Many ERI Distance Learning Center courses teach beginning to advanced analysis techniques for ERI Economic Research Institute's research tools. This table shows you which Distance Learning Center online courses teach about the ERI Assessor(s) to which you subscribe. You may find the Interactive Exercises in each of these courses to be particularly helpful.
ERI's Salary Assessor® provides access to ERI’s robust compensation database to find the most accurate benchmarks for over 19,600 positions in more than 1,100 industries in over 9,400 global locations. Market salary ranges are calculated based on user input for position, industry, location, pay strategy, and salary planning date. ERI’s Compensation Management solution gives you a complete picture of your total compensation plan from design to implementation. You can customize the platform to fit your benefits and rewards structures, easily match job titles, and manage employee data to develop effective compensation strategies and examine pay equity across your workforce.
View Salary Assessor| Lesson | DLC Course |
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| Research fair market pay rates for settling pay discrimination cases | #32 Eliminating the Gender Pay Gap |
| Retrieve salary survey data to set individual pay | #73 Analyzing Salary Surveys |
| Find annual incentive rates based upon individual or overall company performance | #75 Creating a Variable Pay Plan |
| Give bonuses based upon sales performance | #76 Sales Compensation and Expense Allowances |
| Determine competitive salaries that factor in employee performance appraisals | #77 Pay-for-Performance |
| Get instant compa-ratios and determine salary increases using competitive labor market salary survey data | #78 Salary Increase Planning |
| Find market pay rates for an employee, based upon position, experience, and performance | #81 Salary Structures and Pay Delivery |
| Use the SA Benchmark List table to compare your organization's wage levels for key positions against what the market pays | #82 Creating a Market Competitive Salary Structure |
| Use the SA Geographic List tab to find out how salary levels vary for a position in multiple locations in the U.S. | #84 The U.S. Labor Market and Compensation Trends |
ERI's Geographic Assessor® calculates geographic cost-of-labor and cost-of-living differentials for over 9,200 global locations. Subscribers can compare average salary levels in up to 50,000 cities at once to set branch office salary structures. The Geographic Assessor calculates the cost of living based on user input of employee earnings level, family size, and spending patterns to help organizations plan relocation adjustments or select locations for new facilities. The application also provides current and scheduled minimum wage rates in the U.S. and Canada, plus minimum salary thresholds to qualify for FLSA overtime exemption and pay transparency rules in the U.S.
View Geographic Assessor| Lesson | DLC Course |
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| Evaluate new office/factory locations based upon local wage and cost-of-living levels | #83 Designing a Branch-Office Salary Structure |
ERI's Relocation Assessor® compares cost-of-living levels in over 10,500 locations worldwide. This application calculates the cost of living based on user input of employee earnings level, family size, and spending patterns. Subscribers use current cost-of-living differentials to set employee relocation allowances, with the ability to compare cost-of-living or estimated per diem rates in up to 1,000 locations at once.
View Relocation Assessor| Lesson | DLC Course |
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| Determine relocation allowances that factor in home ownership vs. rental | #57 Relocating an Employee Within the United States |
| Obtain national and international per diem rates | #76 Sales Compensation and Expense Allowances |
| Set compensation for expatriates based upon the local cost of living at their new assignment | #92 Expatriate Compensation |
| Set cost-of-living bonuses for employees on foreign assignments | #93 Global Mobility and the Relocation of an Employee to an International Assignment |
ERI's Executive Compensation Assessor® compares executive compensation packages for over 2,000 positions in the U.S., Canada, the UK, and many countries in Europe. Executive compensation levels are calculated based on user input for position, industry, location, pay strategy, executive performance, and salary planning date. Review data for executive salaries, bonuses, long-term incentives, non-equity incentives, stock awards, option awards, pension, and other compensation. Generate benchmarks relative to groups of peer companies and based on analysis of industry trends with our executive compensation software.
View Executive Compensation Assessor| Lesson | DLC Course |
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| Retrieve maximum reasonable compensation data | #12 IRS Reasonable Executive Compensation |
| Find competitive equity awards | #20 The Basics of Equity Compensation |
| Set competitive pay packages | #21 Compensation for Business Leaders |
| Research company earnings via their proxy statements made accessible by XA | #22 Black-Scholes Valuations |
| Examine a compensation committee's roles and responsibilities | #26 Executive Compensation and the Role of the Compensation Committee |
ERI's Nonprofit Comparables Assessor™ compares compensation at 501(c)(3) organizations in the United States. Executive compensation levels are calculated based on user input for position, industry, location, pay strategy, and executive performance. This is the most comprehensive database of nonprofit executive compensation information available.
View Nonprofit Comparables Assessor| Lesson | DLC Course |
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| Establish competitive, reasonable pay for executives at tax-exempt organizations | #18 Intermediate Sanctions |
| Select and administer variable pay plans for tax-exempt organizations. | #72 Nonprofit Variable Pay |
ERI's Occupational Assessor® analyzes over 28,000 jobs to assist in estimating FLSA overtime exemption status, disability determination analyses, and PAQ job analyses. Using simple questionnaires, career counselors and HR professionals can learn how to test for FLSA overtime exemption status at the state and federal level and ensure compliance with current FLSA rules. Alternative work opportunities are calculated based on user input for an individual's education, work history, interests, physical capabilities, and cognitive/emotional limitations. The application provides several resources for job analysis, including the PAQ, a structured job analysis questionnaire that aids in conducting a quantified analysis of a given job.
View Occupational Assessor| Lesson | DLC Course |
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| Complete a FLSA determination estimate | #15 Federal Employment Laws That Impact Compensation and Benefits |
| Learn how to write job descriptions and use a job description template | #33 Job Analysis and Job Descriptions |
| Assist employees with outplacement based upon their transferable skills | #58 Comparing the DOT, O*NET, and eDOT |
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