The challenge When Massachusetts passed the Hero Act in 2024, it introduced two new property tax provisions for veterans: one allowing a cost-of-living increase to existing exemptions, and another that would allow increases up to double of the current amounts. Both have the potential to ease financial pressure on veteran households. But unlike existing exemptions, the state would not reimburse municipalities for the additional cost. Every dollar of expanded relief would need

This employer edit, curated specifically for compensation and benefits teams, offers deeper insights on five tactical lessons from Cheese Louise’s experience building and sustaining living wage jobs from the ground up.

For restaurant operators who want to pay a stable, living wage year-round, the math requires more than goodwill.

The challenge Most artists lack a reliable compensation framework for knowing what to charge for their work. Rate-setting for creatives has historically been a mix of peer benchmarking, gut feel, and client budgets—none of which account for what it actually costs to meet basic needs where they live and work. Artist-led tech startup ARTPOWER set out to change that by building tortoise, a financial platform with tools, resources, and support designed for artists. The tortoise

Last week, the Living Wage Institute team visited San Antonio, Texas for WorldatWork’s annual Total Rewards conference. Total Rewards brings together compensation and benefits professionals from across the globe tackling the most pressing issues in HR. Of course, being data nerds in a room full of total rewards leaders, we came with a few questions of our own. We ran a very (un)official, live pom-pom poll at our booth on the Expo Floor across three days. Here's what we learne