What Is Pay Compression? A Practical Guide for HR and Compensation Teams
Pay compression is one of the most common—and commonly overlooked—compensation problems facing U.S. organizations today. It occurs when the pay differences b...
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What Is Job Grading? A Practical Guide for HR and Compensation Teams
Job grading is a systematic process for classifying job roles into defined levels or grades based on their relative value to the organization. This guide is ...
Pay Structures: Types, Design Principles, and How to Keep Them Market-Ready
Pay structures are the backbone of compensation strategy, yet many HR and compensation teams still manage them through outdated spreadsheets, stale survey da...
Compensation Philosophy Examples: 12 Real-World Models HR Can Learn From
In 2025, compensation philosophies have moved from “nice to have” to essential for U.S. organizations navigating pay transparency laws, volatile talent marke...
Merit Increase: How to Design, Fund, and Communicate Performance-Based Pay in 2025
A merit increase is a permanent raise to an employee’s base salary awarded specifically to recognize and reward individual performance, achievements, or cont...
Weighted Salary Meaning: A Practical Guide for HR and Compensation Teams
Weighted salary refers to a pay figure that has been adjusted or combined based on assigned importance factors—such as hours worked at different rates, marke...
The best guide to job evaluation for HR
Achieving pay equality is important for any company
Merit Pay: A Practical Guide for HR and Compensation Teams
Merit pay is a compensation approach where employees receive pay increases or bonuses based on their documented individual performance, not tenure or across-...
Salary Banding: How HR and Compensation Teams Build Fair, Market-Aligned Pay Structures
Salary banding is the foundation of modern compensation strategy for U.S. HR and compensation teams navigating pay transparency laws, hybrid roles, and volat...
Competitive Pay 101: Definition and Getting Started
Competitive Pay is defined as a compensation and benefits package that compares favorably to those offered by competitors in the same industry and location
Salary Benchmarking Tools: The 2025 Guide for HR and Compensation Teams
This guide is for U.S.-based HR and compensation professionals seeking to navigate the rapidly evolving landscape of salary benchmarking tools in 2025. Cover...
What Is a Benchmark Job? A Practical Guide for HR and Compensation Teams
Understanding what a benchmark job is forms the foundation of effective salary benchmarking and market pricing for any organization. If you manage compensati...
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