All Articles About Compensation

Pay Transparency Laws: What Are They, What States Have Them, and What Do They Mean For Employers?

Finally, this disturbing pattern has caught the attention of state lawmakers. Many of them have already enacted, or plan to enact, pay transparency laws. And that means new requirements and hard deadlines for employers. So how can companies prepare?

Liz Melton

March 3, 2022

Best practices for creating a location-based compensation strategy

For years, people spoke of the inevitable emergence of remote work. But it wasn't until 2020 that the majority of the world actually turned to distributed work as a necessary response to the global pandemic.

Liz Melton

March 3, 2022

3 Ways Frances Perkins’ Legacy Impacts Equity and Compensation Today

Have you’ve ever worried about working more than 40-hours a week without overtime? Getting injured on the job without worker’s compensation to pay for your recovery? Being paid below minimum wage Having a child as your coworker? Paying into social security?

Liz Melton

March 3, 2022

How the gender wage gap has changed over the last 40 years

Women have long received unequal pay in the American workplace, trailing men in terms of wages, overtime, opportunities, and promotions.

Ellen Wulfhorst

July 6, 2021

Cities Where Your Dollar Goes the Furthest

Finding the right place to live where your dollar goes furthest can mean the difference between scraping by or being able to enjoy the fruits of your labor.

Assemble Content Team

July 30, 2021

Five Takeaways from the Federal Paycheck Fairness Act

On April 15th, 2021, the Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 7) passed through the House of Representatives for the third time in nearly 30 years. At the time of this writing, the bill has been introduced in the Senate and referred to a committee to be debated.