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Although pay is a fundamental right in employment, rewards in a broader sense can be used to motivate employees and improve performance.

Further, increasing transparency, linked to protected employee communications about pay and new laws requiring the posting of pay ranges when hiring, makes it an imperative to ensure employees are appropriately placed within (or outside of) their pay ranges.

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According to Michael Piker, the vice president of global total rewards at cosmetics company Shiseido, annual benefits selection introduces a “maze of complexity for employees trying to make an informed decision,” but total rewards (TR) professionals are discovering that AI tools — when integrated strategically and thoughtfully — can provide valuable assistance to both the worker and the employer.

The LinkedIn report pointed to economic uncertainty and inflation, as well as employers’ communicated budgets for pay increases , as likely factors behind survey respondents’ less-than-sunny outlooks.

For a woman who has been in more than 70 countries, it’s the impact at home — and the creation of employment for others — that rings the most true.

Indeed, when researchers examined data on resignations, they found every third resigner is a high performer who left their employer after a new colleague was hired at a higher salary.

.; ;Alight also found employees often feel pressured to overwork — with almost 40% saying their employer expects too much of them and more than 40% saying they put too much pressure on themselves.; ;Almost 40% of Americans — and more than half of Gen Z and millennials — have a side hustle, according to the financial website LendingTree, with the majority of respondents citing economic conditions as the reason and saying they depend on the side income.; “People feel like maybe they shouldn’t push having time off as much, and they may also be worried that their manager won’t be as receptive,” Thomas Conway said.

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