From Paychex – Dan Price, CEO of Gravity Payments, took employee retention to new heights when he announced in April that he was raising the salary of every one of his staffers to a minimum of $70,000 over the next three years, regardless of job title — and dropping his own $1 million paycheck to $70,000. Such astonishing generosity essentially guarantees employee loyalty and retention.

While few companies can or will duplicate Price’s action, employers want to hang on to good workers. A 2012 study of future human resources challenges by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) found that nearly 60 percent of HR professionals surveyed listed retention and reward of the best employees as their top goal. Thirty-six percent said creating a corporate culture attractive to top talent is of key importance. No wonder: A 2013 CareerBuilder survey noted that one in four workers said they planned to change jobs in the current or following year.


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