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Managing Talent in a Hot Job Market Today’s hot job market has compelled employers to turn to creative and even aggressive compensation strategies to attract and retain top talent.

How We Got to This Point To set up this story, note that the Biden DOL had issued a final rule in April 2024 that sought to: ;Significantly raise the minimum salary for exemption as an executive, administrative or professional (EAP) employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and, in doing so, expand access to overtime pay to an estimated 5 million American workers who had been classified as salaried (or exempt) by their employer.; ;Significantly increase the total annual compensation level for exemption as a “highly compensated employee” (HCE) under the FLSA.; In the months leading up to the election, the final rule was challenged in several lawsuits spanning multiple U.S. district courts, and on Nov. 15, 2024, the U.S.

Meanwhile, the retail sector saw 30,000 jobs lost, with employment in the trade dropping by 62,000 since August.

“Employers must go a step beyond posting salary ranges to really showing they value their employees while also proving that the company has a positive work culture and bright future.”

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“Employers across the board are trying to provide both time and resources to employees to take care of themselves,” she said.

There are currently numerous unfilled jobs, and employers are in many cases offering bonuses for people to accept employment.

When crafting a global pay equity strategy, employers should pay attention to these six areas: 1.

This singular question leads to other questions for employers, including: Which pay strategy should we use with remote workers?

WorldatWork research from 2022 found only 42% of surveyed employers made this benefit available to at least some of their employees.