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Sign-On and Retention Bonuses Reach All-Time High

Compensation Force

The use of sign-on and retention bonuses appears to be at an all-time high, according to a recently released WorldatWork survey on Bonus Programs and Practices. The research, which highlights the practices of 713 organizational participants, is the fifth iteration of a series that dates back to 2001. Retention Bonuses.

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Performance Appraisal & Rewards in Response to COVID-19

HR Digest

And the lessons from most recent events in the last 20 years like the relatively mild swine flu (H1N1) in 2009, the dot-com bubble of 2001, and the 2008-09 Great Recession, are nowhere near suitable to withstand the social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Spanish flu). Updating disability benefits if they contract the virus.

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Shaping Performance & Rewards in Response to COVID-19

HR Digest

And the lessons from most recent events in the last 20 years like the relatively mild swine flu (H1N1) in 2009, the dot-com bubble of 2001, and the 2008-09 Great Recession, are nowhere near suitable to withstand the social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Spanish flu). Updating disability benefits if they contract the virus.

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Part I - Malaise in the Employee Rewards: What’s Going On?

Compensation Cafe

Sales compensation has always been a different beast: it has different buyers and economic cycles than employee rewards, and sales incentives constantly evolve to meet new business needs. For contrast, let’s remember what I consider to be the Golden Age for employee rewards: the late 1980s to about 2001. I see four key reasons. .

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Where Have All the Raises Gone?

Compensation Cafe

Last month The New York Times ran an article bemoaning the loss of pay raises in favor of one-time bonuses and non-monetary rewards. Cited in the article, analyst firm Aon Hewitt calls this a “drastic shift” based on the firm’s annual survey on salaried employee compensation. percent in 2001, from a high of 10 percent in 1981.

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How to Build Employee Connection and 12 Ways to Build One

Vantage Circle

In July 2001, Larry Page, co-founder of Google, fired all of Google's project managers. The scandal involved the bank's employees creating millions of unauthorized accounts for customers to meet sales targets and earn bonuses. Surveys can be a great way to get feedback from employees.

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The Great Executive Pay Debate

Astron Solutions

Can you imagine the frustration of the employees who haven’t received a substantial wage increase, while their executive counterpart continuously receives such increases and / or large bonuses? Half planned to or had already made changes to their performance measurements which determine incentive payouts.