| name | run-pay-equity-review |
| description | Run a pay-equity review that controls for legitimate factors — compute the raw gap, then the residual after level/role/tenure/location/performance, and route a material residual to counsel. Reach for this on a pay-equity question. |
Skill: Run pay-equity review
The raw gap is not the finding; the residual after controls is — and that residual is a signal, not a legal conclusion (§3 #5, §2).
Step 1 — Compute the raw gap
Mean/median pay by group, uncontrolled. State explicitly that this is mostly composition.
Step 2 — Control for legitimate factors
Stratify by level / role / tenure / location / performance. Use ../../scripts/people_calc.py pay-equity for an illustrative residual — a defensible audit uses a regression.
Step 3 — Classify the residual
Negligible → document method + monitor on cadence. Material → signal to investigate.
Step 4 — Route & remediate
A material residual goes to qualified counsel under privilege (§2); remediation is modeled to the band and budgeted (§3 #2, #6).
Output
A raw gap, a controlled/residual gap with its method stated, a classification, and the counsel handoff — never a legal conclusion. Traverse Tree 3 in ../../knowledge/people-ops-decision-trees.md.
