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Practical guidance on market pricing, salary surveys, pay structures and pay conversations, written by compensation analysts.
How to Evaluate Compensation Software: A Guide to Smarter Market Pricing Decisions
Our guide will walk you through the steps of evaluating compensation benchmarking tools to building a business case that gets approved
Justin Hampton · Mar 6, 2025Market pricingCommon Misconceptions about Salary Survey Data
Salary surveys are heavily relied on by compensation teams, but the data behind them is often misunderstood.
Justin Hampton · Feb 21, 2025Merit and incentivesHow to Maximize Employee Performance with a Short-Term Incentive Plan
Learn how to design a short term incentive plan that aligns employee behaviors with company goals and fair rewards.
Justin Hampton · Jan 20, 2025Pay structuresCompensation and Red-Circling
Red circle employees are paid above their pay range maximum. Learn why it happens and how to manage it with lump sums, frozen pay or regular increases.
Justin Hampton · Nov 27, 2024Strategy and leadershipSteps to Create a Compensation Strategy
Steps for creating a compensation strategy: set a philosophy, build job levels, benchmark jobs, set salary ranges and review the plan every year.
Justin Hampton · Nov 17, 2024Pay structuresJob Architecture Project Plan
Steps for conducting a job architecture project to standardize roles, establish career progression & ensure fair, competitive compensation
Justin Hampton · Nov 11, 2024Pay transparencyPreparing for the 2025 FLSA Changes
How are companies preparing for the 2025 flsa changes coming this January 1, 2025
Justin Hampton · Oct 30, 2024Strategy and leadershipInsights from the Pay Practitioners Panel’s “Stump the Compensation Consultant”
Stump the compensation consultant: panelists answer questions on advancing beyond comp, team size, building a business case, AI and pay transparency.
Justin Hampton · Oct 10, 2024Strategy and leadershipHow Compensation Teams Can Strengthen Relationships with the C-Suite
Five key strategies for compensation teams to build trust, communicate effectively, and become strategic partners with the C-suite
Justin Hampton · Oct 4, 2024