May 2026

Compensation Policies

Total rewards transparency: when showing the whole pie backfires

Pay transparency laws by state: the 2026 compliance map

Salary Structures

Location-agnostic pay: the hidden cost of killing your geo-differentials

Health Insurance

GLP-1 drugs on your plan: coverage rules that contain cost without revolt

Performance-Based Pay

Why 83% of employers still spread merit equally, and why it is a retention trap

Five-year equity vesting is back: designing retention grants under the new proxy regime

Market Benchmarking

Mid-year comp reforecast: the questions to ask before June

Retirement Plans

401(k) plan fees benchmarking: what counts as reasonable in 2026

Pay equity remediation without triggering new litigation

AI in rewards: where algorithms help, and where they will get you sued

Flexible Benefits

Caregiving benefits as a retention lever: the numbers behind the sentiment

Virginia breaks the Mason-Dixon line on pay transparency: what the July 1 law means for multi-state employers

Compensation Policies

Compensation is a message: when the story your pay tells contradicts the strategy you claim

Workers produce more, keep less: what a 77-year low in labor share means for your retention strategy

Health Insurance

Health insurance costs outpace wages for the fifth straight quarter: the ECI signal boards are missing

FMLA eligibility rules: the flowchart every HR partner should have on their desk

Compensation Policies

Building a compensation philosophy that survives a CFO challenge