Workforce Solutions
The purpose of this hub is to bring together resources from across different places and spaces to create one central hub where our network can come to find tools to help us as a collective adapt to and thrive through, the rapid changes in our political, economic, and social environment.
Latest Resources
How Do We Quantify a Thriving Wage?
A Vega Mala Consulting blog post making the case that neither minimum wage nor a living wage is enough for workers to truly thrive, and proposing a compensation approach built around a 'thriving wage.'
Top Tips to Stop Widening the Wealth Gap
A Vega Mala Consulting blog post offering concrete steps employers can take — like stopping percentage-based cost-of-living raises and offering non-matching retirement contributions — to avoid widening the racial wealth gap through pay practices.
Compensation Equity Toolkit: Employer Philosophy Discussion Guide & Samples
A compensation equity toolkit (Google Doc) with guidance and sample materials for developing an employer compensation philosophy.
Equitable Compensation: Conditions for Readiness
A tool from Vega Mala Consulting outlining the organizational conditions nonprofits need in place before undertaking a full equitable-compensation redesign project.
Compensation Equity: Framework and Process Background
A tool from Vega Mala Consulting explaining the framework and process behind the firm's approach to building an equitable compensation structure.
What is “Radical Human Resources”?
A Vega Mala Consulting blog post defining 'radical human resources' as an approach that reframes HR through a social justice lens, centering trust, transparency, and liberatory practices over traditional compliance-driven HR.
Challenges and Recruitment at MACC Social Enterprises
MACC Conversations podcast episode featuring leaders from MACC's social enterprise thrift businesses discussing the challenges of running a retail operation within a nonprofit, including hiring, staffing, and volunteer engagement.
Succession Planning for Nonprofits / Managing Leadership Transitions
A National Council of Nonprofits resource on succession planning, covering both planned leadership transitions and emergency plans for unexpected departures, with guidance for boards and staff.