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Practical guidance on market pricing, salary surveys, pay structures and pay conversations, written by compensation analysts.

Pay transparency

What Happens When an Employee Mistakenly Receives Their Peers’ Salaries?

What happens when an employee mistakenly receives their peers salaries? Hopefully nothing if your organization has prioritized pay fairness.

Justin Hampton · Sep 29, 2024
Pay transparency

CompTool’s 2024 Pay Transparency Report

CompTool's 2024 pay transparency report: 84% of 354 organizations post pay ranges. See who discloses, what they share and how they respond.

Justin Hampton · Jun 7, 2024
Merit and incentives

Pay for Performance: A Blend of Compensation

We review the role merit, short-term incentives, spot bonuses and long-term incentives play in pay for performance programs.

Justin Hampton · Jan 20, 2024
Merit and incentives

Golden Parachute

Discover the origins, mechanics, and strategic implications of the Golden Parachute executive compensation packages may include.

Justin Hampton · Dec 17, 2023
Merit and incentives

Golden Handcuffs

Golden Handcuffs: Exceptional retention tools, or shackles for employees that are disengaged and unmotivated?

Justin Hampton · Nov 14, 2023
Merit and incentives

Salary Increases vs Bonuses vs Non-Compensatory Awards

Compensation teams have a variety of ways to ensure employee retention through bonuses and salary increases. Which is best?

Justin Hampton · Oct 24, 2023
Market pricing

CompTool Named One of the Most Innovative Compensation Management Software by Lighthouse Research

CompTool is one of the most innovative market pricing and compensation management software, as named by Lighthouse Research.

Justin Hampton · Oct 6, 2023
Market pricing

Salary Benchmarking Tool Software Buying Guide

Salary benchmarking software is a key purchase for a compensation analyst. This buying guide includes a list of questions.

Justin Hampton · Oct 1, 2023
Market pricing

Walmart Lowers Starting Pay

Walmart lowers starting pay for many positions has grabbed headlines, but the Compensation Analyst will see this as business as usual.

Justin Hampton · Sep 23, 2023