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Pay-structure-for-retention recommender (US11636435B2 design-around)

Given a workforce COHORT (attributes + current compa-ratio + headcount), its CURRENT pay structure (band midpoint, range spread, base<->variable mix), and a RETENTION SIGNAL (current annual attrition), recommends STRUCTURE ADJUSTMENTS (midpoint lift, variable-share trim, spread widening) that optimize a retention objective -> the recommended structure + per-lever adjustments with rationale + the PREDICTED RETENTION EFFECT (projected attrition, attrition reduction, retained headcount, projected compa-ratio). A transparent, a-priori, OVERRIDABLE dose-response (every coefficient exposed; market-pressure-amplified; capped at the retention floor); below-band high-attrition cohorts get a bounded midpoint lift + mix/spread moves, well-paid low-attrition cohorts get an honest minimal/no-change result. Deterministic, stateless, pure compute; no live source/API key. IP-clean design-around of in-force US11636435B2: that patent predicts which BENEFITS/PLAN an employee SELECTS vs org financial goals; this INVERTS the I/O -- the target is the pay-STRUCTURE design and the objective is RETENTION (structure -> retention), NOT plan selection. The missing structure->retention RECOMMENDER complement (not a fork) to anycomp.byos-structure-build (prices grade ranges from supplied midpoints) and anycomp.exit-risk (per-employee P(exit) predictor) -- it recommends what structure to change and the retention payoff those leave out.

Cluster
Platform
Type
algo
Status
Building
Used by
Not yet integrated into a consumer product

Maturity evidence

Functioning
core/pay-structure-retention.ts (retention-floor gate + bounded midpoint-lift sizing from compa-ratio deficit + variable-share trim + spread widening + market-pressure-amplified a-priori dose-response, capped at floor/zero) + REST (POST /api/spokes/pay-structure-retention/recommend, service-key gated) + MCP (pay-structure-retention.recommend) wired from one contract; 16 passing tests (tsx --test src/spokes/pay-structure-retention/tests/pay-structure-retention.test.ts) incl. below-band high-attrition -> midpoint lift + positive retention effect, well-paid -> minimal change, at-band -> non-pay levers only, bounds respected, determinism, validation guards; check:spokes (0 required gaps) + check:standards green.
Valuable
Structure->retention recommender routed from the patent-radar sweep; the missing recommender complement to anycomp.byos-structure-build (band pricing) + anycomp.exit-risk (per-employee predictor). No live consumer yet; the dose-response is a-priori (not yet empirically calibrated), and IN-FORCE patent -- pending legal review on the non-infringement path before any commercial use.
Understood
spoke README (claim-vs-design-around table, synthesis decision vs anycomp.byos-structure-build + anycomp.exit-risk + wage-benchmark/comp-normalizer, mermaid of cohort+structure+signal -> floor gate -> lever scoring -> recommended structure + predicted effect) + docs/SURFACE.md + CHANGELOG.
Integrated
REST + MCP from one declaration on branch feat/pay-structure-retention-us11636435b2 (PR open, NOT merged); registry + discovery + register-tools + health-aggregate + drizzle + db-barrel wired. No live consumer wiring yet.

How to use it

REST
/api/spokes/pay-structure-retention/recommend
MCP
pay-structure-retention.recommend
Data
src/spokes/pay-structure-retention/core/pay-structure-retention.ts
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Capability detail sourced from the People Analytics Toolbox capability feed (source of truth), snapshot retrieved 2026-07-23.