Like the U.K., the U.S. is now collecting detailed race and gender pay data from thousands of companies in an effort to eliminate discrimination in compensation. But unlike the U.K., the U.S. has no plans to make the data public—and, thanks to a recent decision by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, it may only be collected once.
The first uniform attempt in the United States—after a years-long legal battle and a Trump administration effort to scuttle the effort—will move forward with more than 60,000 employers scrambling to meet a Sept. 30 deadline.
Since 2017, Britain’s pay data analysis revealed that ...