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Your go-to resource for HR hot topics such as pay and benefits, policies and practices, talent strategy, workforce planning, total rewards and more. Explore actionable articles, with real world data insights, designed to help HR professionals and business leaders stay ahead in today’s rapidly evolving workforce.

Business metrics that matter — and how they relate to compensation image

Business metrics that matter — and how they relate to compensation

June 23, 2025

Do you ever feel like you're speaking a different language when talking to the leaders in your organization? That might be because you are! Elevate your ability to connect with finance and company leaders by mastering the key business metrics every Compensation Manager should know.

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Evolving your total rewards strategy in the second half of 2025

June 18, 2025

Explore 5 suggestions to enhance your total rewards strategy, ensuring it meets changing employee expectations and compliance requirements. Make sure your total rewards strategy is in tip top shape for the coming year.

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Going further with job architecture

June 17, 2025

Your job architecture serves as the living foundation of your talent strategy. This article covers the typical indicators that will tell you when your job architecture needs a refresh and how to get started.

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Five business-centric questions to anchor your compensation planning image

Five business-centric questions to anchor your compensation planning

June 17, 2025

The key to gaining approval for your compensation programs is connecting them to the business objectives that your organization values. This article includes five questions that will help you better understand the business objectives and how you can align you company's compensation programs.

Five business-centric questions to anchor your compensation planning image

Five business-centric questions to anchor your compensation planning

June 17, 2025

The key to gaining approval for your compensation programs is connecting them to the business objectives that your organization values. This article includes five questions that will help you better understand the business objectives and how you can align you company's compensation programs.

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Managing your salary structure and pay ranges with confidence image

Managing your salary structure and pay ranges with confidence

May 28, 2025

In this article, we will be discussing how to identify and measure whether your structure, ranges, and assignment of jobs to ranges might be misaligned. We will also review some common compensation formulas that you can integrate into your periodic reporting to monitor how your structure is working.

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Compensation 101: using general industry and industry-specific salary survey data image

Compensation 101: using general industry and industry-specific salary survey data

May 09, 2025

This article will provide you with considerations around when to use general industry and industry specific data –  or even when to use both!

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Actual increases in pay trend downward image

Actual increases in pay trend downward

April 24, 2025

Look at the results from the March 2025 Mercer QuickPulse® US Compensation Planning Survey, which included responses from over 800 employers. We’ll dive into topics like annual compensation planning, promotions, off-cycle adjustments, approaches to pay transparency, and the impact of remote work on compensation strategies.

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