8. Total Rewards
Pay equity as an operating discipline
Sequence beats scramble
Use when
Annual equity cycle; new pay-transparency obligations
- 1
Job architecture
Consistent levels and comparable-work groupings first
- 2
Market + policy
Ranges built and maintained; managers trained on them
- 3
Analysis
Regular regression-based gap analysis by gender and other dimensions
- 4
Remediation
Budgeted, prioritized, executed without requiring complaints
- 5
Governance
Standing review, documented; transparency obligations tracked
How to use it
Sequence matters: analysis without job architecture produces noise. Treat remediation as a standing budget line, not a scramble after a headline. Jurisdictions are adding transparency and reporting obligations steadily (BC's Pay Transparency Act reporting among them); verify current local requirements each cycle rather than trusting memory.
Card details
- Model type
- Sequence
- Origin status
- Synthesis
- Content last reviewed
- 28 July 2026
Origin
SynthesisPay equity practice plus current statutory obligations, which vary by jurisdiction and must be verified each cycle.