Insights on Corporate Talent, Learning, and HR Technology
On March 30, 2023, the European Parliament approved a groundbreaking law, the Pay Transparency Directive, that will change the way businesses operate by mandating pay equity compliance.
That same day Australia made broad changes to the Fair Work Act, restricting fixed-term contracts and pay secrecy clauses; strengthen provisions on gender pay equity, ... Read more»
Increasing Productivity, Innovation, and Sustainability
The goal of Pay Equity is simple. It is and always has been equal pay for equal work.
While this seems simple, determining if pay equity exists is incredibly complex because it touches all areas of the employee lifecycle, from hiring to development, from performance management to promotion, and from ... Read more»
This week I’m focusing on three things:Â First a quick discussion of the SVB banking crisis and what’s going on; Second a further discussion about why Generative AI is so disruptive to HR; and Third, and most important, a deep discussion about Pay Equity.
This coming week is Equal Pay Day where we symbolically celebrate ... Read more»
In this week’s podcast I cover a bunch of topics. Here they are:
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New research by ADP and also by LinkedIn shows that pay has become the #1 factor in employee satisfaction. And no wonder: inflation is raging, people are overworked, and CEOs keep asking employees to be “more productive” (read “work harder”).
And how do companies keep up? They’re talking about laying people off, getting rid of ... Read more»
Recently, The Josh Bersin Company team brought you The Definitive Guide to Pay Equity, which covered the complexities of putting in a system that ensures equal pay for equal work. Now we are offering you a deeper look at the full picture of ... Read more»
In this podcast I introduce our new research on pay and rewards. This enormously important part of business needs a transformation, and our new research on “Systemic Pay and Rewards” explains why. I give you an overview of why pay systems are so brittle, what really drives results, and how we can dramatically improve these ... Read more»
On March 14, 2023 the United States will celebrate Equal Pay Day, the symbolic day dedicated to raising awareness of the gender pay gap, which is the difference between the average earnings of men and women for the same work. And according to most studies, this “pay gap” has a way to go.
In ... Read more»
For the last three years we’ve been worried about burnout, mental health, and work life balance during the pandemic. This week a new issue has emerged. A new Mercer study of employee sentiment found that pay has suddenly become the number one factor in satisfaction at work.
When asked “what keeps workers up at ... Read more»
After several weeks travelling to conferences and talking with clients I want to riff on a bunch of urgent topics: How do we create pay equity when inflation is running at over 8%? How do we get people “back to the office” when 55% of job candidates now want fully remote work? How do we ... Read more»
We just finished a series of conversations with senior HR leaders about the topic of social justice. And the consensus is yes, we need to give people a safe place to discuss these issues at work. But let’s not let it get out of hand.
As many of you may have read, last week a ... Read more»
This week we launch a year-long study of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in business and the results are disappointing. After billions of dollars invested in DEI training, tools, tech, and HR strategies, we haven’t moved the needle very far. In some respects, we’ve come a long way, but as our research discovered, only ... Read more»
