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The flexibility to meet the demands of today while positioning your organization for a future of success.

The current challenges within the healthcare industry speak for themselves. There's no doubt you're making critically important decisions on a daily basis for your patients and your organization - from planning for employee safety and patient care in an evolving environment, to the financial impact brought on by the high cost of care and the uncertainty in compensation models given the ongoing shortage of desperately needed staff. Mercer is here to help.

Whether you're looking for salary data, flexible policies and benefits information, or engagement tools to better listen to your employees, we have the resources to help you determine your path forward with confidence. Mercer has reliable, up-to-date reports and healthcare pay surveys backed by world-class support and market research insights to support decision-making and position you strongly for the future.

Evaluating your pay strategy

As a healthcare professional finding and keeping talent across your organization is more challenging than ever in today's tight labor market. For some organizations, their financial position and the evolving labor market have resulted in examining their total rewards strategy and considering what adjustments can be made to elements beyond pay. For others, as they realize they're competing beyond other healthcare organizations, adjusting pay might be their first priority. Whatever the strategy that is right for your organization, it's imperative that you have access to up-to-date healthcare salary survey data to help you attract, retain, and motivate professionals who hold strategically important positions in your organization. Mercer can help, with compensation data from a range of surveys, including

Listening to your people

Engaging your employees is a foundational step to develop an employee value proposition and supporting offerings that are attractive to your unique group of employees., But employee engagement is not a one-size-fits-all approach. And, deploying an engagement survey is not the only step. Take a look at our engagement tools, which can help your healthcare organization get the best out of your brightest by listening to your employees.

Refreshing your policies

Given how quickly the work world has changed, employers are looking beyond pay to compete in today’s chaotic labor market. Mercer's reports cover that and more, such as relocation, compensation administration, paid time off, flexible working, and benefits and perquisites. All go into creating a unique employee value proposition that supports your talent strategy. Find the information you need to ensure your competitive policies and programs keep and attract top employees for your organization.

Making tough decisions

When making difficult choices related to layoffs, furloughs, and reduced hours for your healthcare professionals, it's important to remember that how your organization treats departing employees has a lasting impact on your employer brand. Get the tools you need with a healthcare product from Mercer, to help you handle these tough decisions gracefully and be conscientious of your impacted employees' well-being.