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Will today’s CPI report cool inflation’s salary heat for HR?

HR Digest

It drops a vital clue for aligning salary increases and inflation with employee expectations. After years of battling with inflation and salary increases, HR leaders have become the frontline warriors to balance employee demands for cost-of-living adjustments with corporate budget cuts. While 2025 salary budgets still hover at 3.5%

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Employee value proposition in action: Compelling real-world examples

Business Management Daily

Top talent with more specialized skills and training will expect more from their employers, such as higher salaries, more perks, and flexibility around remote work. Compensation includes the employee’s hourly wage or salary, along with added forms of payment like commissions or bonuses.

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What to do when you can’t afford to raise salaries

Employee Benefits

Financial pressures have impacted both individuals and businesses over the past year as we all try to cope with rising prices – from energy to food to fuel. Almost one in five (19%) workers say they plan to leave their current job for one offering a higher salary if the cost of living crisis continues or gets worse.

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Faculty Salaries Fell By Nearly 5% As Inflation Eats Into Living Costs

HR Digest

According to the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), faculty salaries fell by nearly 5% in 2021-22 when wages were adjusted for inflation. The AAUP report highlighted the fact that faculty salaries fell by nearly 5% in 2021-22, as inflation soars to record highs. That’s the market comparison to make.”

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3 Reasons to Boost Your Employee Benefits Offerings in 2020

Achievers

For 41 percent of small business employees, benefits are crucial when accepting a new job, second to salary. Free food or drinks. Today, unemployment rates are at a historic low, so many workers now have the freedom to choose where they want to work. And in many cases, it’s benefits offerings that seal the deal. Vision coverage.

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Employees named David and Sarah more likely to earn higher salaries

Employee Benefits

It looked at job titles most frequently advertised with a starting salary of more than £100,000, the average salary for the top 10 job titles according to Indeed, and the most popular men’s and women’s names in the UK to find the five most common names for each gender.

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Gig economy explained: Pros, cons, future outlook

Business Management Daily

Everybody knows at least one gig worker—people who drive for Uber or Lyft, deliver food for DoorDash, freelance on Upwork, rent out rooms on Airbnb, or work a combination of jobs to piece an income together. People were clocking out of their salaried jobs to drive night owls around town for a few hundred extra bucks a week.

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