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How should equity (like stock options and RSUs) be re-upped during compensation reviews? 🤔 For HR and Total Rewards teams, it’s critical to manage equity strategically as employees progress through their vesting schedules to maintain a competitive total rewards package and maximize employee retention. To help you navigate the nuances of equity compensation during salary reviews, we put together this guide that covers: 1️⃣ The Importance of Re-upping Equity 2️⃣ Setting Equity Bands 3️⃣ Refresh, Promotion, and Performance Grants Read more here: https://lnkd.in/g-_vEywz 

❄️✨ Happy Holidays from Barley! ✨❄️ We’re wishing all HR and Total Rewards teams a joyful holiday season and can’t wait for what’s to come in the world of compensation in 2025. Cheers to what’s ahead!

💫 Here’s Barley’s Weekly Comp Roundup!⁣ ⁣ 📰 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬: ⁣ 𝟏. 𝐏𝐚𝐲 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲: Embracing pay transparency: Preparing for Ontario’s new regulations and beyond https://lnkd.in/gSSmhYGz ⁣ ⁣ 𝟐. 𝐏𝐚𝐲 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲: Airbnb shares their 2024 gender pay results in Ireland https://lnkd.in/gEM57_-5⁣ ⁣ 𝟑. 𝐓𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬: Starbucks expands parental leave up to 18 weeks https://lnkd.in/gzQX7hDW ⁣ ⁣ 📊 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲𝐬: ⁣ ADP released their latest report on HR trends and priorities for 2025: https://lnkd.in/gbGCGiDR ⁣ ⁣ 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬: ⁣ - 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥-𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬: Employees who feel cared for by their employer are 92% more likely to feel engaged at work, 65% more likely to be loyal and 56% more likely to be productive at work.⁣ - 𝐏𝐚𝐲 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭: In the EU, women are paid 13% less than men for comparable work. In the U.S., women make an average of 16% less than men, with larger gaps for women of color.⁣ - 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬: Most companies (90%) using a skills-based hiring method report reducing their mis-hires, and 94% agree that skills-based hiring is more predictive of on-the-job success than résumés.⁣ ⁣ 📅 𝐔𝐩𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬:⁣ - 𝐉𝐚𝐧 𝟗 (𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥): The CHRO’s Role in Business Transformation: Driving Change and Shaping the Future https://lnkd.in/gfy8GNca ⁣ - 𝐉𝐚𝐧 𝟐𝟑 (𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥): Total Rewards Regional Forum 2025 - North America https://lnkd.in/gwvbW5td

✨ Interested in learning how Elastic Path simplifies comp reviews, empowers managers & saves time with Barley? Before Barley, Elastic Paths’ People & Culture team spent weeks wrangling spreadsheets, juggling approvals across three regions, and creating compensation letters manually. But with Barley, those challenges are a thing of the past. Barley’s helped Elastic Path achieve these key results with their compensation processes: ✅ 75% estimated time savings running comp cycles ✅ Managers empowered to make consistent pay decisions in an easy-to-use platform ✅ Improved employee satisfaction with pay ✅ Global rollout of pay transparency “Our managers were impressed with how easy Barley is to use. With all the necessary data centralized, the compensation process became faster, more consistent, and more equitable,” says Joanna Kmiec, CHRL, Global SVP of People and Culture at Elastic Path. Read the full case study here: https://lnkd.in/gA4D3zBf

Show some love for our newly launched integrations. 🚀 THRILLED to be partnering with these companies as we blast into 2025. ✨ Barley: A powerful compensation platform that integrates directly with BambooHR to simplify and streamline all of your compensation management needs. ✨ Accu-Time Systems: A reliable and secure method of capturing employee work hours directly at the clock and transmitting them to BambooHR in real time. ✨ Drata: Drata simplifies the compliance process through automation, templates, and expert support. ✨ Teamtailor: Easy-to-use, candidate-focused software that gives you all the tools you need to recruit better. More info here! https://bit.ly/3XkGuSQ

