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Improving job quality for all workers in the United States is a big undertaking. The pathway to this goal requires many specific operational decisions.
How do you handle scheduling? How do you gather good feedback from employees? How do you ensure worker safety?
This resource, developed by law firm Skadden, is a practical tool designed for employers who want to conduct an audit of potential pay disparities within their organization. It walks users through the rationale and key considerations behind conducting an audit, provides guidance for the audit process itself, and outlines potential follow-up steps.
The popularity of our equity and inclusion resources was a key reason we built our new Job Quality Center of Excellence site–to make these resources easy to find. More resources like this one can be found within our Equity & Inclusion issue area.
The Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program advances strategies, policies, and ideas to help low- and moderate-income people thrive in a changing economy.
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This publication examines how fragmented skills, credentialing, and workforce data systems limit the potential of skills-based hiring and advancement, and outlines a shared vision for building the interoperable infrastructure needed to create a connected skills ecosystem that benefits workers, employers, educators, and governments.
This conversation is part of our Opportunity in America series, where we take a look at the economy, what’s working, what’s broken, and really how we fix it to make sure that everyone can succeed in today’s economy.
This publication examines how fragmented skills, credentialing, and workforce data systems limit the potential of skills-based hiring and advancement, and outlines a shared vision for building the interoperable infrastructure needed to create a connected skills ecosystem that benefits workers, employers, educators, and governments.
Economic security shouldn’t be a lottery. Yet for millions of working families, stagnant wages and precarious jobs collide with the daily grind of managing money on shaky ground — leaving stability feeling less like a plan and more like a gamble. Fixing that takes more than one lever. It takes structural reform and the tools people need to take control of their financial lives, working together.
