Is pay transparency the answer to the gender gap?

Asking candidates what they’re currently paid could be banned if a campaign to eradicate pay inequality gets its way

Open Bionics, a Bristol-based startup making 3D-printed bionic hands, is clear about avoiding a gender pay gap across its team by putting salary brackets on its job advertisements, which it has done since 2019.

“We have a policy of zero negotiation on job offers. We will make an offer that is fair and aligned to everyone else on our team, in line with our policies around salary selection,” says the company’s co-founder and chief operating officer, Samantha Payne,

“It’s important that everyone is paid according to their level of experience and skill, without bias. We've also begun working towards greater salary transparency internally and so far it has been well received.”