💫 Here’s Barley’s Weekly Comp Roundup! 📰 𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀: 1. 𝗣𝗮𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆: Five states will begin enforcing pay transparency laws in 2025 https://lnkd.in/gcwW-vKf 2. 𝗧𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀: Organizations Are on the Skills Bandwagon; How Total Rewards Can Drive It https://lnkd.in/gsfZ-6se 3. 𝗣𝗮𝘆 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆: Spotlighting Global Gender Gaps Leading into the New Year https://lnkd.in/gjqDeA5K 📊 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆𝘀:   Korn Ferry released their latest Global Total Rewards Pulse Survey with insights on total rewards strategies, benefits, and salary benchmarking from nearly 3,000 companies: https://lnkd.in/g2Wxh274 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀:  - 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀: Over the past two years, 50% of organizations have implemented moderate to significant changes to their reward strategies. - 𝗦𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: In difficult economic times, organizations are approaching labor cost management in a balanced manner by prioritizing moderating talent acquisition over cuts to the current workforce. - 𝗛𝘆𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺: Work-from-home and hybrid work environments are now present in most companies, with office attendance requirements dropping from 89% (pre-pandemic) to 43% today. - 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘀: There is a positive business outlook, with 71% of organizations anticipating paying comparable or greater bonuses than last year. In general, 2025 base salary increase forecasts are comparable to slightly lower than 2024 end-of-year forecasts across most geographies. 📅 𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀:  - 𝗗𝗲𝗰 12 (𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹): Navigating HR strategies for a transformative 2025 https://lnkd.in/d6Us6PhR  - 𝗗𝗲𝗰 17 (𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹): Building Your 2025 HR Priorities: A Game Plan for the Future https://lnkd.in/gRrkVeaJ

💫 Here’s Barley’s Weekly Comp Roundup!⁣ ⁣ 📰 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬: ⁣ 𝟏. 𝐓𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬: Employers plan to offer enriched health benefits for women and family planning in 2025, even as overall costs rise https://lnkd.in/dUNk-5Ns ⁣ ⁣ 𝟐. 𝐏𝐚𝐲 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲: Disney’s $43M gender pay settlement is a wake-up call — pay gaps can cost you big over time. Here's what you can do https://lnkd.in/dNXGdDeE ⁣ ⁣ 𝟑. 𝐏𝐚𝐲 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲: New 2025 Pay Transparency Laws: What Employers Need To Know https://lnkd.in/gJSWQmjx ⁣ ⁣ 📊 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲𝐬: ⁣ Gartner released a new trends report “Top 5 HR Trends and Priorities That Matter Most in 2025”: https://lnkd.in/eQ-tkb6m ⁣ ⁣ 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬:⁣ - 𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝟓 𝐇𝐑 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: Leader and manager development, organizational culture, strategic workforce planning, change management, and HR technology⁣ - 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬: CEOs set sights on growth via transformation, AI aspirations confront deployment realities, and labor market shifts put pressure on talent strategies⁣ ⁣ 📅 𝐔𝐩𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬: ⁣ - 𝐃𝐞𝐜 𝟓 (𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥): 2025 Hiring Trends and Insights: Navigating the Evolving Workforce https://lnkd.in/g4Uu_dfS ⁣ - 𝐃𝐞𝐜 𝟏𝟐 (𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥): Navigating HR strategies for a transformative 2025 https://lnkd.in/d6Us6PhR

