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Pay-Floor Impacted Headcount
Absolute count of workforce records currently paid below the applicable jurisdictional minimum-wage floor. The integer companion to pay-floor-failure-rate — both are needed: the rate tells you exposure intensity, the count tells you remediation scope.
How it’s computed
COUNT(compliance_status='fail')
What the evidence shows
Evidence (effect sizes, priors, validity) is syncing from Principia.
- wage-compliance spoke contract types (PAT-79): EvaluateBulkResponseSchema.failCount
What this metric can show you
Pay-Floor Impacted Headcount can tell roughly 23 pre-built stories — each a designed scene the data either confirms or it doesn’t. Bring your numbers and the Story Finder runs every one of these shapes against them.
specific to regulatory compliance
One group sits apart on a decision that should be neutral
fairness-equity · T1
One population, well-behaved
measurement-health · T1
The differences aren't the story
measurement-health · T1
The system isn't differentiating
measurement-health · T1
Two clusters wearing one chart
measurement-health · T1
universal shapes — any single metric can take these
A few large values are doing the talking
any focus · T1
A one-time event, not a trend
any focus · T1
It doesn't track — the premise is false
any focus · T1
It's concentrated — one group stands apart
any focus · T1
Scenes are pre-built; your data is the toggle. Browse the full deck or watch one play end-to-end in The Quiet Exodus.
Run it on your data
This metric is computed in the People Analytics Toolbox on your own numbers. See pricing — posted, no quotes.
sources: toolbox:metrics-catalog
What the literature says
The measurement literature behind this signal — sourced, so you can defend it.
“Of course, if it’ s a minimum-wage job and the only component of pay is the wage, there are no components that can be subtracted feasibly (e.g., most minimum-wage jobs don’ t offer many fringe benefits). You can never truly escape from a floor or ceiling. To understand why,…”
— Strategic Compensation Talentmatch 53%
“In other words, active employees today pay for current retiree benefits. There is growing concern in some countries, particularly in Western Europe, as to whether this system will be viable given that the proportion of actively employed people vs. retirees is expected to…”
— Worldatwork Handbook Compensationmatch 52%
“Assume, for example, that base pay is recorded in terms of an annual amount (hours multiplied by hourly pay rate) for a group of full-time and part-time employees, as shown in Table 4-3 .Table 4-3.Hypothetical Pay Rates for Full-Time and Part-Time EmployeesID#SexStatusJob…”
— Compensating Employees Fairlymatch 50%
Resources: Strategic Compensation Talent · Worldatwork Handbook Compensation · Compensating Employees Fairly