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Wage compression (lower-level or less-experienced employees’ pay meets or exceeds higher-level or more-experienced employees’ pay) is never easy, but deal sooner rather than later, says consultant Barry L. Brown, SPHR, CCP. The first thing to recognize about compression is that there are no secrets at work, says consultant Brown. People are going to find […]
Minimum wage and overtime pay are two of the requirements set forth in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The FLSA mandates that employees be paid at least the minimum wage and also that they receive one and one-half times their regular rate of pay for weekly hours over 40 hours.
“I’m grossly underpaid as these surveys show,” says your employee as he or she comes down the hall armed with a pile of downloaded survey data. Consultant Barry L. Brown, SPHR, CCP, has a plan for blunting these attacks. Of course, it may be that your compensation program is flawed, but it’s more likely that […]
In yesterday’s Advisor we discussed straight and hurdle-rate profit-sharing; today, goal-driven profit-sharing plans. [Go here for 1. Straight and 2. Hurdle-Rate Profit Sharing] 3. Goal-Driven Profit-Sharing Plans In a goal-driven profit-sharing plan, profits are used to establish an incentive opportunity, but employees also must earn that opportunity, based on achieving other goals. These other goals […]
When you consider a profit-sharing plan, there are three main ways to set it up: straight, hurdle, and goal. A profit-sharing plan is a group incentive plan that includes all employees in an organization and that focuses on overall business unit profit (or a similar bottom-line financial goal). What are the advantages and disadvantages? Advantages […]
In a recent conversation with an organizational psychologist, I was asked, “What are the top three things you look for in the members of your management team?” That’s a big and important question. Yet I was able to answer it quickly and easily: “Trustworthiness, compatibility, and talent.” The next sentence I uttered might surprise you; […]
[Go here for 1. Straight and 2. Hurdle-Rate Profit Sharing] 3. Goal-Driven Profit-Sharing Plans In a goal-driven profit-sharing plan, profits are used to establish an incentive opportunity, but employees also must earn that opportunity, based on achieving other goals. These other goals are broad corporate goals, rather than unit operational goals, which are used to […]
Advantages Funded from profits, so there is low risk for the company. Can be used to supplement company retirement contributions. Can be linked to company objectives other than profit. Provide an opportunity to train employees on financial measures and the operational business factors that affect those measures. Easy to integrate with suggestion plans and other […]
Employers often find themselves in a conundrum, however, over how to handle miscellaneous time off that was never even requested as PTO. For example, what happens when the work hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., but an employee has a personal appointment that requires him or her to arrive late? Usually this is not […]
A nonprofit home healthcare agency has asked “a consultant” whether its CEO is fairly paid relative to the marketplace for similar agencies. The Agency has supplied a database to the consultant, who also has his own survey database of CEO pay. This case will demonstrate how regression data can be used to answer this question. […]