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Employer Resources
Practical tools to help employers prepare for Columbus’ pay transparency requirements.

Access worksheets, practical activities and employer resources designed to help organizations prepare for implementation ahead of Jan. 1, 2027.

What’s Inside the Toolkit

The Employer Toolkit was designed to help employers move from awareness to implementation with practical, easy-to-use resources.

Inside the toolkit:

  • Salary range planning worksheets

  • Employer value proposition activities

  • Hiring team conversation guidance

  • Current employee communication prompts

  • Terms, definitions and mini-case example

  • Compensation and benchmarking resources

Preview of the Pay Transparency Employer Toolkit documents
DEFINE
Your Salary Range

When developing a salary range, there are many factors to consider, including:

  • Experience level

  • Software, tool or industry proficiency

  • Scope of responsibilities

  • Management or supervisory responsibilities

  • Internal comparable roles

  • Total budget for the position

  • Market benchmarks

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The toolkit also helps employers think beyond job titles and focus on responsibilities, outputs, skills and decision-making authority. A data-driven approach can help you remain competitive in attracting talent and better align the role with compensation expectations.

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STRENGTHEN
Your Employer Brand

Compensation is more than salary. The toolkit helps employers identify their employer value proposition by highlighting benefits, culture and workplace differentiators, including:

  • PTO and paid holidays

  • Flexible or hybrid work options

  • Health and retirement benefits

  • Professional development opportunities

  • Workplace culture and growth opportunities

  • Other benefits or workplace strengths

Use the worksheet to better communicate why someone would want to work for your organization, especially if your salary range is lower than competitors or market leaders.

prepare
Your Hiring Team

Introduce pay posting to your organization with clarity and confidence. The toolkit includes conversation prompts to help employers prepare recruiters, hiring managers and employee-facing leaders for questions from candidates and current employees.

Topics include:

  • Range basics

  • Starting salaries and progression

  • Internal equity and pay concerns

  • Comparators and fair decision-making

  • Negotiation and exceptions

  • Full compensation beyond base salary

  • How to discuss posted pay ranges with current employees

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Tailor the conversation to your business priorities, guidelines and available benefits.

Additional Resources

SHRM
Human resources guidance and compliance resources

HRACO
Central Ohio HR education and professional resources

O*NET Online
Occupational and labor market information

WorldatWork
Total rewards, compensation and pay equity resources for HR and business leaders
 

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Preparing early can help employers build stronger hiring processes, communicate more clearly and simplify implementation ahead of the Jan. 1, 2027 enforcement date.

Brought forward by Councilmember Lourdes Barroso de Padilla

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