💫 Here’s Barley’s Weekly Comp Roundup! 📰 𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀: 1. 𝗣𝗮𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆: New 2025 Pay Transparency Laws: What Employers Need To Know https://lnkd.in/gJSWQmjx 𝟮. 𝗣𝗮𝘆 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆: Solving the last mile of the pay equity problem https://lnkd.in/gVPnJe9h 𝟯. 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆: Walmart Canada announces additional $46 million wage investment for supply chain associates https://lnkd.in/gzAdeTiz 📊 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆𝘀:   Randstad Canada publishes their latest resource, the “2025 Salary Guide”: https://lnkd.in/gFh7xuUh 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀:  - 𝗣𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱: With the increasing adoption of pay transparency legislation in several Canadian provinces, employers will have to adapt to a new reality. - 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱: Skilled trades, such as automated technicians and electromechanics, will see their salaries rise by an average of 8% in 2025. - 𝗔𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲: Workers are looking to their employers for concrete support in coping with economic pressures, yet only 57% of companies are meeting these expectations. 📅 𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀:  - 𝗗𝗲𝗰 𝟱 (𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹): 2025 Hiring Trends and Insights: Navigating the Evolving Workforce https://lnkd.in/gtsGRwgD  - 𝗗𝗲𝗰 𝟭𝟭 (𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹): How to Conduct a Pay Equity Analysis Using Diversity Data from TAP Network https://lnkd.in/gmb5SDwp

💫 Here’s Barley’s Weekly Comp Roundup! 📰 𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀: 𝟭. 𝗧𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀: Making smart connections: the case for total rewards in addressing employee financial resilience https://lnkd.in/gfRgZ3hw 𝟮. 𝗣𝗮𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆: Employers Making Progress on Pay Transparency https://lnkd.in/g-JAVAnw 𝟯. 𝗣𝗮𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀: Average Pay Increases in U.S. and Canada Dropped Below 4% in 2024 https://lnkd.in/g3pMRsvq 📊 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆𝘀:   HRO Today released its fourth CHRO compensation study called “HR Compensation Mostly Lags (Except at the Top)”: https://lnkd.in/gK4TuxxH 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀:  - 𝗖𝗛𝗥𝗢 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝘆 𝗚𝗮𝗽: On average, male CHROs still make more than female CHROs inside the Fortune 500. This difference is most pronounced in the Fortune 50, where men earn 34% more than women in the CHRO role.  - 𝗛𝗥 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: About two-thirds (64%) of HR practitioners feel undercompensated compared to other organizational departments. - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗥: Less than one-half (47%) feel that increases fairly reflected the additional demands placed upon them during the pandemic. 📅 𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: - 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟮𝟭 (𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹): SHRM's People & Culture Virtual Retreat https://lnkd.in/g35ZtKkG  - 𝗗𝗲𝗰 𝟭𝟭 (𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹): How to Conduct a Pay Equity Analysis Using Diversity Data from TAP Network https://lnkd.in/gmb5SDwp

💫 Here’s Barley’s Weekly Comp Roundup! 📰 In the News: 1. 𝗣𝗮𝘆 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆: Why now is the time for pay equity audits https://lnkd.in/grZhugiq 2. 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴: 2025 Salary Increase Planning Tips from Aon https://lnkd.in/g2yVGBRp 3. 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆: Managing employee pay in high-inflation markets from WTW https://lnkd.in/gntcaSbC 📊 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆𝘀:   OC Tanner Institute released new insights, “5 Workplace Culture Trends for 2025”, which dives into what employers can do to adjust to upcoming workplace culture trends.  https://lnkd.in/gpXJsYcb 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀:  - 𝗔 𝗥𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲: One-third of employees reported that they are merely surviving at work which means the exchange of employment feels more like a transaction and less like a relationship filled with care where people can thrive at work. Organizations can improve this by demonstrating and reinforcing genuine concern for people and their well-being through clear communication of Total Rewards offerings or benefit packages.  - 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗧𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀: With less than 40% of workers who know the meaning of the term “Total Rewards”, organizations need to take a step to provide adequate compensation and total rewards packages while making sure employees feel cared for. 📅 𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: - 𝗡𝗼𝘃 25-29 (𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹): HR Week 2024 - Europe https://hrweek.global/  - 𝗡𝗼𝘃 28 (𝗜𝗻 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹): 2024 HRPA Summit https://lnkd.in/gbdEkYp8