Human Resources: Pay Strategies

FAQ-How should we compensate employees who are on call?
Frequently asked ask@hr.com question concerning compensating employees for on call time.

Queue: Salary Administration Software
Although not designed for executive compensation plan design, Queue is intended to assist organizations with establishing a degree of pay equity using calculated salary ranges and a level of objectivity. Let´s see what Queue can offer...

IRS Begins to Define De Minimis Fringes
The IRS appears to be drawing the line on employers´ classification of some perks as "too small to worry about."

Compensation and Benefits Advisor
Compensation and Benefits Advisor is a web-based product that provides updates and advice on a variety of compensation and benefits issues. The product is available through The West Group´s website www.hr-esource.com.(August 2001)

UltiPro Web
This is a web-based system used for payroll, benefits and information management from Ultimate Software.

Payroll Compliance Handbook: The Legal Way to Pay
The worst thing you can do to your employee is to mess up their pay check! In addition to the HR nightmare that may result from this mix-up, there are also legal implications that must be considered. For a Payroll or HR professional, the PAYROLL COMPLIANCE HANDBOOK can prove to be a key resource in making sure that your organization is up-to-date on all legal requirements when it comes to paying your employees.

What Is The One-Year Rollover Method Of Tax Reimbursement?
-Generally under tax equalization it is expected that an employee should pay no more or less in income taxes than they would have had they remained in their home country.

Designing Pay and Rewards in Professional Services Companies
The final analysis pay and rewards in a professional firm must make business sense-there must be a strong business case for however pay and rewards are determined.

Housing Contributions-Part II
-Deductions and implications for companies with expat employees.

Total Cost of Ownership: A PwC Study
What if you could employ best practices to reduce payroll costs? ADP commissioned PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to conduct two studies on Total Cost of Ownership.

Mercer Releases Compensation Survey for Retail Industry: Survey tracks Pay Levels, Trends, and Practices for Jobs in Retail
A new survey from Mercer Human Resource Consulting provides an overview of pay levels, trends, and practices for jobs in the retail industry.

ECA International Releases its 2004/2005 Salary Trends Report
With so many companies, both large and small, having offices around the globe and salary budgets still tight, understanding salary increase trends is important.

Negotiating to Get the Perks You Want
Think that you can´t negotiate perks? Robin Ryan says, Think again.

War Moves: Fewer Employers Pay Their Guard and Reserve Employees Full Salary While on Military Leave-Compensation.BLR.com Reports
Employers´ military leave pay policies for their National Guard or Reserve employees on active duty has changed for the worse, at least as far as their employees are concerned.

Workbrain announces Lifespan as new customer
Workforce management solution helps hospital organizations improve payroll accuracy, employee satisfaction.

Nuvosoft Boosts Companies' Power to Model and Implement Complex Employee Incentive Plans
Rcomp 3.0 Quickly Brings Current and Historical Compensation Data to Managers´s Fingertips With a Rich Graphical Interface For Easier Decision Making

Employers Put Top Priority on Winning Health Care/Insurance Concessions
Better Financial Outlook Is an Emerging Factor in 2005 Negotiations

Delta Medical Consulting Announces The Release of the Latest Edition of Their Physician Salary survey for 2005
The latest edition of the "Physician Recruiting Standard" reveals critical data gathered during the time period of December 31, 2003 through December 31, 2004; Delta Medical Consulting.

Multinational Firms Favor Global Approach to Compensation Management
Latest Mercer Survey: Programs are designed to fuel global expansion and manage compensation costs.

The Wage and Hour Division is Keeping Enforcement Promises
From the looks of the activity in the past six months, it is apparent that the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the Department of Labor (DOL) is living up to their commitment.

Carefully Monitor Stock Options
FASB and the final IRS regulations requiring amendments to most incentive stock option plans may be familiar, but due to JOBS, stock options should be carefully monitored to avoid inadvertently triggering adverse tax consequences, cautions Anthony Eppert.

Jobs Numbers, PMI Index Bode Well For Second Quarter
Huether Says Fed Should Consider Modest Wage Growth Before Making Next Rate Hike

Analyst Update -Rebecca Kubica-Benefits
Rebecca Kubica, HR.com's Analyst covering Benefits, recently conducted her April 2005 analyst update as part of HR.com's online learning seminar series.

Are You Ready for the Minimum Wage Backlash?
If Â a job was worth three dollars an hour more than the minimum wage in April, isn´t it worth three dollars more than the minimum wage in May? What´s your answer? From the McKenzie Mailer.

Thought Leaders: Pat Zingheim and Jay Schuster on Compensating SuperKeepers
Pat Zingheim and Jay Schuster are two of America's best-known compensation consultants. David Creelman spoke to them about an approach to compensation that focuses on retaining "superkeepers".

2003 pay increases to slightly outpace inflation in most countries
Workers in Bulgaria, China, and Taiwan will see biggest gains in buying power

Pay Levels Remain Linked to Geographic Location
Mercer Human Resources Consulting study shows variance in pay across the US continues to create a challenge for employers.

