Pay-for-Performance Programs: Are We Expecting Too Much?

Pay-for-Performance Programs: Are We Expecting Too Much? By James T. Stodd, SPHR, SHRM-SCP September 22, 2015 Decades ago many organizations jumped on the “pay-for-performance” bandwagon. In short, these organizations abandoned giving COLA’s, general increases, step increases and other traditional forms of pay increases, in favor of lumping all increases into one performance-based category called “merit.”…

Market Leadership & Pay (Part 3)

Market Leadership & Pay (Part 3) By James T. Stodd, SPHR, SHRM-SCP September 1, 2015 In Part 1 of this brief series on Market Leadership, the point was made that the most important thing employers should do is make sure they understand the compensation practices within their market, as well as their position within the…