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Navigating Changes Over 25 Years of Compensation: Part I – Astron’s Early Days

Astron Solutions

We like to think we’re the guiding stars for our clients facing compensation issues. With logo in hand, we sent postcards advertising Astron’s presence in the compensation space. A lot of our earlier client work came from networking referrals from decades in compensation.” We hired a freelance graphic designer.

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Top 7 Compensation Consulting Firms for Any Sector

Astron Solutions

Issues with retention are particularly common among growing organizations, and employee compensation is often the major perceived contributor to high turnover rates. Why Employee Compensation Strategies Matter. How Compensation Consulting Can Help. Compensation Advisory Partners – Best for Large Corporations.

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To Cope with Labor Shortage, Raise Emotional Compensation

Thrive Global

A combination of factors has resulted in an insufficient number of workers to meet available jobs: job quits hitting historic highs , declining immigration, and fewer individuals who are of working age (16-64 years old). In this new environment, however, employers should not limit their thinking to compensation that is purely financial.

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3 Reasons Conversational Technology Should Be on Your Radar

HRExecutive

I ask her when my next meeting is, how long it will take me to drive somewhere, to play the “HR Happy Hour Show” and lots more. While there have been numerous advances in enterprise knowledge management since 2001 that make that 1.8 McKinsey research in 2012 estimated that knowledge workers spend as much as 1.8

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Is Travel Time Compensable for Technicians Paid on an Hourly Basis?

HR Daily Advisor

Important questions were addressed regarding the interplay of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the compensability of travel time for nonexempt employees. If this is the case, then there are a few ways to ascertain what travel time is compensable. on Monday at the corporate office.

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Revving up DEI in The Automotive Industry: What Leaders are Doing

Trusaic

Several years ago the company partnered with Deloitte to conduct a DEI audit, including a compensation analysis across its workforce. Since 2001 GM has taken strides to achieve pay equity, increase representation and foster a culture of inclusion. Next is Ford at just over $127 billion.

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2017 HR Prediction: Layoffs

Laurie Ruettimann

It’s December 2001 and America has only just begun its war in Afghanistan. But I don’t ask a lot of questions because I’m too busy putting new executive leadership teams on our payroll, getting them apartments in Chicago so they can come to town for meetings, and leaving their old benefits in place.