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How to Get More Than the Average 2.9% Salary Raise Predicted for 2016

Talent Culture

Mercer recently released their 2015/2016 U.S. Compensation Planning Survey , indicating a trend towards continuing to reward top performers and incentivize employees through recognition opportunities that are not only linked to base pay. The average salary increase budget is expected to be 2.9% of base salary (compared to 8.4%

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Overtime: What Proposed DOL Overtime Exemption Could Mean For Employers?

HR Digest

Raises the salary threshold from $455 per week ($23,660 per year) to $679 per week ($35,308 per year). Raises the total annual compensation required for the highly compensated employee exemption from $100,000 to $147,414. It required employers to pay overtime to salaried employees unless they make: More than $913 per week; or.

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Which Job Perks Do Employees Value?

HR Digest

Amazon, Costco and Walmart, have bumped paychecks, Glassdoor’s Employment Confidence Survey found that 4 in 5 employees would choose additional benefits over a pay raise. Kate Savage: Investing in your talent – beyond salary and performance bonus is key. While some businesses, like JPMorgan Chase & Co.,

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Employee Recognition and 6 Powerful Ways To Implement It

Vantage Circle

Traditional employee benefits like Paid holidays, Salary Hike, Maternity Paternity and Adoption Leave, Retirement Benefits etc. Also, almost 80% of employees say they would prefer new benefits – over a pay raise. are no longer considered as rewards. Employees love it when you provide them with a plethora of benefits and perks.

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Employee Recognition and 6 Powerful Ways To Implement It

Vantage Circle

Traditional employee benefits like Paid holidays, Salary Hike, Maternity Paternity and Adoption Leave, Retirement Benefits etc. Also, almost 80% of employees say they would prefer new benefits – over a pay raise. are no longer considered as rewards. Employees love it when you provide them with a plethora of benefits and perks.

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Employee Recognition and 6 Powerful Ways To Implement It

Vantage Circle

Now benefits can be traditional employee benefits like Paid holidays, Salary Hike, Maternity Paternity and Adoption Leave, Retirement Benefits etc. Also, almost 80% of employees say they would prefer new benefits – over a pay raise. Everybody loves a little extra!

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15 Employee Engagement Books to Read in 2023

Empuls

Grab the book and learn how to develop a job evaluation scheme for your business and industry, use performance appraisal methods , guarantee pay fairness, and boost engagement. Hire for Higher Performance by Jeff Blake Year: 2016 By 400% or even better. This book shows the right path to job evaluation. ” Rating: 4.7 Again wrong.