By Sharon Podstupka, principal, Pearl Meyer

As previously published in WorldatWork’s Compensation Focus newsletter

The data used to determine median employee pay component of the CEO Pay Ratio will be accurate in most cases. Those numbers are driven by facts. But as companies are focused on their calculations, we cannot overlook the human aspect of the rule. That should be as important to your company as the disclosure itself. Compensation communication expert Sharon Podstupka discusses why focusing only on data and compliance is a dangerous practice when it comes to explaining pay.