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How to Be Transparent About Compensation

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$18 Starting Wage Touted to Employers as a Big Plus

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How to Fix Pay Equality!

 

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It’s Time to Get Paid: Here’s How to Negotiate Your Compensation

 

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What’s Your Best Compensation Destination? (And How Do You Get Your Roadmap?)

When it comes to your employee compensation programs, practices, and position in the marketplace, do you know where you are today, where you want to go, and how to get there? Too many organizations don’t. They get lost in attempting (and often failing) to manage...
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Why Should I Use a Compensation Consultant?

I sometimes get asked: “Why do I need a compensation professional? Can’t I just do an online search for the information I need and then a comp project by myself?” Well… You certainly could try digging for answer(s), but even if you eventually find useful information,...
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Which is Costlier: Doing a Compensation Study… Or NOT Doing One?

At Total Reward Solutions, we are frequently asked about the cost of doing a compensation study. So, let’s take that on its face and give some parameters: The study cost for each organization varies based on its number of job titles, number of employees, how many...
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Wage Growth: Dangers, Opportunities, and Strategies Employers MUST Consider

Wage rates and competitive salary benchmarks are always evolving. For example, in 2023, we saw increases in the 5 to 6% range while salary increases for 2024 are projected to average 4%. While that sounds like a losing proposition for workers, it’s actually not;...
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Communicating Compensation with Employees is Becoming the Norm

It has never been more important to communicate compensation with employees than it is today. In order to attract, retain, and motivate employees, it is important to have conversations about compensation as well as to conduct compensation training and education with...
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