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Total Rewards Foundation
15 Federal Employment Laws That Impact Compensation and Benefits
Employers and human resources professionals need to know how federal laws govern employee compensation and benefits administration. This course will cover the salient laws such as those impacting pay, taxes, equal opportunity, affirmative action, mandated benefits, and other benefits including COBRA, HIPAA, FMLA, ERISA, and the Affordable Care Act. ...More
Credit for CAC: 1
03 Total Rewards Today
Total rewards programs are continuously evolving. In this course we take a look at legacy programs that persist in some organizations today and also those that have come into existence as part of the new economy. Unions have had a big influence on total rewards and in organizations where they still have membership, they continue to do so. We will l ...More
Credit for CAC: 1
Job Analysis, Descriptions and Evaluation
33 Job Analysis and Job Descriptions
Well written job descriptions will touch many parts of an organization. In this course, you will learn how to design a job analysis program to be a resource for developing well-written job descriptions. You will also learn how to write job descriptions that can be effectively used by Human Resources and the entire company to drive both individual a ...More
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Salary Structures
82 Creating a Market Competitive Salary Structure
The focus of this course is the design and development of a single market-based salary structure. An organization may use such a salary structure to gain a competitive position to attract, retain, motivate, and engage its workforce. You will learn how to be externally competitive by creating a market-priced salary structure using regression analysi ...More
Credit for CAC: 1
83 Designing a Geographic Salary Structure
If your organization has branch offices, you will need to know what salary structure works best for them. In this course, you will learn how to determine whether your organization should apply its headquarters’ structure directly to the branch office, adjust the headquarters’ structure, or develop a new structure entirely. Different geographic sala ...More
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19 Quantitative Methods Used in Salary Administration
Whether analyzing pay data, building a salary structure, implementing salary increases, or accounting for geographic pay differentials, some fundamental mathematical skills are needed. This course will introduce those skills and provide examples of how they are used in salary administration. ...More
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81 Salary Structures and Pay Delivery
Base salary structures are management tools designed for compensation program administration. Ideally, a salary structure will provide management with guidance to provide compensation that is internally equitable, externally competitive, and cost effective. A pay structure typically groups jobs of equal internal value or worth into grades and forms ...More
Credit for CAC: 1
Salary Administration
77 Pay-for-Performance
Pay-for-performance is an effective way to motivate employees to make greater contributions to the organization. To make the performance-reward connection, there has to be a way to compare employee contributions. This course will look at circumstances where a pay-for-performance system is workable, different performance appraisal methods, and how t ...More
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78 Salary Increase Planning
Salary increases are necessary to attract, retain, recognize, and reward employees. This course examines different types of salary increases, how to plan for them, how to be market competitive and internally equitable, and how to control the salary increase budget. We will look at how to use salary surveys and age the data, the importance of a pay ...More
Credit for CAC: 1
Variable Pay
75 Creating a Variable Pay Plan
Variable pay plans provide flexible and responsive pay strategies that may be used to lower costs when organizations are experiencing hard times. They may also be used to enhance organization performance and employee loyalty. This course will focus on different kinds of short-term incentive plans, what needs to be taken into consideration to succes ...More
Credit for CAC: 1
76 Sales Compensation and Expense Allowances
The sales force needs to be highly motivated to produce results that are aligned with an organization’s business goals. One way to accomplish this is to have an incentive compensation plan, additional rewards, and attractive allowances that cover expenses incurred while making sales. This course will show you how to design an incentive compensatio ...More
Credit for CAC: 1
Executive Compensation
21 Compensation for Business Leaders
Employees in top management positions have compensation packages that are custom tailored to the position. This greater complexity is necessary because top management is responsible for the success of the organization and meeting the expectations of stakeholders. Their compensation packages need to be designed to incentivize and reward results taki ...More
Credit for CAC: 1
Employee Benefits
57 Relocating an Employee Within the United States
Many organizations find it necessary to relocate employees. A relocation may be moving a young, single new hire who rents across the state, moving a senior employee with a family and a home across the country, and everything in between. In some cases, it may involve a move to another country. This course teaches you what you need to take into consi ...More
Credit for CAC: 1
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