House and Senate lawmakers reintroduced the FAIR Act, aiming to bring federal employees' pay rates closer in line with private sector salaries.

Across-the-board raises may have sticking power as companies reassess their compensation strategies in the face of inflation, ...

Your 2026 pay raise could be a "peanut-butter"-style increase, with new research from compensation expert Payscale finding more than four in 10 companies are opting to give identical, across-the-board ...

A Payscale report preview found that 44% of organizations are planning or considering so-called peanut butter raises for 2026. Median base pay raises are expected to be 3.5% in 2026, while job ...

According to a new report, more employers are doling out raises as across-the-board salary increases, instead of providing ...

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