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Will FLSA Changes Equate to More Demand for Knowledge Workers?
Hopefully by now you’ve got your game plan ready for the FLSA changes, which are effective on December 1, 2016. But have you thought about how the FLSA changes may change the skills required in hourly...
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White House Announces PayScale Commitment to Largest-Ever Non-Compete Data...
PayScale is thrilled to announce that we are launching a data collection project in support of the White House’s effort to gain more understanding around the prevalence and impact of non-compete...
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Halloween Horror Stories: Top 5 Scariest Comp Situations
It’s that time of year where the ghosts and goblins come out at night. This is the time to celebrate the scary things, whether it’s watching a favorite movie, looking at haunted offices, or jumping out...
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How do we put a price on what our employees do at work?
This is a question that the executive team at HPM Building Supply, a 95-year veteran of the building material industry in Hawaii, was asking itself in 2013. Economic recovery had resulted in sales...
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FLSA News: Will It or Won’t It?
Before we fully surrender ourselves to the last minute election flurry, remember that many things will be impacted by choice of new president. One of those is the fate of the proposed FLSA changes....
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Presidential Consequences: How is the Next President Likely to Impact...
What a decade it’s been for pay in politics! Under President Obama’s administration, we saw changes to EEO reporting, contractor rules, minimum wage, FLSA, and equal pay laws. While the Executive...
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Donald Trump Wins. What Are the Implications for Compensation?
It’s official: Donald Trump is the new president. As we prepare for Trump to enter Office mid-January, what changes might his administration bring? Will he honor the former administration’s bold moves...
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Election Results Beyond the Presidency: How Do Key State and Local Decisions...
When’s the last time you earned $7.25/hour? That’s the federal minimum wage guaranteed by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In Washington State, the minimum wage has been higher than the federally...
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Bashing Millennials Got Old Real Fast. Here’s Why You Need Us in Your Workforce.
It doesn’t take much more than a rumbling of the “M word” in your next meeting to get every executive in the room to start rolling their eyes. And let’s face it – millennial bashing is a real thing...
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Share Your Compensation Thoughts Now to Win a Better Future and an iPad
In 2027, both life and compensation could be very uncomplicated. In this future, a bionic person fetches your coffee, your car drives you around, and your compensation plan is both automated and...
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FLSA Stories: It’s Starting to Get Real
Companies are starting to implement changes in anticipation of the FLSA changes happening on December 1st. While there are still some efforts to delay under way, it’s unlikely that the changes will be...
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Babies, Bathwater, Data, and the Presidential Election
On election night, another data analyst and I sat at the tables on the first floor of PayScale’s offices in Seattle and watched the election results trickle in. We are data-oriented individuals, as you...
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What Thanksgiving Dinner can Teach us about Pay Conversations
Tomorrow marks the beginning of the holiday season with the annual American Thanksgiving holiday. For many, this is a joyous holiday full of feasting on delicious food and enjoying the company of...
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Share your compensation knowledge! Participate in the Compensation Best...
PayScale invited more than 250,000 professionals and business executives to participate in our 2017 Compensation Best Practices Report (CBPR) survey. From the results of this survey we will produce the...
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One Company’s Ride on the FLSA Coaster
I’ll be honest, I cried a little bit when I got the news that the FLSA changes were postponed. I’ve been working on the changes – analyzing, assessing, recommending, and communicating the implications...
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Merit Talks: Tis the Season
It’s nearing the holiday season, spirits are bright, and you have to tell your star employee that they’re getting an increase that is lower than they want. If you’re being honest with yourself, it’s...
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Don’t Let Your Employees Voyage the Sea of Career Paths Alone
I’ve been listening to the Moana soundtrack on repeat since I went to see the movie. Moana, the daughter of a Chief, sets out on a voyage to save her people and find herself. I realized that finding...
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New PayScale Data Shows Companies Complying with Proposed FLSA Changes Anyway
This FLSA stuff is getting convoluted. There’s the FLSA, which is confusing in itself; the proposed changes to the overtime rules originally slated for 12/1; the court-issued injunction to the FLSA...
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The Proposed FLSA Change has Already Affected Salaries
The Department of Labor’s proposed changes to the FLSA overtime exemption rule might have been delayed, but the data show the new threshold might have already had a substantial effect on salaries. We...
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New Gender Pay Report Suggests Companies Should Address Workplace Gender...
PayScale recently completed a study of the gender pay gap. This year we studied not just the actual pay gap between men and women, but also the opportunity gap, and how the perception of fair pay by...
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