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Rachel Long Global Head of Compensation Accenture Rachel Long is a Global Total Rewards executive with fifteen years of experience leading compensation strategy, pay equity, and rewards transformation for complex, global organizations.

Inflation-adjusted (constant-dollar) wages and salaries were up 0.8%.; ;By bargaining status, compensation costs for union workers increased 4.3% (4.6% for wages and salaries, 3.8% for benefits), and those for non-union workers rose 3.4% (3.5% for wages and salaries, 3.4% for benefits).; Examining state/local government over the past 12 months, compensation costs were up 4.0% (3.9% for wages and salaries, 4.1% for benefits).

Department of Labor to pay $1.8 million to female employees who the agency said received far less compensation than their male colleagues from 2015 to 2017.

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L-1: Visa Intracompany Transfer The L-1 visa allows multinational companies to temporarily transfer executives or managers ( L-1A ) or specialized knowledge employees ( L-1B ) from foreign offices to a U.S. branch, parent, subsidiary or affiliate.

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Shuttering Focused Offices and Roles The Ezell memo, titled “Initial Guidance Regarding DEIA Executive Orders,” provided additional guidance to government entities on mobilizing actions from two of President Trump’s Jan. 20 executive orders — “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs” and “Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions” .

“Once viewed as an off-ramp for executives drifting toward retirement or a life-raft for those struggling to re-enter the workforce after a break, independent consulting has emerged as a viable, and even attractive, option in today’s hot job market,” according to WSJ.