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Compensation Teams Lag in AI Adoption, Pave Report Finds

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Pave’s new benchmark study of 525+ compensation leaders reveals most organizations remain in the early stages of AI adoption, with an average maturity score of just 4.3 out of 16.

A clear five-step path to ROI: standardized job architecture, a documented compensation philosophy, AI-powered benchmarking, data quality processes, and integrated compensation data.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Pave, the AI compensation platform, today released its 2026 AI Maturity in Total Rewards Benchmarking Report, the largest dataset assembled to date on how compensation and HR leaders are actually adopting AI. Based on responses from more than 525 total rewards professionals collected in April and May 2026, the report measures actual implementation against a consistent 16-capability framework.

The study found that the average AI maturity score is just 4.3 out of 16, placing most organizations in the early stages of adoption. More than half (52.5%) have adopted fewer than five of the 16 capabilities measured, and only 8.7% have reached the two most mature tiers.

A Persistent “Say–Do Gap” in AI Application

The report identifies a persistent “say–do gap”: organizations are 2.4 times more likely to have the data foundations they need in place than to actually deploy AI use cases that leverage that compensation data. Data readiness capabilities have an average adoption of just over 53%, while AI implementation averages only 22%. For example, more than 80% of companies with a documented compensation philosophy are not using AI for pay recommendations, and three-quarters of those with integrated data are not using AI for pay equity analysis.

The barrier is rarely technology or budget. When pay sits in one system, equity in another, and job architecture in an outdated spreadsheet, teams rationally hesitate to let AI generate recommendations based on fragmented inputs.

“Most teams assume their biggest barrier is AI capability. The data says otherwise — it’s data readiness and governance,” said Alex Cwirko-Godycki, GM of Market Data at Pave. “The maturity model shows leaders where to invest first, not just where they want to end up. The organizations proving ROI aren’t the ones with the most tools — they’re the ones who first standardized, then documented, and finally activated, with governance and implementation moving together.”

AI-Powered Benchmarking Accelerates Business Impact

The report identifies AI-powered benchmarking as the clearest accelerant. Organizations using it are over six times more likely to adopt AI for pay recommendations, nearly three times more likely to use AI for pay equity analysis, and more than twice as likely to demonstrate measurable business impact. Benchmarking, where AI gathers market data and matches jobs while humans retain decision-making authority, is low-risk, immediately actionable, and builds the foundation for further AI adoption.

Five Capabilities Drive AI ROI in Total Rewards

Five capabilities appear in a majority of the 15% of organizations demonstrating measurable AI ROI:

Standardized job architecture (67%)Documented compensation philosophy (59%)AI-powered benchmarking (57%)Data quality processes (53%)Integrated compensation data (51%)

These five capabilities are intentional and align with a progressive data readiness sequence. Job architecture and a compensation philosophy provide the structural consistency required for AI. Data quality and integration ensure reliable inputs. AI-powered benchmarking serves as the activation point, marking the first use case in which AI enters a real workflow and begins to build organizational confidence.

Organizations that follow this sequence typically expand into pay equity, pay recommendations, and cross-functional HR integration at much higher rates. Those who skip foundational steps and move directly to advanced use cases often experience stalled progress.

Additional key findings include:

Governance and implementation, together, are the key. Teams strong in both report a 50% business-impact rate – nine times the 5.6% rate of those with neither. Governance alone delivers process (16%); implementation alone delivers results with risk exposure (31%). Notably, more than 40% of organizations with human-oversight protocols have deployed no AI tools at all — a pattern the report calls “oversight theater.”Mid-market companies are moving fastest. Firms with 201–1,000 employees lead on both maturity and implementation.Impact is observed closest to the work. Team Leads report a 25% impact rate, while C-level and CHRO respondents report none, indicating a gap in visibility and reporting.

“AI’s promise in the workplace will only be realized when organizations pair strong data foundations with clear human oversight,” said Cwirko-Godycki. “With the upcoming EU AI Act, companies need to focus on transparency and governance – not just technology – to build trust and deliver measurable results.”

Availability

The full report — including the complete 16-capability framework and breakdowns by industry, company size, and role — is available to download at https://explore.pave.com/2026-ai-maturity-total-rewards.html. Compensation leaders can benchmark their own organization across all 16 capabilities with Pave’s AI Maturity Assessment at https://explore.pave.com/ai-maturity-assessment.html.

About Pave

Pave is the AI compensation platform. Compensation leaders use Pave to benchmark pay, price jobs, build pay ranges, run merit cycles, and communicate total rewards — all in one place. By connecting directly to HCM, EMS, and ATS platforms, Pave creates a unified, real-time data layer for compensation decisions teams can defend. More than 9,000 companies rely on Pave to move off stale survey data and error-prone spreadsheets, making it home to the world’s largest real-time compensation dataset. Learn more at pave.com.

