Across the board, employers are re-evaluating their employee value propositions (EVPs) to attract the new generation of workers. In Mercer’s 2025 CA New Graduate Pay and Gen Z Compensation survey we dive into what’s important to gen z and how to attract and retain this fresh talent.

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In October, about 460 Canadian organizations responded to questions about annual increase budgets, promotions, salary structure adjustments and a variety of hot topics - including how companies are adjusting to AI. Let’s look at what these companies have to say.

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Between tight budgets making it difficult to offer meaningful merit increases and unclear connections between pay and performance, compensation and total rewards professionals are looking for new ways to modernize the merit process. Here are 5 tips to help streamline and modernize your merit increase process.

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Planning for compensation is no small task. Canadian employers are preparing for a year shaped by economic uncertainty, shifting workforce expectations and a wave of new technologies changing how organizations think about rewards. Read more to explore more of what’s happening with comp planning in Canada as we head into 2026.

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500 Canadian companies participated in the 2025 Mercer QuickPulse® - Canada Compensation Planning Survey, July edition. Preliminary data is in and we can now take a look at what increase budgets might look like for 2026.

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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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Mercer's latest QuickPulse survey covered performance management. See how just under 250 Canada employers are managing performance, linking it to pay and promotions, along with the challenges they're facing.

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