Compensation Management
Basic Introduction
A. Definition of Compensation B. The Pay Model C. Strategic Pay Policies
Module 1 - Introduction To Compensation
A. Strategic Perspectives of Pay B. Strategic Pay Decisions C. Best Practices vs. Best Fit Options
Module 2 - Strategic Perspectives in Compensation Management
A. Definition of Internal Alignment B. Internal Pay Structures C. Strategic Choices In Internal Alignment Design D. Which Internal Structure Fits Best? A. Why Perform Job Analysis? B. Job Analysis Procedures C. Job Analysis Data Collection Process D. Job Descriptions
Module 3 - Defining Internal Alignment
Module 4 - Job Analysis
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Module 5 - Job Evaluation A. Definition of Job Evaluation B. Major Decisions In Job Evaluation C. Job Evaluation Methods D. Final Result Pay Structure Module 6 - Determining External Competitiveness A. Definition of Competitiveness B. Pay Policy Alternatives C. Wage Surveys D. Interpreting Survey Results E. Pay Policy Line F. Pay Grades Module 7 - Employee Contributions: Pay For Performance (PFP) A. Rewarding Desired Behaviors B. Does Compensation Motivate Performance? C. Designing PFP Plans D. Merit Pay/Variable Pay E. Individual vs. Group Incentives F. Long Term Incentives Module 8 - Pay and Performance Appraisals A. Role of Performance Appraisal In Compensation B. Common Errors In Performance Appraisal C. Measuring Job Performance D. Training Raters E. Contextual Issues In Appraisal
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Module 9 - Benefits
A. Benefits Determination Process B. Value of Benefits C. Legally Required Benefits D. Retirement, Medical , & Other Benefits
Module 10 - Legal & Administrative Issues in Compensation
A. Legal Issues B. Pay Discrimination C. Comparable Worth D. Budgets and Administration
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Grading Structure
Grading
2 Quiz Case Analysis/Project Class Presentations Attendance Class Participation
% of Final Grade
30% 30% 10% 20% 10% 100%
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Purpose of Compensation
Contribution based Remuneration Ensure Equity
Attract talent
Effective Compensation
Administratively Efficient
Institutionalized Processes
Motivate & Retain Staff Reward Valued Behavior
Legal Compliance
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The Pay Model
Business Goals Business Strategy Compensation Philosophy/ activities serve Business Objectives
CEO
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Business Strategy This defines the direction in which organization is going in relation to its environment in order to achieve its objectives. Compensation Philosophy Consists of a set of beliefs which underpin the reward/compensation strategy of the organization and govern the reward policies that determine how reward processes operate
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The Pay Model
Business Goals
CEO
Business Strategy
Compensation activities serve Business Objectives
Compensation Strategy [Link] Compensation Plan
Compensation strategy is periodically reevaluated and the Non-Financial Compensation plan Rewards periodically developed
HR Head
Compensation Strategy defines the intentions of the organization on reward policies, processes and practices required to ensure that it has the skilled, competent and well-motivated workforce it needs to achieve its business goals
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The Pay Model
Business Goals
CEO
Business Strategy
Compensation activities serve Business Objectives
Compensation Strategy [Link] Compensation Plan
Compensation strategy is periodically reevaluated and the Non-Financial Compensation plan Rewards periodically developed
HR Head
A strategic perspective on compensation takes the position that how employees are compensated can be a source of sustainable competitive advantage
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The Pay Model
Business Goals
CEO
Business Strategy
Compensation activities serve Business Objectives
Compensation Strategy [Link] Compensation Plan Performance Management Job Evaluation Unit Inputs Pay levels / structures Total remuneration Performance linked Pay
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Compensation strategy is periodically reevaluated and the Non-Financial Compensation plan Rewards periodically developed
C & B/S M
HR Head
Market Surveys
Employee
Contribution /outputs
Compensation Manager, along with team is responsible for carrying out compensation related activities
Equity
Individual Pay
External Equity
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Employment Relationship
TRANSACTIONAL Emphasizing the Cash & Benefit Forms RELATIONAL Emphasizing the Family / culture / Bonding Aspects
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Employment Relationship
TRANSACTIONAL Low ----- High
HIGH PAY LOW COMMITMENT Hired Guns (Lehman Brothers) LOW PAY LOW COMMITMENT Workers as commodity HIGH PAY HIGH COMMITMENT Cult Like (Microsoft) LOW PAY HIGH COMMITMENT Family (Starbucks)
RELATIONAL
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Low ----- High
End of Part I Module 1 & 2
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Definitions
Job - Consists of a group of tasks that must be performed for an organization to achieve its goals Position - Collection of tasks and responsibilities performed by one person; there is a position for every individual in an organization
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Job Analysis: A Basic H R M Tool
Tasks Responsibilities Duties
Human Resource Planning Recruitment Selection
Job Descriptions Job Analysis Job Specifications
Training and Development Performance Appraisal Compensation and Benefits Safety and Health Employee and Labor Relations
Knowledge
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Skills
Abilities
Legal Considerations Job Analysis for Teams 15
Job Analysis
The
systematic, formal study of the duties and responsibilities that comprise job content.
