The Basics of Pay Analysis

Executive Bonus Planning: An Overview of Short-Term Incentives

<h1 class="subhead">Executive Bonus Planning: An Overview of Short-Term Incentives</h1> <p>By Bridget Quigg,<a href="https://www.payscale.com/pro" target="_self" rel="noopener"> PayScale.com</a><br /><br /> Executive pay planning can be an intimidating process, even for seasoned HR professionals. In the upcoming series of posts on the topic, we hope to enlighten you on the basics of executive pay, as well as get into the details on topics like restricted stock grants and deferred compensation. We’ll start with this up-close look at short-term incentives, or a bonus plan.</p>

The Top Three Reasons to Create Pay Grades

<h1>What Pay Grades Can Do For Your Organization</h1> <p>By Stacey Carroll, <a href="https://www.payscale.com" target="_self" title="PayScale" rel="noopener">PayScale.com</a></p> <p>We talk about pay grades all the time here at PayScale, but not everyone understands why they are so important. So, without further ado, here are our top three reasons to adopt pay grades.</p> <p><strong>3.&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;Easier to Administer Than Individual Ranges</strong></p> <p>While this is not the primary reason for developing pay ranges, it is important. In job-based ranges, each job has a different pay range.&#0160; In some cases, the difference in one range and another may be quite small, even insignificant.&#0160;</p>

Focal vs. Anniversary merit raises: Pros and cons

<img width="610" height="175" src="http://www.payscale.com/cms-images/default-source/b2b/header_focalsalaryincreases.jpg?Status=Temp&amp;sfvrsn=2" alt="header_FocalSalaryIncreases" /><a href="http://www.hr-writer.com/" title=" target=" rel="noopener">Tess C. Taylor, PHR, SHRM-CP, PayScale Senior Blogger</a><br><br>Shifting merit increases from employee anniversary dates to a focal point system may be an option for companies that want to connect performance with pay. While it can raise concerns for employees initially, there are multiple advantages of changing salary increases to correspond with actual performance metrics. But before you go messing with people’s pay, learn what this change impacts.

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Holiday Pay for Employees

<h1 class="subhead">Answers to 7 Holiday Pay Questions</h1> <p><a style="float: left;" href="https://www.payscale.com/content/blog/images/a6a00d8341bf85853ef015393820c47970b-pi.png"><img class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bf85853ef015393820c47970b" style="width: 100px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;" title="6394869841_b9d954ef90_b" src="http://www.payscale.com/content/blog/images/a6a00d8341bf85853ef015393820c47970b-100wi.png" alt="6394869841_b9d954ef90_b" /></a>Do you have to provide paid holidays? What about for new employees? And do you have to pay overtime to employees who have to work a holiday? We’re officially heading into the holiday season with Thanksgiving coming up next week and Christmas and the New Year just around the corner. If you are like most employers, you may be dealing with holiday pay issues. To help you out, here are the answers to seven common holiday pay questions.</p> <p>

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