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Seasonal Hiring Steady for 2015 Holiday Season, but is Pay Spiraling Downward?

Compensation Today

Taylor, PHR, SHRM-CP, PayScale Senior Blogger This time of year always sees an increase in hiring additional people to cover the busy holiday season, at least on a temporary basis. To offset low wages, employers often turn to seasonal worker incentives and bonus programs based on worker performance. What do you think?

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Employee bonus programs that drive sales performance

Empuls

In this blog, we'll talk about the benefits of bonus programs, the types of incentives you can offer, and key aspects to keep in mind while designing an employee bonus program. Let's dive in and see how the right incentives can improve your sales performance! What is an employee bonus program?

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Compensation Review: Your 11-Step Guide to a Fair and Effective Evaluation

AIHR

Performance-based compensation reviews: Focuses on employee performance and rewards top performers with raises or bonuses. Its a conscious decision based on factors like how much the organization wants to allocate for salaries in a financial year and how much it wants to invest in pay increases, bonuses, and other rewards.

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Designing Competitive Compensation Packages to Retain Talent

Accendo Technologies

Larger companies offer a mix of performance-based bonuses, stock options, flexible benefits, and comprehensive retirement plans. These are designed to ensure financial security and offering incentives for long-term loyalty.

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Another New Year- Time to Think About Bonuses

Affinity HR Group

With 2019 over and at the dawn of a new decade, it’s an ideal time to think about bonuses for 2020. Over 60% of respondents in a 2016 World at Work survey reported using some type of bonus or variable pay program, as did 73% of respondents in a more recent 2019 Payscale survey. Discretionary Bonuses. Non-Discretionary Bonuses.

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Compensation Planning in 7 Actionable Steps

AIHR

Different types of compensation include base pay, company bonuses, stock options, and benefits like insurance, pension programs, and parental leave. Even so, a recent study by Payscale found that less than 50% of companies have a strategic compensation plan. It can also include bonuses and tips.

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What COVID means to compensation

HRExecutive

He explains that the pandemic has forced employers like Workday to change compensation quickly and at scale, relying on tools such as hardship pay, one-time bonuses, severance packages and salary reductions. Addressing pay equity and fairness has never been more important,” Thomas says of today’s uncertain economic climate. Sudarshan Sampath.