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Rather than using ad hoc assignments to fill a need or, let’s face it, exploit a capable and hardworking employee to do more than their share, a formal stretch assignment program can meet both employee and employer needs, reducing employee frustration and subsequent turnover.

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The Role of Employers and Policymakers As the retirement landscape changes, employers and policymakers play a vital role in promoting budgeting literacy among the aging workforce.

The Net Promoter Score (NPS) for rewards at the time was an abysmal negative-15, and rewards offerings were actually hurting organizations’ employment brand.

The upcoming requirements of the European Union Pay Transparency Directive and more U.S. states and cities enacting pay transparency legislation made this top of mind for many employers.

Full-time employment is being supplemented with contract, gig and outcome-based talent models.

Don’t be surprised if they retain outside counsel, who specialize in employment law affecting salespeople.

National Law Review. 2021. “ Changes Law Firms Are Adopting Amid COVID-19: Trends in Remote Work & Litigation ,” Sept. 7.

As Bamberger (2023) described, “Employers are often concerned that even if pay structures are equitable and logically grounded in the market and the firm’s business model, communication of pay-related information may itself drive employee perceptions of unfairness.”

“It’s necessary to follow wage-and-hour and leave laws, as well as any collective bargaining or employment agreements.