tool.
Built by the firm's analytics team, the tool crunches client data on employee compensation and demographics, like race, gender and state, to analyze for potential litigation risk against both federal and state laws. Using a dashboard that allows for filtering information by different categories, Littler attorneys consult clients to begin "proactively fixing" payment disparities "using tested legal strategies," a press release noted.
So what are these legal strategies? Denise Visconti, employment attorney and office managing shareholder at Littler, told LTN that they're client dependent, though she noted that some might include "adjustments in pay at the fundamental level," as well as reviewing a company's compensation strategies.
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