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Payscale’s 2024 Compensation Best Practices Survey is Open for Participation!

Payscale’s annual Compensation Best Practices Repot (CBPR) is the largest research report dedicated to compensation management best practices and trends. The 2024 survey is now open for participation.
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Payscale Connect launches

Payscale Connect is an online compensation community ​where customers can ask questions, share ideas, and learn about best practices to get the most out of their compensation strategies.

Partnerships between managers and HR drive comp success

To be successful, managers are constantly striking a balance between serving as an agent of the organization and being advocates for every single one of their employees. This balancing act makes it imperative that managers partner with the HR team to ensure positive people-related outcomes. Read this article to learn from a...
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Compensation Best Practices Survey 2023: Participate now!

The Compensation Best Practices Survey informs our compensation best practices report (CBPR) and is now open for participation through December.
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Pay transparency is now law in California: what it means for pay reporting

On August 30, 2022, California passed monumental legislation surrounding pay reporting and pay transparency. While many states have already passed pay transparency laws, California is only one of two states which require pay reporting.
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Compensation fundamentals and best practices for the future

How a solid strategy, data, and processes can prepare your organization for the resiliency required to meet today’s top comp challenges.
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What Is the Employee Retention Credit For 2022?

The Employee Retention Tax Credit is a refundable payroll tax credit, designed to encourage employers whose companies were disrupted by COVID-19 restrictions to retain employees, and keep them on the payroll and collecting paychecks through the downturn in business.
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Payscale Debuts New Payfactors Platform

Payscale launches new Payfactors platform, driving faster access to market data with tools to improve fair pay practices in scalable technology to make compensation accessible to companies of all sizes.
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According to CBPR, 2022 Pay Increases Likely Won’t Be Enough to Stem Turnover

Payscale’s annual Compensation Best Practices Report is now available for download and the insights are informative and important, especially given the challenges of the current labor market and the urgency with which organizations are approaching 2022 pay increases.
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How to effectively communicate merit increases to employees

It is the time of year when many employees will be receiving compensation statements confirming their merit outcomes. To prepare managers for those tricky conversations, we offer five steps to help you get ahead.
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Payscale’s 2022 Compensation Best Practices Survey is now open for participation

The largest survey dedication to compensation best practices (CBPR) is now open for participation through the end of December. This survey is appropriate for anyone who manages compensation...