Pay transparency again? What you actually need to know for 2026

About this episode

The episode discusses the significant changes in pay transparency laws and their implications for 2026.

Another conversation about pay transparency? We know what you are thinking, haven’t we already covered this? But the truth is, 2025 changed everything. From a wave of new state laws in the U.S. to Canada and the EU rewriting the playbook, pay transparency has moved from policy talk to daily reality. With 2026 around the corner, the stakes are only getting higher. In this episode of Comp and Coffee, host Ruth Thomas sits down with Vicky Peakman, Director at Fair Pay Partners, and Lulu Seikaly, Senior Corporate Attorney at Payscale, to unpack the year’s biggest developments and what is coming next. Episode resources: 2025 – 2026 Salary budget survey - https://www.payscale.com/featured-content/salary-budget-survey-sbs?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&utm_campaign=cnt_awr_payforperformance-blog_wv&utm_content=payforperformance-blog_sia Your voice deserves to be heard! Participate in this year’s compensation best practices survey - https://www.research.net/r/CBPR26Coffee Email: coffee@payscale.com for listener questions and suggestions.

People in this episode

Host: Ruth Thomas

Guests: Vicky Peakman, Lulu Seikaly

Topics covered

• pay transparency
• state laws
• compensation

Keywords

• 2025
• 2026
• Fair Pay Partners
• Payscale

Mentioned in this episode

Products: salary budget survey

Places: U.S., Canada, EU

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