What happens when you mess with people’s money? Nothing good. Employees get confused, frustrated, and angry. HR professionals get frantic and overwhelmed. … Read more
Wouldn’t It Be Better If You Talked to Them About Pay?
If a tree falls in a forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? Perhaps you’ve heard that cliche. And maybe your answer is, Who cares! … Read more
Your Bonuses May Be Widening the Gender Pay Gap
As 2018 comes to a close, year-end bonuses are top of mind for both employers and employees. What will they be? When will they be awarded? Who will receive … Read more
How Analytics Can Help You Decide Pay Increases
According to Aon’s 2017 U.S. salary increase survey, more than two-thirds of employers were taking some kind of action to increase merit pay … Read more
The Complicated Role Comp Plays In Retention, Engagement and Satisfaction
Here at PayScale, we conduct ongoing research to understand the complicated relationship between compensation, how people feel about their salary and the … Read more
Labor Department Ends 20% Rule for Tipped Workers
Last week, the United States Department of Labor (USDOL) issued a FLSA-related opinion letter of special significance to hospitality employers. FLSA2018-27 … Read more
Job-Based Pay Scales Make More Sense to Employees and Managers
The last time you looked at your company’s online reviews, did you notice any entries where someone listed “pay” as a downside of working at the company? … Read more
Don’t Wait For a Lawsuit to Close Your Pay Gaps
The era of employers avoiding public consequences for disparate treatment of women and minorities in the workplace is over. Employers that neglect internal … Read more
What Do You Do When They Complain About Pay?
Salary disappointment is common across employees all over the world. As per a survey by Indeed, only 19% of employees in USA are satisfied with their … Read more
Your Hourly Workers May Be Stealing From You
Every day, thousands of hourly employees are stealing from their company. They are not literally stealing money, but getting compensated for work they … Read more
Stop Making Comp Offers Like a Car Buying Negotiation
Editor’s Note: It’s an annual tradition for TLNT to count down the most popular posts of the previous 12 months. We’re reposting each of the top 30 … Read more
Comp Guide for a Small Company: Why You Need a Salary Survey
Note: This is the second in a 4-part series on compensation practices for small companies. In this series Margaret O’Hanlon shows how a small company … Read more
What’s Your Real Pay? Hint: You’re Actually Losing Ground
The Q2 2018 PayScale Index showed wages declined 0.9% in comparison to Q1 2018. The PayScale Real Wage Index, which measure wage growth in relation to … Read more
When They Wear Two Hats, How Do You Decide Pay?
The competitive market pricing of jobs for an organization is relatively straightforward when looking at common benchmark roles – the ones that you can … Read more
Your Pay Program Has a Big Mouth
You have a not-so-silent partner in your compensation communication efforts. That partner? Your pay program itself. That’s because compensation … Read more
Why Does It Take You So Long to Pay Your Gig Workers?
With the rise of the gig economy and a wider swath of Americans defining work on their own terms, the assumption of slow payments isn’t as safe as it once … Read more
Instant Pay: A Trend That’s Helping with Recruitment, Retention
A startling 78% of full-time workers say they live paycheck to paycheck. It’s this trend that sets in motion a spiral into financial stress that includes … Read more
Don’t Wait For December, Pay Bonuses Year Round
If you’re like most companies, you probably already give annual bonuses to thank and reward people for their work throughout the year. Except, there’s a … Read more
Help Your Employees to Have a ‘Line of Sight’ to Goals
Incentives remain one of the most powerful, and yet also one of the most misapplied, management tools out there. While research has shown that group … Read more
Keep Your Rock Stars Without Busting the Budget
Here’s a thought bubble: Say you have a “rock star” employee, highly satisfied with his/her job, who came in young and hungry, growing into a superstar … Read more