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Is Your Dress Code Killing Your Culture?
I grew up outside of New York in the eighties. I got my first tattoo as I was graduating from college in the mid nineties. It was a tiny little tattoo just above my ankle bone. My mom freaked out. She...
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3 SMB Trends for 2017 That Every Employer Needs to Know
The world is a changing place, and nowhere is that more apparent than the ebbs and flows of Canada’s small business market. Just ask Lisa Taylor, a strategic workforce consultant and founder of...
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Is Learning and Development More Important Than Pay?
As long as I have worked in compensation, it has been said “no one is paid what they think they are worth.” Baloney. As long as I have been able to provide a business case for Associa’s competitive pay...
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Employee Retention: Engagement Through Opportunity
Keeping good employees is no doubt complex. Avoiding a letter of resignation often requires blocking and tackling by managers, HR and executive leadership. Last week, I talked about whether learning...
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PayScale’s 2017 Compensation Best Practices Report Is Here
Today we release the eighth annual installment of PayScale’s Compensation Best Practices Report. A strong theme emerged this year showcasing the connection between compensation and organizational...
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Top 5 Reasons Why Focal Reviews Are Better for Your Company
We often get asked whether focal reviews or anniversary compensation reviews are better. Sometimes, smaller businesses start by reviewing comp annually on the anniversary date of the employee. Then,...
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How to Tell a New Hire They Didn’t Make It Past Probation
By Nick Patch, Workopolis No matter how rigorous the hiring process, sometimes things go sour with a freshly hired prospect. Maybe your prized new hire does not live up to the extensive promises made...
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Want a Better Culture? Set Compensation Strategy Accordingly
Organizational culture matters more now than ever. It is the unique and varied personality that is associated with each organization. It is the set of values and rules that unite those in the...
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3 Ways to Approach Benchmarking Hybrid Jobs
Have you ever found yourself staring at lines of market data, wondering how you are going to benchmark your HR/Accounting Assistant, Recruiter/Front Desk Receptionist or Medical Coder/Billing...
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We’re Training Our Managers Wrong
“I don’t know why, HR wouldn’t let me.” Anyone who’s heard me talk about manager communication knows that I’m passionate about getting rid of the above sentence and the sentiment that managers are...
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What Other Employers Can Learn From Uber: Recognizing and Combating Sexism in...
Last month, a former Uber employee recounted her “very, very strange year” at the organization as a female engineer. Her account is a story of sexism, sexual harassment and HR violations that left many...
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Can President Trump Fulfill His Campaign Promises – and What Will That Mean...
We’ve heard a lot from President Trump in these first 100 days about his plans for immigration, healthcare, regulations, and trade policy. But let’s not forget that our founders created three branches...
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The Values Gap: Making the Case to Adjust Your Company Culture
Many of the myths you hear about millennials aren’t true — or at least, not completely true. The youngest generation of workers isn’t necessarily more likely to job-hop than previous generations, for...
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Workplace Communication: Even If Your Employees Like You, It May Not Be Enough
It’s the question every manager has asked her or himself at some point in their career: “Do my employees like me?” Based on research published in our 2017 Compensation Best Practices Report (CBPR),...
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How Will President Trump Impact HR Policy? Here’s What He Can’t Control
Last week we shared a number of national issues that are under the president’s control. Please click here to read about items that President Trump can directly impact or influence. At the state and...
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5 Science-Backed Tips for a More Productive Workplace
If you’re in HR or management, employee engagement and workplace productivity will always be among your most important considerations. If you can get people fired up and buzzing away, half the battle...
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How Much Will Your Bartender Make This St. Paddy’s Day?
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! As we prepare to celebrate another great American holiday, I started wondering which cities have the best St. Paddy’s days. I’ve learned a lot along the way: We pinch people...
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Why You Should Share Total Compensation Statements With Your Employees
In the last few months I have worked with over a dozen companies rolling out their annual increase cycle in PayScale’s Crew. When it’s time for their managers to communicate pay changes with employees,...
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Get Me a Compensation Strategy, STAT!
Every day, companies make intentional decisions about their business: should they expand their products or services, is the time right to open new locations, are they ready to add jobs and headcount?...
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5 Steps to a Compensation Strategy That Helps Your Company Thrive
As we discussed in part one of this series, PayScale’s 2017 Compensation Best Practices Report (CBPR) found that just 37 percent of organizations have a defined compensation strategy. Here are five...
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