The
process seeks to obtain important and relevant information about the nature and level of the work performed
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Job Description
A summary of the most important features of a job, including the general nature of the work performed (duties and responsibilities) and level (i.e., skill, effort, responsibility and working conditions) of the work performed. Typically includes job specifications that include employee characteristics required for competent performance of the job. Should describe and focus on the job itself and not on any specific individual who might do the job.
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Job Specification
A section of the job description that defines what worker characteristics (i.e., the knowledge, skills and abilities) are required to perform the job for it to be carried out competently.
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Types Of Job Analysis Information
Considerable information is needed, such as: Worker-oriented activities Machines, tools, equipment, and work aids used Job-related tangibles and intangibles Work performance Job content Personal requirements for the job
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Types of Data Collected Through Job Analysis
Work Activities work activities and processes; activity records (in film form, for example); procedures used; personal responsibility Worker-oriented activities human behaviors, such as physical actions and communicating on the job; elemental motions for methods analysis; personal job demands, such as energy expenditure
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Types of Data Collected Through Job Analysis
Machines, tools, equipment, and work aids used Job-related tangibles and intangibles knowledge dealt with or applied (as in accounting); materials processed; products made or services performed
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Types of Data Collected Through Job Analysis
Work performance error analysis; work standards; work measurements, such as time taken for a task Job context work schedule; financial and nonfinancial incentives; physical working conditions; organizational and social contexts Personal requirements for the job personal attributes such as personality and interests; education and training required; work experience
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Job Evaluation
Methods
Job Evaluation
Four major methods used in job evaluation and the advantages/ disadvantages of each
Job Ranking Method Job Classification Method Point Method Factor Comparison Method
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Job Evaluation Methods
Comparison Method Analysis Method Entire Job Job Against Scale Classification Job Factors Point Method
Job Against Job
Ranking
Factor Comparison
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Ranking Method
Straight ranking Alternation Ranking Paired Comparison
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Ranking Method
Advantages Simple
Alternation method ranks highest then lowest, then next highest, then next lowest Paired comparisons method picks highest out of each pair
Disadvantages Comparisons can be problematic depending on number and complexity of jobs May appear arbitrary to employees Can be legally challenged Unreliable
Fast Most commonly used
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Paired Comparison
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Classification Method
Advantages Uses job families/groups instead of individual jobs May produce same results as Point Method, but is less costly Disadvantages Not useful when jobs are very different from each other May be confusing to employees about why jobs are included in a class
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Compensable Factors
Must be present in all jobs Factor must vary in degree Should not overlap in meaning All stakeholders viewpoints must be reflected Should be demonstrable by the actual work
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Factor Comparison
Compensable Factors used Mental requirements, Physical requirements, Skill requirements, Responsibility, and Working conditions
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Factor Comparison Method
Analyze Jobs Select Key/Jobs Rank Key Jobs Distribute Wage Rates Across Factors Compare Vertical and Horizontal Judgments. Construct the Job-Comparison Scale Use the Job-Comparison Scale to Evaluate the Remainder of the Jobs
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Hay Profiling
Know How
procedures and techniques breadth of management skills person-to-person skills thinking environment thinking challenge freedom to act impact on results magnitude
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problem solving
Accountability
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Factor Comparison Method
Advantages
Customized to the organization Relatively easy to use once its set up Results in ranking of jobs and a specific rupee value for each job, based on allocating part of the jobs total wage to each factor
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Disadvantages Using rupee values may bias evaluators by assigning more money to a factor than a job is worth Hard to set up Not easily explained to employees
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Point Method
Advantages Highly stable over time Perceived as valid by users and employees Likely to be reliable among committee that assesses the jobs Provides good data to prepare a response to an appeal
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Disadvantages Time, money, and effort required to set up Relies heavily on key (benchmark) jobs, so if key jobs and correct pay rates dont exist, the point method may not be valid
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What is a Degree Level?
It is a scale that reflects differing quantity or quality of the factor It is used to differentiate jobs on the factor It is a definition that is clear and unambiguous It contains explicit language that spells out the behaviors, skills, or performance expectations for that factor at different levels of the factor
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How Do You Develop Degrees?
from Otis and Leukarts (1948) Rules
1.
Degrees should be selected so that each job falls at only one level. Note:
1. 2. 3.
you can include some degrees that do not apply to the current jobs if you feel there is too much of a jump between levels. Another reason to create "empty" levels is if you think new jobs will be created that will require that level in the factor. The number of degrees selected should be no more than are needed to differentiate adequately and fairly between all the jobs being rated.
2. 3. 4. 5.
Each degree should be clearly defined in terms the workers can understand. Avoid the use of ambiguous terms, e.g., strong skills, excellent. Definitions of degrees should be written in objective terms. In writing degree definitions, use examples as much as possible.
