Definitions of Employee Classification
This post on employee classification originally appeared in 2009. Due to its popularity, it has been updated and republished in 2020. When it comes to classifying employees as full-time, part-time, or...
View ArticleWhat is Indirect Compensation and Why Does it Matter?
Confused about indirect compensation? Imagine this scenario: You have been tasked with staffing an important leadership position within your organization. You’ve found the ideal candidate for the job,...
View ArticleHow to Cultivate Ethics in the Workplace
Encouraging Positive Behavior On the Job: Ethics in the Workplace Have you ever experienced a situation at work in which a highly performing and highly skilled employee was accused of some...
View Article4 Surprisingly Effective Ways To Grow Employee Job Satisfaction
Editor’s note: This piece was originally published on the Namely Blog. Employee satisfaction is a measure of how content employees are within their work environment. When your employees are happy at...
View Article5 Signs You May Need a Compensation Manager
For many organizations, compensation is one of the most daunting areas of running a business. How do you know what to offer new hires, how to decide whether employees should get raises, and how to stay...
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PayScale Index Q4 2019: Nominal Wages Up Year Over Year by 2.6 Percent
We recently released the latest data for the PayScale Index. The PayScale Index is a wage index (base year = 2006) that tracks the quarterly changes in total cash compensation for full-time private...
View ArticleHow to Incentivize Top Tech Talent in a Competitive Job Market
The War for Talent is fierce, but it’s especially fierce for top tech talent. How do you capture the attention of this audience? What does top tech talent look for in a job? What entices them? What...
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Want Them to Stay? Talk More About Pay. [Infographic]
Compensation is crucial to attract and retain top talent. According to research from LinkedIn, 61 percent of job seekers said salary ranges and benefits are the most helpful pieces of information on...
View ArticleHow to kick off an HR project on compensation management
What do you do when you start to notice issues with your organization’s compensation structure? Maybe you’re seeing promising candidates turning down job offers time and again in favor of better offers...
View ArticleHow 8 Companies Celebrate Employee Appreciation Day
Employees are the heart of any organization. They create your company culture, help your business grow and improve, and make coming into the office every Monday bearable. Without them, frankly, your...
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Wondering How to Pay Fairly? Consider Using Skills Differentials. [Infographic]
We’re in an age of information overload. New jobs are being created seemingly overnight. Skills that were unheard of just a year or two ago can quickly become in-demand. Conversely, many jobs will...
View ArticleAre you ready for market salary survey participation season?
In order to attract and retain top talent, sophisticated compensation professionals rely on employer data beyond the salary history of their own company. Where do they get this data? Not from free...
View ArticleHow to Conduct a Compensation Analysis and Avoid Mistakes
Do you know how to conduct a compensation analysis? In part one of our series on how to kick off a compensation project, we discussed how to know when it’s time to make adjustments to your...
View ArticlePayScale Survey Reveals the Compensation Best Practices of 2020
The results are in. PayScale’s 2020 Compensation Best Practices Report (CBPR) is one of the largest compensation and benefits surveys focused on North America covering everything from average base pay...
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What is the ROI of Compensation Management Software?
For your company to grow successfully, getting compensation right is an absolute must. According to PayScale’s 2020 Compensation Best Practices Report (CBPR), 71 percent of organizations said they...
View ArticleCommunicating Compensation Throughout the Employee Lifecycle: Recruiting
An employee’s experience with compensation starts at the beginning of communication with a prospective organization, during the recruiting process. And, whether or not you’re aware of it, there is a...
View ArticleWorking From Home During the Coronavirus? Here is How to Manage Remote Teams
Managing remote workers is challenging under the best of circumstances. And if you’re leading a team that’s working at home during the coronavirus pandemic, you’re certainly not working in ideal...
View ArticleTurnover During the Coronavirus Crisis? 4 Reasons Employees Quit and How to...
Employee turnover is always a hot topic of discussion among business leaders. Turnover is expensive, disrupts workflow and is the cause of heartburn for many HR professionals. Right now, in the wake of...
View ArticleThe 2020 Gender Pay Gap Report Reveals that Women Still Earn Less for Equal Work
PayScale is pleased to announce the launch of the Gender Pay Gap Report for 2020. This is one of our most popular and extensive reports of the year, focused on the difference in earnings between men...
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The Impact of the Coronavirus on 2020 Compensation Best Practices
Every year, PayScale conducts the largest survey of its kind to bring you our annual Compensation Best Practices Report (CBPR). The CBPR offers the most in-depth insights into HR priorities and...
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