Glossary
Pay transparency terms, defined
The words that show up in pay-transparency laws and what they mean for a job posting.
- Benefits disclosure
- A requirement to describe benefits and other compensation alongside the pay range.
- Employer size threshold
- The headcount at which a pay-transparency law starts to apply to an employer.
- EU Pay Transparency Directive
- The EU directive requiring pay ranges for candidates and pay-gap reporting by employers.
- Good-faith pay range
- A range the employer honestly expects to pay at the time of posting.
- Job posting syndication
- When a posting is copied to job boards and aggregators beyond the employer's own site.
- Pay band
- An internal pay range for a job level, used to set posted ranges consistently.
- Pay data reporting
- A requirement for employers to report pay by job category, sex and race or ethnicity to a regulator.
- Pay range
- The minimum and maximum pay an employer expects to offer for a role.
- Pay transparency law
- A law that requires employers to disclose pay information, most often a pay range in job postings.
- Private right of action
- The right of an individual, such as an applicant, to sue directly for a violation.
- Remote role coverage
- When a remote posting falls under the law of a state where the work could be performed.
- Salary history ban
- A rule that stops employers from asking about or relying on a candidate's past pay.