Kent Plunkett co-founded Salary.com in 1999 with a goal of reinventing how employers and employees access compensation data. The company’s groundbreaking Salary Wizard was the first tool employees could access to understand their worth, effectively lifting the veil on salary information for millions of employees annually. Heather Bussing is a California employment attorney with over 30 years’ experience providing sensible and strategic advice to employers. She writes a daily column on the latest in employment laws, covering pay equity and transparency, AI in HR Tech, and why compliance, diversity, and fairness are good business.