Compensation Benchmarking Whitepaper

Conscious Compensation: The Key to Retaining Earnest, Sensitive Millennials

<p><span style="line-height: 1.5"><img src="http://www.payscale.com/cms-images/default-source/Blogs/blogheader5_21.jpg" alt="Millennials Compensation" title="BlogHeader5_21"><a href="https://plus.google.com/102099066436032147105?%20rel=author">Jessica Miller-Merrell,</a>&nbsp;blogging4jobs</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5">Millennials are the newest generation to enter the workforce. For many employers, they are still revered as unknown and unpredictable. They are scary and intimidating, different. Because employers don’t understand them, they have not quite fully come to understand how to effectively manage and retain them.

Why you need a code of ethics policy

<img width="610" height="175" src="http://www.payscale.com/cms-images/default-source/b2b/header_workplaceethics.jpg" alt="header_workplaceEthics"><p><a href="https://plus.google.com/115301125688955669806? rel=author">Crystal Spraggins,</a>&nbsp;SPHR </p><p>In “<a href="http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/01/research-we-should-speak-up-about-ethical-violations-more-often/">We Should Speak Up About Ethical Violations More Often</a>,” Joseph Grenny makes a somewhat surprising claim.</p> <p>Whistleblower laws aren’t the way to more ethical companies, he says. Instead, leadership needs to develop a culture that encourages employees to speak up—as a matter of course—about all the “minor” transgressions occurring in workplaces every day. When that happens, Grenny hypothesizes, major ethical breaches will be less likely to occur.</p>

Effective bonus compensation plans for temporary seasonal staffers

<img width="610" height="175" src="http://www.payscale.com/cms-images/default-source/b2b/header_seasonalworkerbonuses.gif?sfvrsn=4" alt="header_SeasonalWorkerBonuses"><p><a target="_blank" rel="author noopener" href="https://www.payscale.com/author/tess-c-taylor-phr-the-hr-writer">Tess C. Taylor, PHR, The HR Writer</a></p><p>Each year, thousands of companies make the decision to hire temporary workers to augment their human capital resources during peak production cycles and busy seasons. According to the most recent <a href="http://www.dol.gov/dol/aboutdol/history/reich/reports/dunlop/section5.htm" style="line-height: 1.5;">figures</a>&nbsp;from the US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, nearly 2 million people are employed as contingency workers in a wide variety of temporary and seasonal assignments. Additionally, organizations in the manufacturing, retail, and hospitality markets rely heavily on the use of temporary and seasonal staffers.</p>

HR Guide to Holiday Parties

<h1 class="subhead"><a href="http://blogs.payscale.com/compensation/2009/12/hr-guide-to-holiday-parties.html" style="float: left;"><img alt="HR Guide to Holiday Parties" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bf85853ef012876485840970c " src="http://www.payscale.com/content/blog/images/a6a00d8341bf85853ef012876485840970c-800wi.png" style="margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;" title="HR Guide to Holiday Parties" /></a> 9 Tips to Limit Holiday Office Party Legal Exposure</h1> <p></p> <p>‘Tis the season for holiday parties and the spreading of good cheer in the workplace. Unfortunately, though, too much cheer can cause liability. If your plans include serving alcohol at holiday parties or even sponsoring department “happy hours” at a local pub, your organization could be at risk for legal liability if a drunken employee harms himself or others. </p>

Building Salary Ranges for Beginners

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