Placing collectively compensation packages is without doubt one of the most important obligations of the HR perform, however the perfect practices and methods look lots completely different right now than years previous. Whereas wage is nonetheless the most essential element in relation to placing collectively a suggestion letter, advantages play an more and more essential function for employees who’ve come to anticipate extra from their employers.
“You need to pay competitively, however that’s desk stakes,” Ron Seifert, workforce reward and advantages chief at Korn Ferry, an organizational consulting agency, tells Fortune. Enterprise leaders must “perceive the best way to differentiate your self from a advantages perspective,” he says, together with different components like bonuses and inventory incentives.
Fortune spoke with 5 compensation professionals to unravel what staff actually worth—and demand—from their pay packages in 2024. Retirement plans and employer contributions are a traditional, however different perks are rapidly turning into the brand new must-haves.
Caregiving help has turn into more and more well-liked as millennials have youngsters and a “sandwich era” of employees with growing old dad and mom attempt to sustain with burgeoning prices and obligations. Psychological well being advantages have additionally turn into a post-pandemic mainstay. The identical is true for tuition help packages, particularly for youthful Gen Z employees.
And despite the fact that they’re not technically a part of compensation, distant and hybrid work insurance policies get a particular point out. About 63% of U.S. staff mentioned having a distant schedule was the most essential half of a job to them, above wage, work-life steadiness, and having a superb boss, based on a 2023 survey from FlexJobs. Employees need the liberty to make money working from home a lot that they’re even ready to take a pay lower.
“Individuals are keen to take much less wage in the event that they’re allowed to be distant or have a really heavy hybrid, principally at-home sort schedule,” Brandi Britton, govt director of Robert Half, a administration consulting agency, tells Fortune.
You’ll be able to learn extra concerning the new guidelines in relation to placing collectively the perfect compensation packages right here.
Emma Burleigh
emma.burleigh@fortune.com
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