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The power of short-term incentives Edit article

July 02, 2026

Looking to understand the basics of short-term incentives? This article gives you a high-level overview as well as some suggested surveys that may help you put a STI plan in place at your organization.

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Comp 101: how to price a job with no exact salary survey match Edit article

June 18, 2026

What do you do when you cannot find a straight job match in your chosen salary surveys? Explore practical steps to benchmarking pay, comparing market data, and building a defensible salary range when the market data is limited or not a perfect match.

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Compensation 101: Build a salary benchmarking process for competitive, consistent, and market-aligned pay Edit article

June 16, 2026

Compensation management is important because it affects so many other functions. Your market pricing activities must be thoughtful, organized, repeatable, accurate, and aligned with your labour market. What is the best way to ensure this happens? Start by developing a salary benchmarking methodology.

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Transportation benefits: do companies offer employees car allowances today? Edit article

June 12, 2026

Discover the latest insights from the 2025 US Transportation Policies Survey. Get a peek at the various transportation benefits typically being offered to employees at different levels, and explore how organizations use these fringe benefits to attract and retain top talent.

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Long-term incentives explained: how they support retention and performance Edit article

June 11, 2026

Looking to brush up on the basics of LTI? This article, written by one of Mercer’s Talent Consultants specializing in executive compensation, will take you through the pros and cons of different long-term incentive strategies.

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Which pay structure is best for your organization? Edit article

May 27, 2026

There are many different structure designs and not all support the same sort of pay management. Let’s take a look at the many different types of pay management constructs and consider how they might work for various employee populations and organizational cultures. Do you have the best pay structure for your organization?

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Total rewards strategy playbook: 6 priorities for the second half of 2026 Edit article

May 05, 2026

Now that you've made it through the annual increase and performance review process, what's up next? In this article we review some ideas for what you can prioritize for the second half of the year.

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Annual increases paid out as expected Edit article

April 27, 2026

US employees received their annual increases recently. Did employers stick to the budgets they forecasted? Read this article to find out.

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