Strengthening diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are top of mind for many Boards and executives going into 2021, but many are unsure about where to focus. Here are 5 things human resources professionals can do today to focus your efforts and start advancing the DEI strategy at your company.

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Moving forward on developing your flexible workplace? Two of Mercer’s experts recently penned an article for #evolve providing valuable advice and considerations for organizations as they craft flexible workplace policies and practices as part of their new employee value proposition.

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With many employers going through reductions in force in Q4 and, even more importantly, establishing budgets and compensation strategies for 2021 and beyond, this year’s salary surveys will have quite a story to tell. Using aging data, rather than participating in salary surveys and purchasing fresh data, would definitely be a mistake for a variety of reasons. Why, you might ask? Let us explain.

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In a world that still contains a great degree of uncertainty, planning for the next 12 months feels harder than normal. We asked several Mercer consultants what they see as priorities for HR professionals in 2021. Read on for the top 4 topics you should be talking about in the new year.

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You can be confident that using Mercer’s 2020 Canada MBD/TRS data, published in August, reflects the go forward market. While we did ask employers for additional data, to see if there were additional pay actions as a result of the pandemic, we found that there was very little change. Here is the executive summary of the data refresh for both MBD and TRS specific to Canada.

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As employers turn their attention toward planning for 2021, just where are they landing when projected annual increase budgets, and incentive plans? With more finalized numbers, since our last pulse in September, Mercer’s Canadian Compensation Planning survey result shows us that some budgets are lower, but not much else is changing.

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With so many more employees working from home than ever before, companies are having to revisiting their flex working policies and that includes the amount of financial support that should be given. In this article Mercer suggests taking an “all things considered” approach. What does that mean? Read on to find out!

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