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How Do You Assign Point Values to the Entire System?
1. 2. 3.
4.
5.
The maximum number of points assigned is a fairly arbitrary judgment (500-3000 is common) The number must be large enough to allow sufficient differentiation among the jobs to be evaluated. If there is a very wide spread between the current wages of the highest paid job and the lowest paid job, the maximum number of points will need to be higher If you choose more than one pay system, the number of points or the actual factors themselves do not have to be the same in each one. SUGGESTION /THUMB RULE: Have no fewer than 1000 points and no more than 2000.
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How Do You Assign Point Values to the Degree Levels?
First, determine the number of points for each main factor (e.g., 2000 total points for the system would result in 200 points for a factor weighted at 10%). Then use
The straight-line method, which simply takes the maximum points for a given factor and divides it by the number of degrees. Note: this method assumes that the degrees should be viewed as equidistant from each other
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Position: Grade: MAXIMUM FACTOR POINTS 250 250 500 500 250 250 125 125 125 125 2500
Engineering Manager 7
FACTOR Communication & Interpersonal Skills Education & Training Problem Solving & Decision Making Responsibility & Accountability Specialized Knowledge & Application Supervision & Leadership Internal Impact External Impact Planning & Organizing Innovation
JE Points 250 250 400 500 200 250 125 75 125 90 2265
DEGREE LEVEL 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 1 4 2
FACTOR WEIGHTS 10% 10% 20% 20% 10% 10% 5% 5% 5% 5% 100%
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How Do You Assign Point Values to the Degree Levels?
Or the accelerating method, where differences in degrees are seen as greater as you move up in that factor, and so the point differences reflect that jump, e.g., 27, 80, 160, 267, 400 Or the decelerating method, where differences in degrees are seen as smaller as you move up in that factor, and so the point differences reflect it, e.g., 133, 240, 320, 373, 400 Rememberthe highest level of a factor is always assigned the full number of points allocated to that factor, and the lowest level of a factor has to have some points assigned to it, i.e., 0 points is not permitted!
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Anatomy of a Pay Structure
Pay Grades, elements,width
Factors Affecting Pay Structures
Corporate culture and value Management Philosophy External Economic Environment External Socio-political environment (Unions)
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Anatomy of a Pay structure
Pay Structure consists of a series of Pay Ranges, or grades, each with a minimum and maximum pay rate Pay Range - Has a minimum pay value, maximum pay value and a midpoint Midpoint of a range represents the competitive market value for the job or group of jobs.
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Market Pricing
Comparing salaries w.r.t the market salaries for the same role/s
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Range Spread Difference between maximum and minimum pay value - Usually expressed as a % of the diff. bet the max and min divided by the minimum
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Anatomy of a Pay structure
Spread on either side of midpoint : Midpoint Minimum Maximum Midpoint Minimum Midpoint Midpoint = Max + Min 2
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-75%
75%
Minimum 200000
Midpoint 350000
Maximum 612500
Range Spread (Width) = 206 %
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Example Use 50% Range Spread
Using A 50% Range Spread : Maximum = Minimum*(1+Range Spread)
Midpoint = Max + Min 2
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Range Spread
Vary based on level and sophistication of skills required for a given position Entry level positions (skills that are quickly mastered) have narrower pay ranges Managerial positions will have broader pay ranges
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Typical Range Spreads
20 25 % - Lower-level service, production 30 40 % - clerical, technical 40 50 % - professional, administrative, middle management
These range spreads have reached 300% or more with Broad banding
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Compa - Ratios
A Statistic that expresses the relationship between base salary and the midpoint, or between the midpoint and the market average
Compa-Ratio = Base Salary Midpoint Most companies strive to have the overall workforce paid at or around a compa-ratio of 100 %
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Compa - Ratios
Individual C-R vary according to how long the individual has been in the job Previous work experience Job performance
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Compa - Ratios
Person 1 Person 2 Person 3 Average Base Salary 22500
25000 27500 25000 24500
Mkt Avg
Midpoint
Base Salary Midpoint
25000 25000 25000 25000 25000
Mkt Avg
Compa-Ratio 90%
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100% 110% 100% 98%
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Market Saurveys
Standard vs. Custom Apples to Apples comparison
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Range Penetration
Range Penetration =
Incumbent salary Range Minimum Range Maximum Range Minimum
Refers to how far into the range a particular individuals salary has penetrated It is a measure of penetration in the range
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Preparation
Match Core Jobs
Match Add l Mercer Jobs
Submit Data
Review Mercers JobMatching Guide Review all Job Descripti ons as they relate to RB
Match each core job of RB with the jobs given in the Mercer list. Determine the core level using the variations from core level table or the accompanying decision tree Establish All Core levels
Match remaining roles in RB with the additional job list provided by Mercer. Determine the core level using the variations from core level table or the accompanying decision tree
Complete the data input sheet. Instead of a representative position for each job, provide a min of 5-10 job holder data. Submit the job data sheet to Mercer
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