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Get Pay Right with Payscale Insight Expert
As you build out your compensation strategy, it's imperative to have reliable data to inform your decisions, easy to use software to automate compensation processes, and expert guidance to walk you through getting pay right. Join us for a tour of Payscale Insight Expert—the product that gives you everything you need to nail compensation.

Compensation Best Practices for 2017
Join Payscale as we discuss more interesting findings from the 2017 Compensation Best Practices Report. We’ll also discuss how organizations use modern compensation practices to get positive business results.

Creating a Compensation Calendar Everyone Loves
Compensation is one of the many critical areas of responsibility for most HR teams, and having a well-planned compensation calendar is a key component to your talent strategy.

Comp is a Team Sport
When HR and managers don’t work together on issues surrounding pay, trust between HR and managers is damaged. This also negatively impacts your pay brand — the way employees feel about the pay and the rewards at your organization — which hurts your ability to attract, motivate and retain top talent.

Best Practices in Creating Employee Engagement
Engaged employees are driven towards higher performance and productivity which ultimately drives organizational results

Compensation Best Practices for Fast Growing Companies
Compensation is another aspect that you must get right as you scale quickly. Neglecting to think about compensation planning can cost you top talent, slow down recruiting, and create internal inequities down the line. So how can you make sure you’re getting the comp equivalent of the right set-up as you grow?

How to Turn Diversity Into a Major Asset for Your Organization- with BambooHR
The ability to create a diverse workforce can be a key competitive advantage. However, today’s HR teams are challenged when it comes to making it work.

The Total Economic Impact of Payscale- with Forrester
Join Tim Low, SVP of Marketing at Payscale, and guest speaker Sean Owens, Principal Consultant, Forrester, as we dive into the analysis of how Payscale is delivering 249% ROI to its customers!

Exploring Variable Pay
The 2016 Compensation Best Practices Report found that 73% of employers consider their employees fairly paid, yet only 36% of employees feel they are paid fairly. As more states look into creating fair pay laws the notion of equal pay is beginning to expand beyond gender into other protected areas. So what is the link between equal pay and fair pay, and how can organizations best achieve fair pay?

Top Comp Trends of 2016
This year we have seen some big trends emerge in how companies manage compensation. Between pay equity, FLSA changes, and changing performance management trends, there’s been a lot going on. Join Payscale as we look back at this year’s biggest compensation-related trends.