Human Resources: Compensation

Cutting Payroll Costs
Some findings on how to cut payroll costs.

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Minimum Wage Likely To Increase; Possible Silver Lining
The bill provides that an employee''s "regular rate" for purposes of calculating overtime compensation will not be affected (i.e., increased) by certain additional payments, including payments made to reward an employee or group of employees.

Solo 5.0: Your COBRA and HIPAA Manager
Solo is sold as a subscriptioned software service that helps employers manage and comply with day-to-day COBRA regulations. One of the best features of Solo is that whenever there are changes to the legislation, Solo automatically incorporates those changes into its software.

BASIC COBRA Administrator for Windows
The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) of 1985 requires by law that organizations of 20+ employees allow their employees and covered dependents to continue to receive group health benefits after experiencing "qualifying events", such as termination of employment, reduction of work hours, employee´s death, or divorce. BASIC COBRA Administrator for Windows is a software program that manages your company´s COBRA-recipient employee information.

Salary.com
Salary.com is a free web-based compensation resource designed to assist individuals, small business and HR professionals in meeting their compensation information needs.

Abilizer.com, formerly PerksAtWork.com
As work-life balance becomes an increasingly important concern of both employees and employers, Abilizer has created a unique solution, the Employee Portal that combines needs-based services and tools to over 2 million members at over 70 companies.

Importance of External Factors in Wage Determination
The various factors that are examined are; outside wages, occupational and overall unemployment rates, the product/ service market, the labor market, general economic conditions and the cost of living, legislative factors, and the spillover effect of unionism.

Not Too Cool
Owners of the Mondrain Hotel, a West Hollywood hotspot, have agreed to pay nine bellmen instalments of approximately $120,000 for the next three years, the total reaching $1.08 million.

BenefitAmerica Campus
BenefitAmerica Campus (formerly eeCampus)is an online benefits provider using an Application Service Provider (ASP)model that helps managers and employees to manage, inform, and select benefit packages. Used dually as a retention and information tool, eeCampus can provide workers with increased flexibility and control through self-managed online benefits.

Checklist for Designing a Successful Incentive Program
Here is a list of 14 rules to follow in order to successfully design and implement an incentive program in your organization.

BASIC COBRA Administrator for Windows
BASIC COBRA Administrator for Windows is a software program that manages your company´s COBRA-recipient employee information. Since COBRA compliance is mandated by law, it is important that your company is more than simply aware of what the law says; it must make efforts to ensure that its actions are legally compliant.

Descriptions Now!
Writing job descriptions in a fast changing business environment might sound like bit of a conundrum, but it''s not. Employees want clarity, pay changes need justification, hiring decisions require focus, and company re-orgs demand structure. Descriptions Now!, by Knowledge Point Software, can help you write effective job descriptions in minutes.

Kadiri TotalComp^TM
Streamline compensation administration by managing it on the Net. Line managers input performance ratings and compensation recommendations, while compensation managers change or approve the recommendations, and senior management observe the impact of compensation decisions - all on the Net.

Incentive Systems Product Review
Incentive Systems´ new product - Incentive 2.0 is an independent application that builds a link between your sales channels and your Enterprise Resource System.

Compensation Strategy: Setting Parameters to Ensure Competitiveness
A good compensation strategy is developed with senior executive input and will ensure competitiveness within the marketplace by establishing parameters to determine the compensation for your employees. These will be based on three variables...

Job Evaluation: Consider the Choices
An important overview of choices in the job evaluation process.

The Gender Wage Gap
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the report, "Highlights of Women´s Earnings in 1999".

Women Have Made Great Strides in the Workplace
Pay "gap" is nonexistent for young single workers.

Understanding Job Evaluation
An overview of the real world of job evaluation.

Equal Pay
National Equal Pay Day is growing into Equal Pay Week. For more articles on Pay Equity press the "Read More" button above.

Communicating a New Job Evaluation and Salary Administration Program
It is natural for people to be skeptical or concerned about a process that will have an impact, ultimately, on their salaries.

Basic Overview of Job Analysis
In practice, job analysis is more straightforward than you might think.

The Risks of Non-Monetary Reward
Almost everyone thinks non-monetary rewards are great. However, they can backfire.

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Non-Specialist Overview of Exec Compensation
Executive compensation is a complicated area that is distinct from other compensation plans.

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Briefing on the Purpose of Profit Sharing
There are various justifications companies give for putting in profit sharing schemes. You need to know what makes sense and what doesn´t.

Brief Overview of Total Compensation
Total compensation is a simple but essential concept for comp and ben professionals.

Unspoken Assumptions of Variable Pay
The assumptions behind variable pay need to be understood.

Fed increases interest rates to 6% - will wages respond?
Alan Greenspan of the Federal Reserve Board stepped up his attempts to cool the U.S. economy.