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“We continue to invest in our teammates and their priorities through competitive pay; industry-leading benefits and resources for physical, emotional and financial well-being; long-term career development tools and programs; and in our diversity, equity and inclusion efforts across the company, so that we continue to attract and retain the best talent.”

When employed, the team component is often a minor component of the pay plan; 44% of the companies report using teaming in their incentive plan.

The Sherman Antitrust Act clearly spells out what compensation professionals and/or employers are allowed to do when it comes to sharing data involved in salary and budget planning.

Prospective Long-Term Cost Savings of Improved Health The broadening list of potential GLP-1 health benefits raises the consideration for employers of potential long-term health plan cost reductions that could make it easier to stomach the current cost of GLP-1 coverage.

In this same vein, complications could arise across states in terms of the procedure being covered based on an organization’s plan design.

The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) changed little at 1.9 million but has increased by 385,000 over the year.

“This landscape informs the findings in [Payscale’s] report about predictions for 2024 base pay increases being lower, as well as [informs] more focus anticipated on market adjustments and cost of labor being factored into base pay increases in 2024 compared to 2023.”

Based on Syndio’s new analysis of gender-based pay equity analyses conducted over the past year from 48 organizations, jobs at the lower end of the pay spectrum — such as retail, manufacturing and other frontline jobs — continue to pay more for time on the job compared to new workers.

Main Drivers For 2026, the highest projected rate of increase for health benefit plan cost is expected to be prescription drugs at 11%, mostly due to more plans covering GLP-1 medications .