Welcome to the final instalment in this May series on compensation surveys. After arguing why you should participate in compensation surveys and sharing 4 habits to simplify your preparation, and then 2 more tips to prepare the salary survey submission files, I gave some ideas of where you could look for information when benchmarking retail…
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…
When is the best time to communicate their performance rating to employees?
May 22, 2012 by 2 Comments
Today’s Reader Question centers on discussing the communication of the performance rating, or rather its timing. In a company where calibration takes place after the manager and employee have sat together to discuss the employee’s performance in the past year, when is it best to communicate the performance rating to the employee : at the…
What are useful retail compensation surveys and benchmarks in EMEA ?
May 20, 2012 by 2 Comments
Fourth instalment in my monthly theme of Compensation Surveys. We have covered so far Why you should participate to compensation surveys, 4 habits to simplify participating to compensation surveys, and 2 more tips to prepare your files for submission to compensation surveys. Today I will share my reply to a question that a contact on…
The pros and cons of keeping compensation information confidential
May 17, 2012 by 4 Comments
A lot of companies, especially in the Middle East, like to keep a lot of compensation information strictly confidential. The kind of compensation information which may not be shared : Salary ranges (and sometimes allowances) are not communicated, sometimes even to HR Business Partners or recruiters Incentive rules are not explained, either in writing or…
Ten steps for building a salary structure
May 15, 2012 by 1 Comment
Today, I am delighted to host a post which was originally published by Warren Heaps at International HR Forum. “Ten steps for building a salary structure” will give you an overview of the different actions and choices you need to make when creating your salary structure for the first time. It provides background thinking on…
2 more tips to prepare your files for submission to compensation surveys
May 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Third post in my monthly theme around Compensation Surveys. So far I have covered Why you should participate to compensation surveys as well as 4 habits to simplify your participation to salary surveys. Today let me give 2 more tips to help you prepare your submission. Employee identification In a survey you should always strive…
