For many multinational companies, U.S. operations have traditionally been viewed as relatively low risk—yet recent assessments reveal significant living wage gaps across roles, regions, and business models.
At the same time, the U.S. presents a uniquely complex operating environment. Fragmented state and local wage policies, limited social safety nets, and evolving political dynamics create challenges that differ markedly from other high- and low-income markets where companies have focused their living wage efforts.
Explore how companies are recalibrating their approach to living wage to begin to close this gap in the U.S. and gain practical insights from BSR’s work with leading companies. Together, we will examine why the U.S. requires a distinct lens—and how businesses can begin to close this gap to ensure short- and long-term resilience.
Participants will gain:
- A clearer understanding of why the U.S. is emerging as a high-priority market in global living wage assessments
- Insights into the fragmented policy and labor landscape that is shaping company actions
- Perspectives on how living wage gaps intersect with benefits, worker support systems, and cost of living realities
- Examples of how companies can address living wage challenges through wages, benefits, and workforce management.
- Opportunities to put these insights into action with BSR’s upcoming report, UNGA convening, and member roundtable on this specific topic
Scheduled Speakers
Emma Giloth, Associate Director, Human Rights and Inclusive Business, BSR
