Course#: DBPWEB

Category: Salary Administration

Field of Study: Specialized Knowledge & Applications

Audience: HR Managers, Compensation Managers, Compensation Analysts, HR Generalists, Managers

Level of Difficulty: Intermediate

Delivery Method: Group Internet-Based

Prerequisites: Analyzing and Using Salary Survey Data Webinar or a working knowledge of using salary survey data.

Advanced Preparation: None

Overview:
Base pay structures are administrative tools that are designed to assist in the administration of compensation programs. Ideally, the pay structure will provide compensation levels that remain internally equitable, externally competitive, and cost effective. Pay structures typically group jobs of equal internal value or worth into grades.

This Webinar provides information and tips that may be used to effectively design a pay structure with competitive grades. Various approaches that may be used in assigning jobs to grades within the structure will also be discussed.

Learning Objectives:

• Review the characteristics that provide a foundation for a sound base pay structure
  
• Compare different approaches that may be used to value jobs
  
• Identify various design issues that should be considered when developing a pay structure
  
• Learn how to develop a base pay policy line
  
• Learn how to develop base pay ranges
  
• Review reasons for using compa-ratio and range penetration to identify pay positions
  
• Learn how to calculate the cost of base pay programs
  
• Consider differences in various types of base pay increases

Presenter:

Debbie Lambert, CCP, CBP, GRP
Debbie is Managing Director for ERI Salary Surveys. With more than 25 years of experience in compensation and benefits consulting, she has designed and implemented a wide range of compensation programs in industries including transportation, energy, managed care services, health care, and the public sector. Debbie pioneered the field of compensation by being the first compensation professional at organizations such as FedEx, Electronic Data Systems, and Kemper National Services. Experienced in all aspects of compensation and benefits design, Ms. Lambert holds the WorldatWork Society of Certified Professionals' Certified Compensation Professional, Certified Benefits Professional, and Global Remuneration Professional credentials. Prior to joining ERI, Debbie was an independent compensation and benefits consultant and was previously employed as the Senior Compensation Consultant/Manager for Harrah's Entertainment. She has been a member of the SHRM Consultant's Forum for the last six years and has served on the boards of the South Florida Compensation & Benefits Association and the Mid-South Compensation Association. Ms. Lambert holds a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Memphis.

Credit Hours - You must attend for 90 minutes to be eligible:

• PHR/GPHR/SPHR: This webinar provides 1.5 General hours of PHR, SPHR, and GPHR recertification credit as approved by SHRM's HR Certification Institute.
  
  The use of this seal is not an endorsement by HRCI of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met HRCI's criteria to be pre–approved for recertification credit.
  
  
  
  
• CBP/CCP/GRP/WLCP/CECP/CSCP: This webinar qualifies for recertification credit for the Certified Compensation Professional (CCP^®), Certified Benefits Professional^® (CBP), Global Remuneration Professional (GRP^®), Work-Life Certified Professional (WLCP^®), Certified Executive Compensation Professional (CECP^™) and Certified Sales Compensation Professional (CSCP^™) designations granted by WorldatWork Society of Certified Professionals. Please note that the CECP and CSCP designations require a minimum number of credits from executive and sales compensation-related activities. For more information on recertification, visit the WorldatWork Society recertification webpage at www.worldatworksociety.org/recertification.
  
  
• JCA: 1.5 hours of JCA credit towards your Job and Compensation Analyst credential, earned online at www.eridlc.com.
  
  

Attendees Receive

• Salary Assessor^® Compensation Software: You will receive a free demo edition of ERI's Salary Assessor software, which provides the most extensive analysis of competitive rates in existence. This tool has been used by thousands of organizations since 1987 and provides salary and incentive pay for more than 6,300 positions. Salary data in the Assessor may be reported by organization size, industry, and geographic location; reliability statistics are provided. A specific salary planning date may be selected to ensure that data is aged to meet the user's needs. A benchmark list may be used within the program for ease in analyzing total competitiveness.



• Webinar PowerPoint Presentation: All attendees will receive the PowerPoint slideshow for this webinar and may use it in staff training.

Requirements:

• In order to view the webinar, you will need:
  • Computer with Internet connection so you can view the presentation. Use this Test Link to make sure you can join the webinar. Run the test well before the webinar is scheduled to begin.
  • Phone to participate in the audio portion of this webinar (ask questions, etc.).
  
  
  Supported Operating Systems and Browsers
  • PC:
    XP SP3, Vista, Windows 7
    Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher (Recommend ActiveX enabled), Firefox 3 or higher (Recommend Java installed), Google Chrome
  • Mac
    OS X 10.5 (Intel), 10.6, 10.7
    Firefox 3 or higher, Safari 3 or higher
    Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 or higher