Scale with male, female figures Across industries, transparency helps to reduce the gender pay gap, though a marked gap still exists in some industries. (Image: Shutterstock)

How to combat unconscious bias among your workers that your organization isn't doing enough to achieve pay equality for men and women?

Have a frank discussion with employees about your compensation practices—and back those talks up with real time market data to show how their pay was determined, according to PayScale Inc.'s report, "Does Pay Transparency Close the Gender Wage Gap?"

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Katie Kuehner-Hebert

Katie Kuehner-Hebert is a freelance writer based in Running Springs, Calif. She has more than three decades of journalism experience, with particular expertise in employee benefits and other human resource topics.