One day one of my team members huffed and puffed : “But Sandrine, this is boring !”. One employee had complained and said she was being discriminated against. She claimed she had been left behind during a job grading change (promotion) that had been implemented 4 or 5 years before for a specific category of…
Case study – refusing to increase base pay further
June 17, 2012 by 8 Comments
I have created, over the years, a “swipe file” of C&B situations I have faced and how I reacted to them. The idea is that I keep a copy of the more seminal communication pieces I have written, mostly one-to-one, not the “all employees” emails that we all have to spend from time to time.…
Are you constrained to say bonus is discretionary?
June 7, 2012 by 1 Comment
One of my recent posts covered the pros and cons of keeping compensation information confidential. There are positives to each side of the coin, but my view is that we should communicate as much as possible when it comes to Compensation and Benefits rules, entitlements and required contributions. There are too many drawbacks to not…
4 considerations when creating a job title structure
June 5, 2012 by 5 Comments
In today’s Reader Question, I will explore the topic of how to create a job title family for your organisation. One of my friends recently had to open a whole new area for the company she works at. For the sake of the post, let’s say her company operates in retail and construction, and it…
Compensation trends for 2012 – and how we communicate them
June 3, 2012 by 1 Comment
Although we are now officially in June and getting close to the mid-year mark, I thought I would share this infographic from Payscale. It illustrates compensation trends for 2012. I like it for 2 reasons : obviously because the topic is of relevance for this blog 🙂 because it is an infographic, it is a…
3 reasons why C&B needs project management skills
May 24, 2012 by 1 Comment
You need Project Management skills if you want to achieve success in Compensation & Benefits. 1 – Compensation professionals are always managing projects Some parts of HR have projects to manage on a regular basis, such as in Learning & Development for example. I believe however that C&B is the area of HR with the…
