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Employers operating across multiple regions must now track a growing set of overlapping disclosure rules, each with its own thresholds and enforcement timelines.<\/p>\n<p>The compliance burden has fueled demand for compensation management software that benchmarks roles against market data, flags internal pay gaps, and auto-generates the salary ranges required on postings. Several HR technology vendors have rolled out dedicated pay-equity modules or acquired smaller compensation analytics startups over the past year.<\/p>\n<p>Compensation consultants say the bigger shift is cultural as much as technical: once ranges are public, managers face more questions from current employees about internal equity, pushing many companies to formalize pay bands they had previously kept informal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pay transparency requirements, including mandatory salary ranges on job postings and pay equity reporting, continue to spread to new states and localities. 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