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Plume Named to 2026 Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces® List

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Global Broadband Customer Experience Leader listed No. 58 in Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces® ranking reinforcing direct link between culture health, business performance

PALO ALTO, Calif., June 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Plume Design, Inc. (“Plume”), the global technology leader trusted by more than 450 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) across 58 countries, today announced it has been named to the Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces® list by Most Loved Workplace® and the Best Practice Institute at No. 58, published today in The Economist. The recognition follows Plume’s Most Loved Workplace® Certification earned in April 2026 and elevates the company into an elite group of organizations worldwide whose employees demonstrate the deepest levels of emotional connection, shared values and positive sentiment toward where they work.

“We’ve made building a great culture and a rewarding work environment one of our top objectives from day one because you cannot deliver world-class experiences for 450 ISP customers if the people behind the products do not feel respected, heard and empowered,” said Dan Herscovici, President and CEO of Plume. “Being placed in the Top 100 list tells us the work is taking root. This is a milestone, not a finish line. We are committed to earning our team members’ and our customers’ trust every single day.”

Compiled using the proprietary Love of Workplace Index® (LOWI) framework, The Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces® list is assessed across the five “SPARK” dimensions: Systemic Collaboration, Positive Future, Alignment of Values, Respect and Killer Outcomes.

When Dan Herscovici assumed the role of President and CEO in April 2025, culture was immediately identified as one of the company’s first strategic priorities. Over the past fourteen months, Plume has undertaken a company-wide culture initiative anchored in building trust, strengthening accountability and ensuring every team member feels they belong and have the tools to do their best work. The initiative was not a headquarters exercise as it spanned all of Plume’s global offices with the same level of investment and commitment at every location. The LOWI assessment captured positive sentiment across the entire worldwide team.

Throughout that same fourteen month timeline, Plume has expanded its ISP partnerships from approximately 400 to more than 450 across 58 countries; acquired Sweepr, a leading AI care orchestration platform; launched the industry’s first open Agentic AI platform for ISPs built on telemetry from over 500 million connected devices; committed to open standards by joining organizations such as the RDK Community, prpl Foundation and Connectivity Standards Alliance; and deepened partnerships by deploying advanced WiFi 7 technology with marquee ISPs including J:COM in Japan and FPT Telecom in Vietnam. For Plume’s leadership, the parallel trajectories of culture and business performance are inseparable, not coincidental.

“Our global transformation required a sustained, visible commitment from every level of leadership,” said Lorie Boyd, Chief People Officer at Plume. “Earning a place on the Top 100 list validates what we hear from our people every day. They feel the change. They see accountability in action, they trust the direction we are heading and they are proud of the work they do. At Plume, we treat culture as a business imperative in  the same way we treat product innovation or customer delivery. And we hold ourselves to that standard in Ljubljana and Hyderabad and Tokyo with the same rigor as our headquarters in Palo Alto.”

Employee-sourced insights were central to the SPARK assessment, which evaluated Plume across dimensions that include systemic collaboration, alignment of values and respect — areas that directly reflect the company’s emphasis on trust, inclusion and psychological safety.

“What sets the Global Most Loved Workplaces apart is not a score on a survey — it is the depth of emotional connection employees feel to their work, their colleagues and the future they are building together,” said Louis Carter, CEO and Founder of Best Practice Institute and Most Loved Workplace®. “Plume demonstrates exactly what the SPARK model reveals in the highest-performing organizations: a positive vision of the future that people believe in and leaders who create the conditions for people to love where they work.”

About Plume

Plume created the first managed Wi-Fi platform for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in 2016 and continues to lead today with a best-in-class solution for cloud-managed Wi-Fi, security, and workflow orchestration – all powered by an unmatched dataset and AI. Plume powers intelligent, cloud-managed Wi-Fi, security and subscriber experience services for more than 450 ISPs globally, delivering reliable, secure and personalized experiences across over half a billion connected devices worldwide. Plume leverages OpenSync®, an open-source framework that comes pre-integrated and supported on the leading silicon, CPE, and platform SDKs, and supports leading industry standards like RDK-B and prplWave. Combined with powerful AI orchestration tools with its acquisition of Sweepr, Plume now offers ISPs a true end-to-end solution to power their most important workflows and customer experiences, while making deployment simpler and faster. Plume is leading the way in providing ISPs an intelligence and innovation edge to stay competitive, build subscriber confidence, and adapt to the changing needs of the market. Discover more about how Plume is empowering ISPs by helping them deliver subscriber confidence through better Wi-Fi experiences, new services, and proactive customer care by visiting plume.com.

