Compensation Round-Up: Fitbits, Chobani, and the Comp Chasm
Jade Makana, Director of Content Marketing, B2BWelcome to the Compensation Roundup, where we bring to you the hottest news in comp! Sample what’s happening in compensation right now, get in the know...
View Article3 Things You Need to Know about the New FLSA Overtime Rules
Kate Jesse, Payroll Administrator, PayScale and Mykkah Herner, MA, CCP, Modern Compensation Evangelist, PayScaleThe US Dept. of Labor released the final new rules on Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)...
View ArticleYes! 8.8 Million Workers are Getting a Raise!
Tess C. Taylor, CPC, PHR, SHRM-CP, PayScale Senior BloggerLiterally just hours after California’s Governor Jerry Brown announced that the state minimum wage was increasing to $15 per hour by 2022, the...
View ArticleLeveling Up: What Skills Matter?
Mykkah Herner, MA, CCP, Modern Compensation Evangelist, PayScaleIs there really a skills gap? What skills should we develop internally? What skills cost the most? I often get these questions from...
View ArticleCommunicating the U.S. FLSA Changes to Employees
Mykkah Herner, MA, CCP, Modern Compensation Evangelist, PayScaleIf your social media threads look anything like mine, they’re blowing up with information related to the FLSA changes. Most include an...
View Article5 Mistakes You May Be Making That Are Impacting Your Talent Pipeline
By Sonnet Lauberth, PayScale Compensation ProfessionalToday’s business leaders know that talent is critical to an organization’s current and future success. As a Compensation Professional, my job is to...
View ArticleYou’re Underpaying. Now What?
Jenni Marquez, CCP, PayScale Compensation ProfessionalMost organizations don’t intend to pay employees low, but market shifts and legislation changes can often result in underpaid employees. If budget...
View ArticleWhat Brexit Means for Millennials
While the economic and political aftermath of Brexit is still sending shockwaves around the globe, one of the interesting data threads we’ve seen is the massive disparity in voting trends broken out by...
View ArticleSHRM Highlights and Breakthroughs
It’s been a week since 2016 SHRM has concluded in Washington, D.C. No doubt SHRM is now a fading memory for many HR Professionals who are climbing out of their inboxes and extinguishing the daily...
View ArticleLessons in Pay Equity
In March, members of the United States women’s national soccer team (USWNT)—the reigning World Cup Champions—filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), alleging wage...
View ArticlePutting people back in the center of the increase process
HR is in a tricky spot. Professionals in HR are often responsible for both compliance, protecting the organization from legal problems, and organizational culture, creating a place where people want to...
View ArticleTune In: PayScale Senior Vice President of Marketing Tim Low to Discuss “The...
Tune in Wednesday, July 20th, for a live podcast event! PayScale Senior Vice President of Marketing Tim Low will be chatting with Meghan M. Biro, CEO of Talent Culture about PayScale’s new thought...
View ArticleMy Pokemon brings all the jobs to the yard
I don’t know about you, but Pokemon Go has become the obsession with all my friends and coworkers. Check out this post one of my coworkers wrote about playing Pokemon Go at work. This obsession is so...
View ArticleGood News—HR Wages Are on the Rise!
In recent releases of the PayScale Index, we’ve noticed some continuous trends. As expected, IT jobs are on the rise, tech hubs as Seattle and San Francisco are thriving, the transportation industry...
View ArticleIs Your Compensation Plan Competitive Enough to Retain Top Talent?
As an employer, you’ve added all the perks, done the surveys, and tried to make the workplace culture more positive. Now it’s time to evaluate the compensation structure. How can your leadership team...
View ArticleThe Compensation Odyssey: It’s not a destination
Compensation planning and administration can be an odyssey. Traversing your way through the trials and tribulations of benchmarking jobs, analyzing market data, and building then communicating a...
View ArticleModern Pay for Performance
Performance management is definitely undergoing a midlife crisis; it’s time for it to reinvent itself. For the past few HR and compensation conferences I’ve attended, the question has been heavy in the...
View ArticleFair, Transparent, and Modern: Recapping the #WorkTrends Event
We’re pretty passionate about Modern Compensation at PayScale. We recently did a #WorkTrends event with TalentCulture where we proselytized the value of doing modern comp and having a thoughtful and...
View ArticleMassachusetts Takes a Giant Leap Towards Fair Pay
2016 is the year of pay equity. As of August 1, Massachusetts has joined the ranks of California, New York, and Maryland to pass some of the most expansive equal pay laws in the U.S. With so many laws...
View ArticleBring Your Own Device: Good for Business if Done Correctly
HR professionals have been contemplating their social media policies for years now, pondering the question should we or shouldn’t we. It turns out that letting employees bring their own devices to work...
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