AUTHORIA CEO to Present at Towers Perrin 2005 HR Service Delivery ...
Loofbourrow to Speak on How Companies Are Making Pay-for-Performance Initiatives Succeed WALTHAM, Mass., May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Authoria, Inc., the leader in ...

Sage Software Expands Presence in Online Services Market with Sage Payroll Services for Mid-Market Companies
Sage Payroll Services to Compete with Offerings from ADP, Intuit, Paychex

MINIMUM wage not enough
... Employment services organization Manpower said 40 percent of Sioux Falls businesses surveyed plan to hire more employees from April to June. ...

Tennessee Bill Seeks to Turn Back the Clock on Overtime Regulations
A bulletin from the attorneys at Waller Lansden, designed to keep you up to date on key developments in wage and hour law,Â by AndyÂ Naylor, Larry Bridgesmith, Paula Walker and Scott Schweiger.

Punching the Time Clock - It's Not Just for Hourly Employees
A bulletin from the attorneys at Waller Lansden, designed to keep you up to date on key developments in wage and hour law, by AndyÂ Naylor, Larry Bridgesmith, Paula Walker and Scott Schweiger.

Collective Wage and Hour Complaints Continue to Increase
A bulletin from the attorneys at Waller Lansden, designed to keep you up to date on key developments in wage and hour law, Â by Andy Â Naylor, Larry Bridgesmith, Paula Walker and Scott Schweiger.

Lower Wages Seen for Hourly Workers in Compensation.BLR.com Survey
In Spite of High Employment and Improved Productivity

DolmatConnell Study Finds Strong Incentives Boost Performance
High-Tech Companies Sticking With Stock OptionsOutperform Those Offering Restricted Stock, Study Finds

HR.com Finalizes Compensation and Benefits Workshops for Annual Employers of Excellence Conference 2005
Over 100 educational workshops available for attending senior HR professionals.

Governance, Wall Street and Compensation Policy
When matters of compensation come up, it is going to be the compensation managers who are going to have to take the lead in putting together the data, explaining the data, explaining the policy, and the reasons behind those policies.

Aspen Introduces New Pennsylvania Payroll Guide
Aspen's new Pennsylvania Payroll Guide provides single of comprehensive coverage.

Communicating Compensation Policy
David Creelman, CEO Creelman Research and Guest Expert Tony Kerekes cover communication methods, technology, some underlying organizational issues like trust and justice, and various other challenges.

Governance, Wall Street and Compensation Policy
David Creelman delves into the external focus; what we are going to tell the Board and Wall Street.

Stephen A. White Joins ORC Worldwide in Canada
New office for ORC Canada Inc. Vp named.

How to Really Pay for Performance:Something to Show your CEO?
Many organizations have the intent to pay for performance-but the gap between knowing what to do and actually doing it is often huge. However every HR pro universally believes that paying for performance was a critical priority for the organization, writes Pat Zingheim and Jay Schuster.

Do Colleges and Universities Pay for Performance?
The challenge for colleges and universities is that a huge knowing/doing gap exists in the arena of paying for performance, write Pat Zingheim and Jay Schuster.

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Negative Effects of Minimum Wage Hikes Fall Disproportionately on the Low-Skilled
New Survey: Majority of Labor Economists Believe Minimum Wage Hikes Cause Unemployment

Corporate Sales Rising Faster Than Executive Pay
According to ERI Economic Research Institute/CareerJournal.com Study

Workscape Expert to Present Workshops at Upcoming HR Florida 2007 State Conference & Expo
David Turetsky, director of Product Management, Workforce Management for Workscape, a leading provider of outsourced benefits, compensation and performance management solutions

New Tool Helps Identify Executive Pay Issues: Business Community Gains Online Access to WorldatWork
As CEO pay continues unabated as the most scrutinized area of executive compensation, WorldatWork has created a new tool that poses 225 questions boards of directors will need to address before they approve compensation plans. The WorldatWork Executive Rewards Questionary clearly identifies every essential factor for rewarding executives and directors.

New Book Dispels Executive Compensation Myths
Myths and Realities of Executive Pay Shows Executive Pay Model Works

The Conference Board Issues Guide for Managers On Speaking with Mature Workers About Retirement
Legal and Management Issues are Analyzed

HCR Software to Host Free Job Market Rates Webinar
Back by popular demand "Determining Job Market Rates" event on December 12 will discuss how organizations can use tips and approaches for determining job market rates.

Most Companies to Make Other Changes to Their Proxy Disclosures for 2008
Many Companies Still Unlikely to Disclose Performance Goals in Their 2008 Proxy Statements, Watson Wyatt Poll Finds

New York Organizations Search for Employees in 2007
The competition for top performers is heating up as 96.6 percent of organizations are actively recruiting, according to the results from the 2007 Compensation Data - New York survey of 211 employers. Voluntary turnover is at 10.7 percent for all industries in the state, while total turnover is 16.4 percent.