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Crain said this new feature within the SECURE 2.0 Act is designed to address the cash-flow stress driving hardship withdrawals.; ;Adding a student loan match to the retirement savings plan to capture workers who otherwise can’t afford to contribute.; ;Provide access to financial professionals and retirement planning assistance across the full retirement life cycle, whether an employee just graduated college, started a family or is preparing for retirement.; ;Incorporating equity compensation , which was cited by both workers and HR managers in the Morgan Stanley research as one of the most effective tools to motivate and engage top talent.; Also, don’t forget to communicate year-around.

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Rather than focusing exclusively on base salary, your hiring strategy can include variable compensation elements like signing bonuses, equity grants or performance incentives tailored to candidate preferences and market demands.

As they did upon the passing of California’s AB-5 legislation that similarly required app-based, ride-share and food-delivery service companies to classify their drivers as employees, Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and others are likely to challenge the DOL’s proposed rule.; The U.S.

Similarly, Salary.com’s purchase of CompXL (an enterprise compensation planning software) folded a robust merit cycle and incentive management capability into Salary.com’s compensation data platform.

Trump, Eyeing Republican Majority, Nominates Macy to NLRB President Trump took two actions Monday, April 13, toward staffing the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB): ;Nominating James Macy, a DOL official and former management-side lawyer, as a board member with a term running through August 2030; and,; ;Renominating Democrat David Prouty for a second term (his current term expires Aug. 27, 2026).; Macy, who would replace former chair Marvin Kaplan (whose term expired Aug. 27, 2025) is currently the principal deputy administrator of the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division.

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.

PAY TRANSPARENCY DRIVES PERFORMANCE PAY A long time ago, pay was confidential.

Under that doctrine: Federal agencies had implied authority to interpret ambiguous statutes in cases where Congress had not provided clear legal guidance, and;If Congress had not directly addressed the question at the center of a dispute, a court was required to uphold the agency’s interpretation of the statute, as long as it was deemed reasonable.; “Courts would typically defer to those agencies’ interpretation, as long as it was reasonable,” said Lulu Seikaly, senior employment counsel at Payscale.