Best Practices 2025: Salary Data and Market Pricing

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An effective compensation strategy involves several essential components. In this guide, we are focusing on the types of salary market data and what to consider when using each type.

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April 25, 2014

PTO policy - what are your obligations as an employer?

<img src="http://www.payscale.com/cms-images/default-source/b2b/header_ptopolicy.gif" alt="PTO policies" title="header_PTOPolicy" sfref="[images|OpenAccessDataProvider]57f6019b-def5-6347-a9d2-ff00007054ad"><a target="_blank" rel="author noopener" href="https://www.payscale.com/author/tess-c-taylor-phr-the-hr-writer" style="line-height: 1.5;">Tess C. Taylor, PHR, The HR Writer </a>Nearly every workplace has a paid time off (PTO) or <a href="https://www.payscale.com/compensation-trends/earned-time-off-incentives-are-they-effective">earned time off </a>policy to compensate employees who must take time off for personal reasons. This can sometimes be a complex benefit to manage, leaving human resource professionals wondering if they should even offer it in the first place. After all, what does a company have to gain by paying employees for time not worked?

April 10, 2014

How to stop nitpicking and lead your team to better performance

<img width="610" height="175" src="http://www.payscale.com/cms-images/default-source/b2b/header_nitpicky_manager.png" alt="header_nitpicky_manager"><a href="https://plus.google.com/115301125688955669806? rel=author">Crystal Spraggins, </a>SPHR NIT-PICK (v.) to be excessively concerned with or critical of inconsequential details (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nitpick) The problem with the nitpicking manager is that he often lacks self-insight. In other words, the nitpicking manager doesn’t view his behavior as unhelpful. And that makes perfect sense, because if this manager viewed his behavior as unhelpful, one can only imagine that he wouldn’t be acting this way, right?

March 31, 2014

Seven signs your compensation strategy needs a do-over

<img width="610" height="175" src="http://www.payscale.com/cms-images/default-source/b2b/header_hr_strategy_doover.png" alt="header_HR_Strategy_DoOver"><a target="_blank" rel="author noopener" href="https://www.payscale.com/author/tess-c-taylor-phr-the-hr-writer">Tess C. Taylor, PHR, The HR Writer </a>Perhaps no area of human resources is as uncomfortable to talk about as the annual compensation update with the executive team. It seems as if every HR manager is tasked with proving that an improved compensation offering is good for business.

February 3, 2014

Snackable: PayScale invades Toronto and 2014 HRPA

<img width="610" height="175" src="http://www.payscale.com/cms-images/default-source/b2b/header_snackable_hrpa.jpg" alt="header_snackable_hrpa"/>Hedge Stahm, PayScale Thousands of Canadian HR professionals descended on the frozen city of Toronto for the 2014 HRPA annual conference. The throngs flocked the educational sessions, viewed the keynote talks, and took advantage of the networking opportunities.

January 31, 2014

10 ways to boost employee incentive programs

<img width="610" height="175" src="http://www.payscale.com/cms-images/default-source/b2b/header_boostperformance.jpg" alt="header_BoostPerformance"><a target="_blank" rel="author noopener" href="https://www.payscale.com/author/tess-c-taylor-phr-the-hr-writer" style="line-height: 1.5;">Tess C. Taylor, PHR, The HR Writer</a>When is the last time you took the time to thank your employees for a job well done? Several workplace studies have shown a connection between appreciation of employees and the results of company objectives. Leaders who put emphasis on demonstrating appreciation to employees on a regular basis produce a higher level of employee engagement, which boosts productivity like gangbusters. Having an employee incentive program in place is one piece of the bigger puzzle.

January 29, 2014

Fair and square! 5 ways to boost your bonus program

<img width="610" height="175" src="http://www.payscale.com/cms-images/default-source/b2b/header_holidaybonus.gif" alt="header_holidaybonus"><a target="_blank" rel="author noopener" href="https://www.payscale.com/author/tess-c-taylor-phr-the-hr-writer" style="line-height: 1.5;">Tess C. Taylor, PHR, The HR Writer</a>How well is your company doing at fairly handling the employee bonus and incentive program? To help you figure out that answer, first ask yourself this question: Do you have a way of tracking the perks you hand out to employees so that you know you are doing this well? If your company chooses to use bonuses as part of a compensation program, but you are not effectively managing this with data, you could be missing the mark.