March 12 is Equal Pay Day, marking how far into the new year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year. Pay inequity continues to plague U.S. workplaces, but new research by SHRM indicates that HR professionals are committed to paying employees more fairly.

Seventy-five percent of organizations say they regularly audit for pay equity, according to the survey of 777 HR professionals. The characteristics most commonly assessed in pay equity audits include gender (80 percent), race or ethnicity (68 percent), and age (62 percent). READ MORE