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Contributing to the need for clarity is the fact that “the job architecture framework of old was never created to see the light of day,” said Maria Colacurcio, CEO of workplace equity analytics firm Syndio.

While phantom equity is taxed as regular compensation, it provides an incentive value that is more like an equity award than a retention or transaction bonus.

Instead, employers are redirecting spending toward more scalable, defensible strategies, Scott-Wears said, such as compensation technology, pay equity analytics and better modeling tools.

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There is a strong correlation between women in leadership positions and higher returns on equity and invested capital.

“We’re in a world where employees have strong expectations about open pay conversations, and when they’re being influenced by data that can be unreliable, it causes unnecessary friction in the workplace,” Thomas said.

.; According to WTW research experts, recent budget consistency reflects underlying changes in how leaders approach workforce planning and compensation decision-making, with many organizations that participated in the survey reporting: ;Stronger governance around compensation decisions;; ;More sophisticated use of market data and segmentation in their preparation and decision-making practices related to pay; and,; ;Increased focus on affordability and maintaining internal equity.; Keeping an Eye on Hiring and Retention While the new report reflected a measure of addressable predictability, it also pointed out a concern area: 24% of participating organizations said they are having trouble attracting and/or retaining employees.

“However, there might be other drivers of low engagement, such as the way that the workplace decides pay increases may not be seen as fair by employees.

The requirement to document and justify how pay decisions are made is meant to reframe how companies approach workplace equity and the broader culture of accountability.