To be, or not to be: What’s your compensation philosophy?

January 12, 2012

It’s inevitable that your organization has some type of mission statement, whether it’s internal or published in the About Us section of your website. These statements define and explain the purpose of the individual organization. They outline the reason for its existence, and the things it wants to achieve each day. What does your HR [...]

PTO During Natural Disasters

December 27, 2011

As we skate through hurricane season and head towards blizzard time, it’s interesting to look at how employers are handling missed days because of natural disasters. Should they deduct from paid time-off (PTO) allotments? But the employee didn’t really “take the day off”… If you had to shut your doors because of the dangerous weather [...]

What does compensation mean to you?

December 19, 2011

Dan Walter, CEO of Performensation, posted this piece on the Compensation Café blog. He talks about the real definition of “compensation” and gives an unusual viewpoint on typical compensation plans.  The dictionary definitions he references define the word ‘compensation’ as a negative thing, something that happens to balance out something else bad or detrimental. In [...]

Make the data work for you, not against you

December 7, 2011

Salary and benefits data is essential to balancing compensation plans and making sure your organization stays competitive. Essential, not easy. Sometimes it can be hard to know what exactly to do with the data. Recently, Compdata Surveys hosted a free WorldatWork webinar titled “Salary Surveys: Steps to Making the Data Work for You.” Our very [...]

Welcome to dataLog!

December 1, 2011

Welcome to dataLog, the newest addition to Compdata Surveys! My name is Jessica Wahaus, and I’ll be bringing you the hottest topics, freshest ideas and latest news on human resources, compensation and benefits information. If there’s ever anything you want to know more about, let me know and I’ll dig it up for you. For [...]