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How Pay Transparency Affects Equality, Engagement, and More
Next week I’m heading up to Massachusetts to talk about pay transparency to a group of HR and business leaders. Of all the topics I could have spoken about, why pay transparency? First of all, it’s...
View ArticleUsing Job Titles Instead of Pay to Compensate Employees
Writing a lot about compensation today! I also have a piece up about 3 ways compensation policies can cause employee turnover as well in case you want to check it out. . This past week I was talking...
View ArticleShould Employees be Paid for Commuting Time?
An interesting piece of research on publicly available WiFi access in England led to a question that made me pause. Should employees be paid for commuting time? As someone that travels a fair bit for...
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Should We Be Asking for Pay History Data on Job Applications?
In many states, it’s still legal to ask about candidate pay history. While some states have outlawed this practice, I still get questions like the one below fairly regularly: I have a question for you...
View ArticleHow to Make Salary Decisions without Performance Review Ratings [Video]
In the last few years more and more companies have made the decision to move away from the big, annual performance review to more frequent, informal conversations about performance on the job. But the...
View ArticleWhy Do Companies Pay Cost of Living, Not What the Job is Worth? [Reader...
Another reader question today, this time on compensation. If you have questions you can always email ben@upstarthr.com and we’ll fit it into the queue if possible! Why do companies pay employees by...
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Alabama’s New Equal Pay Act: What You Need to Know
Last week I posted this to my personal Facebook page, but I think it will be relevant to many of the people here as well because other states are adding these on a regular basis (California, Delaware,...
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