JPMorgan’s Dimon, after 4% raise, got $36M in 2023

A breakdown of the CEO’s salary shows $1.5 million in base salary and $34.5 million in performance-based variable incentive compensation — $5 million of which will be in cash and the rest in stock.

By Rajashree Chakravarty • Jan. 19, 2024

‘Sick shaming’ persists, survey shows — even after COVID

Many managers suspect workers lie about sick time, encourage sick workers to come into the office and admit to shaming workers for their illnesses, a Resume Builder survey found.

By Emilie Shumway • Jan. 18, 2024

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Inside the rapidly changing world of employee benefits

Healthcare costs are climbing and employee needs are changing. How can HR professionals adapt?

By HR Dive staff

Rising health insurance premiums linked to wage stagnation, study finds

Premiums as a percentage of compensation were significantly higher for Hispanic and Black families over the more than 30-year study period.

By Emily Olsen • Jan. 17, 2024

Engaged, encouraged, connected: Workplace productivity for organizations returning to the office

Organizations that want to keep employees engaged, encouraged and connected will want to consider the return to work from three angles.

Jan. 16, 2024

Workers are (a little) more satisfied with compensation

While Eagle Hill expects retention to decline in the first half of 2024, compensation continues to be a positive factor.

By Caroline Colvin • Jan. 11, 2024

Job ads with broad pay ranges may deter applicants, study says

Study participants were more likely to respond negatively to job ads with wide pay ranges and view employers as less trustworthy.

By Carolyn Crist • Jan. 8, 2024

Rutter’s targets employee retention with $18 minimum wage

The pay raise is the company’s eighth in the past four years as c-stores continue to battle labor woes.

By Jessica Loder • Jan. 5, 2024

8 stories on compensation in the new year

Despite salary increase projections hovering around 4%, many workers say they’re unhappy.

By Emilie Shumway • Jan. 4, 2024

Salary increases may slow this year, but they’re still expected to remain historically high, survey says

Companies also still expect to include ESG-related issues as a metric in their incentive plans, according to the latest research from Pearl Meyer.

By Laurel Kalser • Jan. 2, 2024

DOL moves to rescind Trump-era association health plan rule

The 2018 rule sought to expand health insurance and coverage options for certain groups but “was never fully implemented” after a court ruling blocked it.

By Ryan Golden • Dec. 21, 2023

US physical health on the decline, with implications for employers

Unhealthy workers can lead to greater levels of absenteeism and higher healthcare costs, a Gallup research director said.

By Ginger Christ • Dec. 20, 2023

GAO: Federal agencies need to coordinate data on independent contractors, temp workers

Millions of U.S. workers are in nonstandard work arrangements, but data on those workers is scattered and unorganized, GAO said.

By Laurel Kalser • Dec. 20, 2023

How retirement anxiety is a DEI issue

Rural workers and women are less likely to feel secure heading into retirement, data suggests.

By Caroline Colvin • Dec. 20, 2023

WTW: ESG to factor strongly in 2024 executive pay plans despite pushback

Environmental, social and governance strategies are “here to stay,” consultants said. But U.S. company boards are also seeking a more tailored approach.

By Ryan Golden • Dec. 15, 2023

More than half of US professionals have asked or want to ask a co-worker’s salary

Far fewer workers surveyed said they would be insulted if asked about their salary, a ZipJob survey found.

By Ginger Christ • Dec. 15, 2023

Employers could do more to support women’s cardiovascular health, group says

Heart disease is underdiagnosed and undertreated in women, and treatments for it are underused, the Northeast Business Group on Health said.

By Ryan Golden • Dec. 14, 2023

US pay raises to dip, but remain high in 2024, WTW says

While employers are still worried about the job market, fewer say they’re struggling with attraction and retention.

By Ginger Christ • Dec. 13, 2023

Workers received fewer — and smaller — raises in 2023, report finds

While a little more than half of workers described themselves as happy or content with their salary, most could still be tempted away.

By Emilie Shumway • Dec. 12, 2023

Cigna pulls out of Humana deal: WSJ

Cigna and Humana are abandoning merger discussions less than two weeks after news of the potential deal dropped, following a less-than-positive market reaction.

By Rebecca Pifer • Dec. 11, 2023

Navigating your post-pandemic rewards strategy

Explore data-driven strategies for fair, transparent, and effective HR reward decisions aligned with an evolving post-pandemic work model.

By Johnny Martinez, Director People Advisory and Organizational Change, and Lexi Clarke, Chief People Officer Payscale • Dec. 11, 2023

Court approves Cargill’s $2.4M settlement of Kronos outage wage claims

Employees alleged that the Kronos Private Cloud ransomware attack resulted in unpaid wages and overtime, among other damages.

By Ryan Golden • Dec. 8, 2023

Most HR pros say RTO is creating a retention problem

The unhappiness wrought by return-to-office policies may be feeding in to a more general cloudiness in employee mood.

By Emilie Shumway • Dec. 8, 2023

Pay transparency laws risk colliding with antitrust concerns

HR leaders are being instructed to tread carefully when talking about wage and salary information among peers, even casually. 

By Ramona Dzinkowski • Dec. 8, 2023

Want employees to use their benefits? Rebrand them, experts say.

“A lot of it is less in the design of the benefits, it’s more in the communication and marketing of them,” WTW’s Casey Hauch told HR Dive.

By Ginger Christ • Dec. 7, 2023

How employers tackle the social determinants of work

Companies are seeing workers more holistically and looking for ways to meet them where they are.

By Ginger Christ • Dec. 5, 2023