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Another New Year- Time to Think About Bonuses

Affinity HR Group

With 2019 over and at the dawn of a new decade, it’s an ideal time to think about bonuses for 2020. Over 60% of respondents in a 2016 World at Work survey reported using some type of bonus or variable pay program, as did 73% of respondents in a more recent 2019 Payscale survey. Discretionary Bonuses. Non-Discretionary Bonuses.

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What Is Human Resources?

Analytics in HR

Rewards include salary, perks, and benefits like health insurance, remote work, and performance-based bonuses. Health and safety – A critical part of HR responsibilities is ensuring employees work in an environment compliant with health and safety guidelines to avoid injuries, illnesses, and deaths.

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PayScale Tools for Today's Comp Pro! Compensation Glossary: Part 1 of 4

Compensation Today

Jenni Marquez, CCP, PayScale Compensation Professional Even the most seasoned HR professional might take a big gulp if approached by their CEO to take charge of anything comp. PayScale has you covered in our new, 4-part Comp Glossary. Today’s Lesson: A Little Comp 101 Consider the comp pros at PayScale to be an extension of your team!

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2018 Compensation Budgeting Forecast Part 3: Trends in Non-Profit Compensation

Astron Solutions

According to Payscale , A compensation philosophy explains the role of compensation in your organization and tells your employees how you believe people should be paid, while your compensation strategy explains how you will achieve this philosophy. The result of arms’ length bargaining. Includes a ceiling or reasonable maximum.

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Merit Talks: Tis the Season

Compensation Today

They didn’t have clear guidelines about what managers could and could not approve. In addition to linking bonus and incentive payouts, 50% of organizations surveyed in PayScale’s 2016 Compensation Best Practices Report said the main reason for giving raises was performance-based pay increases. Let us know below.

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Pay transparency: the pros, the cons, and best practices

Workable

A PayScale study finds workers are five times as likely to be satisfied with their employer when they understand the reasoning behind their salary versus getting the compensation they want and need from a job. In other words, when performance-laden incentives (and base pay, in general) are made public, a common denominator is determined.