In 2022, Nancy Romanyshyn stood up in front of dozens of her fellow HR industry veterans, swallowed her pride, and did something that scared her: She shared her entire pay history.

She, like others, was daunted by new laws around pay transparency and the start of salary ranges being posted for open jobs—mandates that, she said, made her nauseous at first. But since ignoring the changes was not an option, she wanted her peers in HR to buck the decades-old trend of silence around salaries and prepare for a time when it would become part of business as usual. READ MORE