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The ABC's of Compensation: How to Determine Wages


I often joke that I use a dart board when making compensation decisions. Although fun and possibly amusing, it’s not the approach to take when...

Employee Compensation: Impact on Patronage Refunds


Pay increase requests are, well, increasing in frequency. And those increases, bring an increase in overall expenses. That’s a lot of increases. Much...

Compensation and Inflation: Breaking it Down


Back in the day when I first started doing compensation work, my more experienced peers spoke of a time when there were double digit merit increases. I...

Get Creative! Benefits to Enhance Total Compensation


A few weeks ago, I read an article that cited a random survey about what employees want from their employer. It stated that 63% of those surveyed...

Employees Want Flexible Work


Spoiler Alert: How we work will never be the same. The pathway of change we travelled over the last two years was one with twists, turns, and the...

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