Event Details
August 2025 VSHRM Luncheon - Rethinking Rewards: 2025 Compensation Trends and Tactics
| Date: | August 12, 2025, 11:15am – 1:15pm |
| Organizer: | VSHRM |
| Location: | DoubleTree by Hilton One Wenonah Park Place Bay City, MI 48708 OR Central Michigan University RICO Conference Room (Grawn Hall 279) 1200 S Franklin St. Mt Pleasant, MI 48859 OR Michigan Works! 1230 US-23 E. Tawas, MI 48730 OR Virtual (through Zoom) |
| Price: | VSHRM Members: $30 In-Person ($15 Virtual) / Non-VSHRM Members/Guests: $35 In-Person ($20 Virtual) / Students: $10 In-Person (FREE Online) |
| Event Type: | Regular Meeting |
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The August 2025 VSHRM Luncheon will see our speaker presenting virtually while there will be luncheons taking place at three different locations:
DoubleTree by Hilton (Bay City)
RICO Conference Center - CMU (Mt. Pleasant)
Michigan Works! (E. Tawas)
If you are attending the Bay City luncheon, you will be provided lunch for a $30 registration fee.
If you are attending the Mt. Pleasant luncheon, no lunch will be provided although you are encouraged to bring your own "brown bag" lunch. There is NO COST for attending the Mt. Pleasant luncheon.
If you are attending the E. Tawas luncheon, no lunch will be provided although you are encouraged to bring your own "brown bag" lunch. There is NO COST for attending the E. Tawas luncheon.
Rethinking Rewards: 2025 Compensation Trends and Tactics
w/ Kevin Marrs, Vice President - ASE
This session will explore key findings from the 2025 ASE Compensation Survey, which gathered data from 437 Michigan employers, covering over 575 positions and 106,000 employees. We’ll examine the latest pay trends—including a deceleration in wage growth—and place them within the broader context of economic uncertainty, labor market shifts, and rising unemployment. Participants will gain insight into how employers are adjusting salary budgets, prioritizing performance-based pay, and expanding total rewards strategies. We’ll also touch on the growing role of data and AI in compensation planning. This session will offer practical, forward-looking strategies to help HR professionals navigate the evolving pay landscape and position their organizations for success in 2025 and beyond.
Kevin Marrs serves as Vice President at the American Society of Employers (ASE). In this role, he is responsible for overseeing ASE’s compensation and benefits survey department. ASE conducts a variety of local and national benchmark surveys, providing data to thousands of organizations in Michigan. For more than 20 years, Kevin Marrs has conducted research and analysis on the total rewards practices and trends of area employers. Kevin is also responsible for conducting employee surveys for ASE member organizations. Kevin conducts several ASE
training programs including Wage and Salary Administration Overview, Conducting Job Analysis and Writing Job Descriptions, and Market Pricing for Results. Kevin holds a Master of Science in Experimental Psychology from Central Washington University and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Detroit Mercy.
***Please be aware that any in-person registration received after Thursday, August 7th will be subject to an additional $10 late fee.***
***The virtual version of this meeting will go live no later than 11:45am.***
Networking: 11:20am-11:30am
Lunch: 11:30am-12pm
Program: 12pm-1pm
Closing: 1pm-1:15pm
