You will benefit by learning strategies that can help to establish equity (i.e. fairness), simplify pay program administration, and be a more effective strategic partner in the business. A haphazard, laissez-faire program will lead to the same result that such programs lead to in larger companies: employee relations issues! Our pragmatic Webinar Leader, David Wudyka, SPHR, MBA, will share his considerable insight on this topic.
Areas Covered in the Session:
- Why using a structured approach to pay program design is important
- What is a 'formal Compensation program'?
- The six steps in building a 'formal Compensation program'
- Four goal-based characteristics of 'pay strategy'
- The importance of pay equity, and the two forms it takes
- The difference between 'Procedural' and 'Distributive Justice'
- Qualitative vs. Quantitative performance assessment: which is better?
- Is it ok to use more than one payment system 'under one roof'?
- Why is it important to use 'pay ranges'?
- Job Evaluation? Why can't we just 'market price' our jobs?
- How can we get the most out of our modest merit budget?
- The controversy about the use of Weighted Averages vs. Medians
- 'We can get pay survey data for free? Where?!'
- The most common pay program problem in companies of all sizes
- Who are your 'key contributors' and why are they so important?
- Don't have enough cash compensation? Consider 'cost shifting'!
- Common confusion about 'cost of living increases'
- Considering mimicking your competition? Don't do it!
- Considering conducting your own pay survey? Don't do that either!

