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How AI Is Reshaping Jobs, the Workforce , Workspan Magazine article; ;HR & Total Rewards AIntelligence Lab , tool; For Everyone ;AI Emphasis Among HR Executives’ Primary Focuses for 2026 , Workspan Daily article; ;Leadership, Training Should Be at the Center of AI Transformation , Workspan Daily article; ;Trust Never Sleeps: How TR Pros Can Stay Awake on This Issue , Workspan Daily article; ;Elevate Engagement and Workforce Planning Through AI , Workspan Daily article; ;Why Total Rewards Needs to Create a Strategic Alliance with IT , Workspan Daily article; As organizations step further into the digital realm, many employees are feeling left out of the artificial intelligence (AI) conversation, leading to distrust and reluctance to embrace these changes.

To get the most out of this course, you will need to have working knowledge of the WorldatWork Total Rewards model, compensation fundamentals of a Total Rewards strategy, labor regulations, base pay systems, variable pay programs and market pricing.

Additional findings: Base pay remains closely linked to salary structures. 80% of respondents indicated that their salary structures are built for base pay.

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A skills-based compensation strategist could design pay structures based on employee skills and capabilities, as opposed to titles, for example, and an employee experience architect might craft personalized benefits and rewards journeys using behavioral data.

While plenty of research has investigated the effect of these laws on pay equity , compliance and retention , less attention has been paid to the people who must take action on these laws — compensation professionals.

In a n organizational well-being report , Gallagher asked employers what components — beyond base salary — they leverage d most to attract and retain key talent .

Examples of these upskilling opportunities included diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (55%), performance (48%), workforce engagement (44%), rewards (43%) and compensation (43%).

Before implementing a form of grandternity leave, organizations must determine if there is enough of a need based on their workforce demographics.; As the workforce ages and increasing numbers of grandparents care for their grandchildren, the concept of grandternity leave is an emerging trend that some employers are exploring as a retention tool.

“Most of our employee base and potential employee base live paycheck to paycheck,” Pankratz wrote fellow executives on March 6.