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Growing a Healthy Compensation Program -- Part Two

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We'll identify some of their missteps -- common to companies their size -- then discuss what they can do to achieve healthy compensation habits. Case background: In the first article , we looked at the compensation habits of a company called Healthy Gadgets, a new medical device company that began with fewer than 100 employees.

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Should Employee Compensation Practitioners Care about the Economy?

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The Bay Area Compensation Association ( BACA ) is celebrating the holidays with a keynote speech previewing the 2018 economy. Taking a look around, many other compensation groups offer similar presentations on the economy during the year. Margaret is a Board member of the Bay Area Compensation Association (BACA).

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4 Tips for 2020 Career Development

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What happens when you disappear raises, slim down bonuses, freeze salaries and/or jack up benefit costs? Career development no longer has to share the total rewards spotlight, and it becomes the go-to form of employee recognition. You may think that addressing career development is no big deal. Speak clearly.

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Cafe Classic: Get Rich Quick!

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Also by variables that communicate compensation insights. Margaret O'Hanlon, CCP brings deep expertise to discussions on employee pay, performance management, career development and communications at the Café. Margaret is a Board member of the Bay Area Compensation Association (BACA).

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What Does a Bonus Mean?

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After all, we often don't make much of a communication effort when we award bonuses. When it comes to bonuses, the understood link with business results is often sketchy, too. If merit increases are about individual performance, bonuses are about team performance on the organizational level. Employees remember their multiplier.

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Overlooked Fundamentals of Compensation Strategy

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Not a great foundation for a compensation practice! salary increases and bonuses with flimsy links to everyday work, it's hard to engage people beyond job security unless you have career development alternatives to offer. Some of the findings verify long held beliefs but many more are counterintuitive. In a time of 2.5%

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Compensation Communications: Should I Say How I Feel?

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Many of our colleagues would say that compensation has nothing to do with feelings. On the other hand, feelings have a lot to do with compensation COMMUNICATIONS. On the other hand, feelings have a lot to do with compensation COMMUNICATIONS. Addressing feelings through compensation communications is tricky business.