About Most Loved Workplace®

Most Loved Workplace® is a certification and research organization that identifies companies where employees demonstrate the deepest levels of positive sentiment and emotional connection, measured across the five SPARK dimensions: Systemic Collaboration, Positive Future, Alignment of Values, Respect, and Killer Outcomes. Certified Most Loved Workplaces® are eligible for inclusion on annual Top 100 lists featured in leading publications such as The Economist (Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces) and The Wall Street Journal (America’s Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces), and on broadcast features on CNBC, Fox Business, Bloomberg and others. Learn more at mostlovedworkplace.com.

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IR further extends end‑to‑end observability for contact centers with Collaborate for NICE CXone

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SYDNEY, June 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Integrated Research (“IR”), a leading global observability software provider, today announced that its UC&C observability solution, Collaborate, now supports NICE CXone, one of the world’s most widely adopted cloud contact center platforms.

Part of the release of Prognosis 13.3, IR’s core observability platform, Collaborate now offers enterprise teams a single place to monitor performance and customer journeys across CXone, bring‑your‑own‑carrier (BYOC) infrastructure, and multi‑vendor UC platforms such as Microsoft Teams and Webex.

“Contact centers live and die by the experiences they deliver, but those experiences rarely start and end on a single platform,” said Ian Lowe, CEO of IR.

“By bringing NICE CXone into Collaborate, we’re giving operations teams one clear, real‑time view of performance – from the first carrier hop to the agent’s desktop – so they can find and fix issues before customers feel the impact.”

Collaborate for NICE CXone: One true view

With Prognosis 13.3, Collaborate ingests and correlates telemetry from NICE CXone, BYOC SBCs, and UC platforms into a single high‑performance intelligence layer. This provides an end‑to‑end picture of each interaction, even as it moves between voice, digital channels and multiple systems.

Key capabilities include:

Multi‑source data aggregation – Collaborate pulls in SBC metrics, UC call flows and third‑party platform data alongside CXone events, giving operations teams one “source of truth” across their entire contact estate.Reporting built for operations – Real‑time and historical dashboards help teams track skills performance, team workload, agent utilization, queue wait times and contact outcomes in one place, without stitching together multiple tools.Customer‑centric analytics – Users can follow customer journeys across channels, analyze handle times, abandon rates and first‑contact‑resolution proxies, and pinpoint where interactions are breaking down.Pre‑emptive alerting – Threshold‑based alerts on wait times, queue volumes and agent utilization help IT and operations teams get ahead of potential SLA breaches, rather than reacting after customers complain.Historical depth – Prognosis 13.3 supports up to five years of history, enabling trend analysis, capacity planning and long‑range SLA reporting for complex environments.

Deeper visibility into Call Detail Records

As part of the release of Prognosis 13.3, Collaborate introduces unified Call Detail Record (CDR) search, a single database with AI-powered search, giving deeper visibility into interactions across any vendor. AI powered insight at individual call level is significant as IT teams must assess performance and experience at individual call level to identify root cause and to remediate issues.

Using Iris, IR’s conversational AI intelligence layer for multi‑vendor UC&C observability, teams can now search a single CDR database that spans CXone, UC platforms, SBCs and other vendors instead of querying separate systems.

“Iris is already changing the way enterprises use UC&C observability data to drive faster, better decisions,” added Ian Lowe.

“Bringing that same AI‑driven experience to CXone and contact center analytics means leaders can spend less time hunting for data and more time improving journeys, agent productivity and overall business performance.”

For more information about IR Collaborate and Prognosis 13.3, visit www.ir.com.

About IR
At IR, we power elite business performance. Trusted by the world’s largest organizations for more than 30 years, our market-leading observability solutions are powered by Prognosis – the real-time intelligence platform built for multi-vendor infrastructure, UC&CX and payments environments. To find out more, visit www.ir.com.

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TriNet Announces Quarterly Dividend

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DUBLIN, Calif., June 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — TriNet (NYSE: TNET), a leading provider of comprehensive human resources solutions for small and medium-size businesses (SMBs),  today announced its Board of Directors approved a dividend of $0.29 per share of the Company’s common stock with a record date and ex-dividend date of July 1, 2026 and a payout date of July 27, 2026.

About TriNet
TriNet provides comprehensive HR solutions, technology, expertise, and access to world-class benefits that enable small and medium-sized businesses to attract and develop top-tier talent. Rooted in more than 30 years of supporting entrepreneurs and adapting to the ever-changing modern workplace, TriNet empowers SMBs to focus on what matters most—growing their business and enabling their people. For more information, visit TriNet.com or follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram.

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