A bit early this month due to the Christmas holidays, but interesting nonetheless ! Some of the best or most relevant Compensation & Benefits, performance management, HR and/or global mobility articles that I came across recently : The Global Top 25 Companies for Leaders have been unveiled Career advice from women in HR As a…
The safeguards in salary benchmarking
December 20, 2011 by 3 Comments
Here is a paraphrase of a LinkedIn question asked recently : “How do you make sure each role benchmarked for salary purposes has the same responsibility ? Is there legislation on this ?” This is a question a Compensation specialist often gets from managers. Here is what you can reply when you get that question…
Pay transparency for all employees in some US government entities
December 15, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey publishes the salaries of its 6,777 employees on its website. The decision came after some criticism about how public money is spent and some controversy about payroll in this organisation. When I read this article, I have to admit being impressed by the level of transparency…
High Pay Commission report tackles excessive high compensation
December 13, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Since the beginning of the global crisis, the topic of Executive Pay has been a major point of focus for many observers, journalists, economists, governance and remuneration specialists, as well as the “man on the street”. Recent developments in the US have included the implementation of stricter rules regarding Say on Pay (shareholders voting on…
How to compare average and median salary information
December 11, 2011 by Leave a Comment
I recently described how to calculate a percentile. Today I will clarify the difference between the average and the median. Technically, the average is the sum of all data points, divided by the number of data points. The median is the 50th percentile, or the value that splits the data points in two equal groups…
Socialize your Compensation & Benefits annual business plan
December 8, 2011 by Leave a Comment
So the time has come to socialise your brilliant Compensation & Benefits annual business plan. You spent hours gathering and integrating feedback from your internal clients, thinking about the company strategy and how your team can help accelerate the organisation’s vision and objectives, and putting together a detailed program inclusive of organisation chart, resources needed…
