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HR Compensation

Information You Need Now: COVID-19’s Impacts on Total Rewards

March 17, 2020 by John Sazaklis Leave a Comment

Coronavirus. COVID-19. These two words have been increasingly on our minds and in conversations daily. At this point, most of the world has been affected by the current coronavirus strain, COVID-19.

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Filed Under: Communication, Compensation, Employee Relations Tagged With: Compensation, Coronavirus, COVID-19, FMLA, HR Compensation, Human Resources, Layoffs, OSHA, Pandemic 2020

Are Salary Surveys Beneficial?

February 5, 2019 by Cassandra Carver Leave a Comment

Accurate, relevant, and timely wage survey results help tremendously when effectively benchmarking your organization’s compensation structure. For many organizations, the task of participating in (or even sponsoring) a salary survey is tedious, and often time consuming.

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Filed Under: Communication, Compensation, General, HR Strategy Tagged With: Compensation, Compensation Surveys, Custom Salary Surveys, HR, HR Compensation, Salary Survey Reporting

Astron’s Yearly Compensation Review Part III: Non-Profit Executive Compensation Planning for 2019

September 18, 2018 by Cassandra Carver Leave a Comment

This Astronology® , the third in our three-part series, examines non-profit executive compensation. In considering non-profit executive compensation, employers and Board have two primary legal concerns.

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Filed Under: Communication, Compensation, Employee Retention, General, Legislation Tagged With: Bonus, HR Compensation, Incentives, Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts of 2018

Astron’s Yearly Compensation Review Part I: Base Pay Projections

August 21, 2018 by Cassandra Carver 2 Comments

It’s that time of year again! Organizations are planning their salary increase budgets for the coming year. That process isn’t as simple as it looks, however.

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Filed Under: Compensation, Employee Retention, HR Strategy Tagged With: 2019 Minimum Wage Adjustments, 2019 Salary Budget Data, Compensation Forecast, Employment Cost Index, HR Base Pay, HR Compensation, Human Resources Compensation, Salary Budget Survey

The Great Executive Pay Debate

July 10, 2018 by Cassandra Carver Leave a Comment

In the 1970s, management theorist Peter Drucker suggested that top executive compensation should be 20 times the amount of the average worker’s pay.

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Filed Under: Compensation, Employee Retention Tagged With: Executive Compensation, Executive Pay, HR Compensation, Human Resources

End of 2016, Beginning of 2017 – Astronology® Looks Back on an Exciting Year in HR

December 20, 2016 by Cassandra Carver Leave a Comment

We find ourselves again at the end of another year! Can you believe the 4th quarter of 2016 is coming to a close?

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Filed Under: Compensation, Employee Relations, Employee Retention, FLSA, General, HR Strategy, HR Technology, Legislation, New Year Projections Tagged With: Compensation, Congress, FLSA, HR, HR Compensation, Lockout, Minimum Wage, Work Stoppage

FLSA Overtime Rules Delayed

December 6, 2016 by Cassandra Carver Leave a Comment

Prior to November 22, 2016, many in the Human Resources field had been abuzz about the enactment of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Final Rule.

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Filed Under: FLSA, Legal Compliance, Legislation, Uncategorized Tagged With: Compensation, FLSA, HR, HR Compensation

2017 Compensation Budgeting Outlook

August 30, 2016 by Cassandra Carver Leave a Comment

Election years bring about a certain level of anxiety and unpredictability in terms of the results’ impact on the U.S. economy and compensation budget planning. 

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Filed Under: Compensation, Employee Retention, Uncategorized Tagged With: Compensation, HR, HR Budgeting, HR Compensation, Yearly Compensation Budget

The Fissured Workplace and Employee Misclassification

August 16, 2016 by Cassandra Carver Leave a Comment

In recent times, companies such as Uber and Handy have been faced with lawsuits challenging whether the individuals working for them should truly be considered “contractors.”  Are their “staff” in reality employees being denied rights reserved to those in the proper classification?  

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Filed Under: Compensation, Employee Relations, Employee Retention, Legal Compliance, Legislation Tagged With: Alternative Work, Compensation, Fissured Workplace, Fissuring, HR, HR Compensation

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Overtime Out of Control? Effective Cost Management Strategies

August 2, 2016 by Cassandra Carver Leave a Comment

Following the release of the May 18, 2016 final rule regarding adjustments to the overtime threshold for the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), organizations are working to make changes to meet the new requirements.

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Filed Under: Compensation, Employee Retention, HR Strategy Tagged With: Compensation, HR, HR Compensation, Overtime

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