Companies in the United States plan to give employees the biggest wage increase in more than a decade next year, according to the Conference Board report released Wednesday. Businesses are foreshadowed to increase pay by an average of 3.9 percent in 2022, marking the highest rate increase since 2008, and up 0.9 percent from the reported figure back in April. The Conference Board, a non-profit business membership and research group organization, surveyed compensation executives across 230 organizations about two main components of compensation: salary increase budgets and salary structure movements. They found that the increase in pay is mainly attributed to higher pay for new hires, with 46 percent of the respondents stating that this was the reason for the rise, suggesting that new employees are in a position to bargain for a higher salary amid a shortage in skilled workers. Inflation, of which levels are currently at their highest in 30 years, was another …