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How AI Is Currently Being Used and Considered in HR According to Payscale’s recent Compensation Best Practices Report , although forms of AI have been used reliably for several years in HR, organizations have approached the technology with caution.

Offering Alternative Benefits To mitigate RTO-related concerns from some employees and job candidates, experts agree TR pros need to get creative with their compensation and benefit packages.

.; ;Workers rank work-life balance and flexibility higher than any other benefit, including salary — yet most employer programs still lead with compensation.; ;Just over 1 in 4 workers report mental health concerns, but utilization of support programs remains low — suggesting a gap in awareness, understanding or value.; As costs affiliated with total rewards (TR) rise and 72% of employers look to make changes to their benefit offerings, now is the time for HR and TR professionals to expand their field of vision since a misaligned rewards strategy is not only expensive but can lead to reduced employee engagement, increased absenteeism and turnover, and stalled recruitment.

For WorldatWork Members ;How to Reduce Rater Bias in Performance Evaluations , Workspan Daily Plus+ article; ;4 Reasons Performance Ratings Aren’t Vital to the Compensation Cycle , Workspan Magazine article; ;Behavioral Performance Assessment: Turning the Painful into the Productive , Journal of Total Rewards article; ;Incentives and Recognition: An Evidence Review , Journal of Total Rewards article; ;Performance Review Builder , tool; For Everyone ;How to Mitigate Bias in the Performance Review Process, Workspan Daily article; ;Tips for Adjusting Compensation During Performance Reviews , Workspan Daily article; ;Improve Performance Management with Frequent Communication and Transparency , Workspan Daily article; ;Speak Candidly and Stick to Objectives During Performance Reviews , Workspan Daily article; Are performance review systems broken?

For our organization, it started almost 70 years ago: Since its founding as the American Compensation Association, WorldatWork pioneered the emphasis on internal job equity and external competitiveness in scientific compensation practice — a decade before the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 .

Compensation alone no longer defines value.

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. ;; ;; ;; ; Journal of Total Rewards Q4 2024 An international lineup of authors shares their research and perspectives on performance management, shared-based compensation, pay transparency and the future of the TR discipline.

See the suggested courses and required certification exams on these pages: Certified Compensation Professional;Global Remuneration Professional;Certified Benefits Professional;Certified Compensation Professional – Canada; Because two of our certifications (the Certified Executive Compensation Professional and Certified Sales Compensation Professional ) test the knowledge you would be expected to learn on the job, they do not include prep courses.

For WorldatWork Members ;Be Intentional: Communicating Your Employee Value Proposition , Workspan Daily Plus+ article; ;Steps You Can Take to Deliver to the Employee Value Proposition , Workspan Daily Plus+ article; ;Checklist: Evaluating EVP Delivery Across Work Arrangements , Workspan Daily Plus+ article; ;How Total Rewards and Career Development Go Hand in Hand , Workspan Daily Plus+ article; According to Work Institute’s 2025 Retention Report , employee turnover due to compensation declined in 2024, showing that workers desire more than just pay to stay at their jobs.