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In addition, the Gen Z workforce is graduating from college with significant student loan debt but finding that many of the entry-level jobs that were available to their parents no longer exist due to artificial intelligence-driven workplace changes , said Rob Austin, the head of thought leadership at benefit services provider Alight.

The following are the most important requirements of a fixed compensation set-up from a global headquarter perspective: Fairness and Equity: Fixed compensation should be fair and equitable across all locations and levels.

You might see more long-term incentives layered into a compensation program, including long-term management by objectives (MBO) measures or equity options that reflect the long-term nature of what you are asking the channel manager to focus on today.

“What have they told ‘The Street’ [about retention, talent acquisition, pay equity, etc.]?

It also promoted equity by expanding access to populations underrepresented in apprenticeships: women, people of color, veterans and people with disabilities.

Options outlined by Korn Ferry include: ;Single bonuses based on the completion of AI certifications or training programs; ;Periodic bonuses calculated as a percentage of base pay; ;Equity vesting over several years (which also carries an additional retention benefit); According to Seifert, structuring AI premiums in this way, as opposed to building them into base pay, helps employers avoid: ;Substantial salary gaps between workers with otherwise similar roles;; ;Pay transparency and salary disclosure challenges; and,; ;The possibility of artificially inflating the value of a role and eventually needing to increase all salaries proportionately as the skills become more ubiquitous.; Variable compensation structures come down to paying not just for AI skills but for their outcomes , Seifert said — which, along with the skills themselves, organizations need to identify and explicitly articulate to make them measurable.

“Identify specific performance management pain points — whether it’s inconsistent ratings creating pay equity issues, excessive manager time on administrative reviews or poor visibility into actual work patterns,” she explained.

Compensation professionals are in high demand and commanding excellent salaries , driven by recent workplace trends, such as new state-level pay transparency laws.

“They are understanding that this is the direction the workplace is moving, and they are expecting employers to change with the times.”

.; Conjoint is a “tradeoff analysis,” explained Benjamin Granger, the chief workplace psychologist at Qualtrics.