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“We pay fairly, we have a scalable and defensible system to set and adjust pay rates, and we’ve never had anyone complain about being paid unfairly before.”

These are sentiments each employer hopes to express to its employees but this situation doesn’t just happen without intention and planning. As Oregon’s Equal Pay Act is coming up on its eighth birthday this year, some employers may be preparing for their third Equal Pay Audit and some employers may just be getting around to their first. Regardless of how many times your organization has conducted an equal pay audit, there are compelling reasons to start or continue this practice.

qual Pay Day highlights the ongoing wage gap between men and women in the U.S., emphasizing financial inequality in the workforce. This symbolic date marks how many extra days the median woman must work into the new year to match the median man's earnings from the prior year. Established in 1996 by the National Committee on Pay Equity, Equal Pay Day raises awareness about wage disparities between genders. In 2025, Equal Pay Day fell on March 25.

Equal Pay Day is the date in the year that symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year. Equal Pay Day was originated by the National Committee on Pay Equity in 1996 as a public awareness event to illustrate the gap between men's and women's wages. This year, Equal Pay Day in the United States was on March 12, 2024, two days earlier than last year.