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Fair Pay
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Fair Pay

How to Get a Raise, Close the Wage Gap, and Build Stronger Businesses

David Buckmaster
HarperBusiness, 2021

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Editorial Rating

8

Qualities

  • Analytical
  • Applicable
  • Insider's Take

Recommendation

This examination of how organizations determine pay for their workers, and how to enhance pay equity deserves a spot on every employee and HR bookshelf. Compensation insider David Buckmaster provides an illuminating discussion of what constitutes fair pay and a living wage. Expertly combining the micro and macro, Buckmaster explains the historical and structural impediments to pay equity and offers compelling arguments for the business benefits of just compensation.

Take-Aways

  • Few employees understand the complexities of setting compensation.
  • Unfair pay arises intentionally and unintentionally.
  • Double-digit gaps persist in pay between genders and races in even the most progressive countries and firms. 

About the Author

David Buckmaster is an expert on pay. He is the Head of Total Rewards at Wildlife Studios, and has managed global corporate compensation teams at companies like Nike, Starbucks, and Yum! 

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