Large companies have a role to play in reducing income inequality

RESEARCH BRIEF - Established firms have the ability to affect the income inequality by offering their workforce more equal wage structures, and many are likely to do so in part to avoid employee backlash resulting from wage comparison. As employees tend to compare themselves to others in their organization, particularly those who have similar roles, on such issues as pay; perceived inequality can have negative consequences for an organization, similar to those of disengaged workers.