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Bonuses Remain the Top Priority for Raising Compensation

Compensation Today

Taylor, PHR, SHRM-CP, PayScale Senior Blogger Recently, I wrote about the sluggish state of the US economy and its impact on wages for the third quarter of 2015. Are employee bonuses the new compensation strategy? Will more employers offer bonuses? But, I neglected to mention one thing. They can also be creative.

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Total CEO Pay Rose 6% in 2016, Willis Towers Watson Study Finds

HR Daily Advisor

The analysis found total pay for CEOs increased 6% in 2016, up from the 4% median increase in 2015. The analysis, based on 365 S&P 1500 companies with consistent CEOs that filed proxies disclosing 2016 pay by the end of March, found that CEO salaries increased 2% in 2016, following a 2% increase in 2015.

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Navigating Clawback Provisions in Compensation Plans

Decusoft

Some corporate governance officers demand that corporations “ clawback ” incentive compensation bonuses paid to employees if the results on which such awards were based were later discovered to be incorrect. Many bonuses in complicated financial instruments are compensated for years after they are produced.

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10 Unique Extrinsic Rewards That Your Employees Will Love In 2023

Vantage Circle

Extrinsic rewards are a type of incentive that motivates people by rewarding them with something tangible — such as praise, fame, or money — for achieving a specific goal. You know exactly what was offered and can track how it affected the employee using performance metrics. Timely And Frequent Bonuses.

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Redefine Rewards and Recognition at Your Company

Kazoo

As far back as 2015, Bersin and Associates found that companies are pouring over $1 billion into engagement programs each year — things like rewards and recognition, employee surveys, or anything else lumped into efforts aimed at improving engagement. Your employees’ choice of rewards should match their motivations.

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The Growing Trend of Gamification in HR

Engagedly

Tying productivity to incentives, however, offers promise as far as HR gamification is concerned. However, if the badges are tied to rewards or promotions, then the desire to meet those metrics only intensifies. One 2015 study suggests that gamification includes 75% psychology and 25% technology.

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Relying on Traditional HR Will Lose You the Analytics Talent Race

Analytics in HR

A US consumer goods company recently learned that its incentive package is popular in core business and IT areas, but not among analytics talent; specifically, retention bonuses were less effective. In 2015, a mobile gaming company hired an ex-Wall Street quant to manage analytics recruiting. Unclear career tracks.