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Compensation and legal experts note employers should anticipate more employee and candidate questions around their compensation philosophy.

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“For example, a startup organization may have limited cash but can deliver compensation value in the form of equity-based compensation such as stock options ,” Holloway said.

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Published in late November, data from the ninth annual report found: ;Market-based pay adjustments remained the primary approach to base compensation.; ;Annual cycles continued to be the preferred cadence for performance reviews.; ;Training focused on diversity, equity and inclusivity (DEI) dropped 20% from 2023.; The WorldatWork study, which reflects TR programs and practices for the 2025 plan year, covered 15 categories, including compensation, benefits, well-being, career development and recognition.

Once you determine the prominence of sales compensation, you can figure out how much of a rep’s day-to-day actions should be tied to compensation.

If individuals do not receive a Form W-2 or other statement from their employer or other payer for tax year 2025 that separately reports the amount of qualified overtime compensation, they may use any of the methods described in Notice 2025-69 and the Instructions to Schedule 1-A that are included in the Instructions for Form 1040 to calculate the amount of qualified overtime compensation.; ;For tax years 2026 and later years, employers and other payers are required to separately report qualified overtime compensation.