Compensation/Incentive Programs
Not-For-Profit Pay Increase Budgets Begin to Rise
Kansas City, Kan.— The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently reported the unemployment rate at 8.3 percent as of July 2012, up slightly from 8.2 percent in June. Although the unemployment rate has increased over the past couple of months, pay increase budgets are beginning to show signs of improvement. The 2012 Compensation Data Not-For-Profit survey…
Read MoreTALX Executive to Discuss Value of Workforce Analytics on HR's Number One Internet Radio Show, DriveThruHR
ST. LOUIS — TALX, provider of Equifax Workforce Solutions and a leader in human resource, payroll and tax-related services, announced today that Mike Psenka, senior vice president of Workforce Analytics and founder of eThority, will be featured as a guest on DriveThruHR, a top-rated daily internet radio show covering topics most relevant to today’s HR…
Read MoreCompdata Surveys Launches Compdata Consulting. Where Data Meets Design
Compdata Surveys, the same company that has been providing organizations across the country with the most accurate and reliable compensation and benefits data for 25 years, is pleased to announce the launch of our newest division, Compdata Consulting. Compdata Consulting is a national human resources consulting firm offering a tailored approach to organizations needing effective…
Read MoreCheckster CEO to Present at the 2012 Recruiting Conference
MILL VALLEY, Calif. / July 31, 2012 — Checkster, the leading provider of collective Intelligence tools to appraise talent, announced today that its chief executive officer, Yves Lermusi, will be presenting at the 2012 Recruiting Conference on October 15th 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Talent decisions can make or break a business or a career.…
Read MoreManufacturing & Distribution Pay Increase Budgets Show Slight Uptick
Kansas City, Kan.— The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently reported the unemployment rate at just over 8 percent as of June 2012. The unemployment rate continues to dwindle at a very slow rate of decline and pay increase budgets are mirroring this trend by increasing at a tepid rate. The 2012 Compensation Data Manufacturing &…
Read MoreHealth Care Consumerism Thought Leader to Share Key Insights at Ceridian Conference
ATLANTA—As U.S. businesses continue to face steep economic challenges, reducing health care spend has become top-of-mind for human resources professionals and C-level executives across the country. Doug Field, founder and CEO of The Institute for HealthCare Consumerism (IHC), will offer these employers proven strategies for cutting health and benefit costs while increasing employee engagement and…
Read MoreEmployer-Provided Benefits Greater in Medium and Large Private Industry Establishments
Washington, DC — July 19, 2012 — Eighty-nine percent of private industry employees in large establishments (those with 500 or more employees) have access to medical care benefits, while only 57 percent of employees in small establishments (those with fewer than 100 employees) have access according to the recently released report, Employee Benefits in the…
Read MoreMost U.S. Workers Not Fully Engaged, Struggling to Cope with Tough Workplace Situations, Towers Watson's Global Workforce Study Finds
Employers face heightened performance risk — from lower productivity to higher inefficiency NEW YORK, July 11, 2012 — As doubts reemerge about the strength of economic recovery in the U.S., a new Global Workforce Study by global professional services company Towers Watson (NYSE, NASDAQ: TW) reveals that almost two-thirds (63%) of U.S. workers are not…
Read MoreSetting Fair and Accurate Sales Quotas Ranks as Top Sales Compensation Challenge Among Managers
July 17, 2012 — Scottsdale, Ariz. — WorldatWork research on sales compensation practices consistently finds that a majority of organizations struggle with setting fair and accurate sales quotas to effectively incent their salesforces. Accurate quota setting was a major incentive compensation issue cited in the “2012 Sales Compensation Practices Survey for the High-Tech Industry,” conducted…
Read MoreReviewsnap Has Strong Presence at SHRM 2012 Annual Conference & Exhibition
Reviewsnap, the leading cloud-based performance management software solution, is pleased to announced that its appearance at the SHRM 2012 Annual Conference & Exhibition resulted in unprecedented interest in its Web-based performance management software solutions. The conference, which took place in Atlanta, Ga., during the last week in June, drew just over 13,000 human resource practitioners…
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