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Why It’s Time for a Compensation Philosophy Refresh
Cookie-cutter compensation philosophies are on the way out. Here’s why and how they are evolving.
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Workspan Daily News Bytes for May 16, 2025

Health insurance research reports, data on labor costs and earnings, and bills target retirement savings and noncompetes. It’s all in this week’s News Bytes.

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Integrating Pay Equity Compliance with Effective Salary Administration

Differences in compensation can be analyzed from two perspectives: pay relativity and the level of pay.

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The Potential Dangers of Aggregated Statistics

Aggregating data is often used in correlations and trends but can deliver meaningless results.

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Skill-Based Pay: Lessons from the Soviet Union for the AI-Powered Era

Learning from Communist history can lead to an innovative capitalist future.

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Incorporating TR into a Parental Leave Ecosystem

Multifaceted support can deliver business results.

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The Next Equity Frontier: Analytics to Ensure All Have Opportunity to Progress

Focusing on merit through employing regular promotion metrics can make the difference.

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The Widening Productivity-Pay Gap

Reversing the 50-year divergence is not only the fair thing to do; it can help in the war for talent.

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How CEO Pay Trends Reflect a Changing Performance Landscape

Incentive pay design and delivery are becoming more nuanced and complex as organizations seek to attract, retain and incent top talent.

What Would It Take to Make Work Better?

A #1 Amazon best-selling book, The New Work Exchange—from WorldatWork’s CEO, Scott Cawood—guides us in shaping the future of work today. Featuring real-life examples and anecdotes from some of the best (and worst) workplaces, as well as practical solutions that help make work better, join us in an exploration of how people-centered organizations redefine what really works at work.

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Dianne Auld's Excel Tips, Third Edition

Master hidden Excel strategies to analyze compensation and benefits data more quickly and efficiently with the third edition of this book.

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Handbook for Reading & Preparing Proxy Statements, Sixth Edition

Learn to read, interpret and understand the executive and director compensation data included in company proxy statements.

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The WorldatWork Handbook of Total Rewards

Sharpen your knowledge and skills for handling the new evolving world of total rewards.

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Understanding Executive Compensation & Governance, 4th Edition

Acquire the knowledge you need to address executive compensation challenges at your organization.

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