Take a Chomp Out of Your Comp!
EMPLOYER OF CHOICE
Total Rewards, Trends and
Plan Design
By: Juan P. Garcia
Organizational Research Services Director
Total Rewards, Trends and Plan Design
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ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION
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Plan Design & Compensation: Top-line trends
 Top Trends
 Market Movement
 Industries
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Building Blocks, Compensation & Benefits: Key
Foundation of a Total Rewards Strategy
 General Framework
 EG’s Employers of Choice Model
 Check-off Inventory
 Sample Case
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EG’s New Online Compensation program
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Plan Design & Compensation: Top Trends
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Tops Trends
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Soft salary increases seem to be the trend for the next two years
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Soft employment levels & low turnover
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Rebuilding / Overhauling existing plans
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Cos. more likely to evaluate other costs, pension, leaves, etc.
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Evaluating / building their performance management program
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Recalibrating payouts; Executive Compensation
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Plan Design & Compensation: Top Trends
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Top Trends - continued
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Internal Equity and aligment
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Upgrading Job Descriptions
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Concerns for Federal Contractors re employment Practices that lead
to Compensating Disparities
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Concern on new minimum wage:
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1% of employees earn less than new min; 5% earn between $9
and $10
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non-profits, 3% are below new minimum, 7% earn between $9 and
$10
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Market Movement, Increases & Employment
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Plan Design & Compensation: Top Trends
Industry Trends
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Manufacturing:
Soft increases, 3%; Increase in OT, “OT is better than adding staff”
Finance, non-banking sector:
Above average increases, 3.7%+, aggressive bonus plans, 70% percentile
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Non-profits:
Transparency, especially with executive pay, very receptive to internal pay
equity, managing hours of part-time employees
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Services:
Recalibrating performance management and compensation plans to meet
market levels and business goals
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Hospitality:
Concerns with new minimum wage, wage compression concerns; dealing
with part-time employees, adding more $$ to train entry level EEs
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Sales:
Recalibrating commission plans; as economy improves, payout and
thresholds are being examined
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Plan Design & Compensation: Top Trends
OVERALL:
 On existing Talent:
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Moderate Increases likely to continue into 2016
Cos. very receptive to retain and train
Investing to develop existing skills, job families
Address current needs, spot market adjustments
On New Talent:
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Wait-and-see before adding to payroll ranks
Wage compression caused by new EEs demanding
higher salaries
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Building Blocks, Compensation & Benefits: Key
Foundation of a Total Rewards Strategy
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Best Places to Work & Employers of Choice:
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Training and
Opportunities for
Advancement
12%
Diversity
6%
Work-Life Balance
13%
Employee Voice
and Workplace
Culture
12%
Perks & Incentives
12%
Employers
Group:
Employers
of Choice
Model
Community
Involvement
6%
Turnover
12%
Benefits
15%
Pay
12%
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Building Blocks, Compensation & Benefits: Key
Foundation of a Total Rewards Strategy
From WorldatWork, Total Rewards Model
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Total Rewards, Trends and Plan Design
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Building Blocks, Compensation & Benefits: Key
Foundation of a Total Rewards Strategy
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Total Rewards, Trends and Plan Design
Building Blocks, Compensation & Benefits: Key Foundation
of a Total Rewards Strategy
How to rebuild or build a basic program - Checklist:
1. Where is your plan vs. key measures? Costs and market
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60% of companies have no salary ranges, they run on pure
market pricing
Has the plan been maintained?
Internal alignment: Is it defendable?
Acknowledge jobs with multiple areas of responsibility
Define your market: Consider recruiting practices
Performance Management program: Include clear
performance measures
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EG’s Survey Program
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Effective 2013, program has been converted to an online model
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Features:
Personalized Survey Libraries (2009- )
Access to all Survey Data, Comp & Benefits
Online comp market analysis
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How to enroll? Build your Library by uploading your data:
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(a) Match jobs to EG (b) EG will do match for you
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Quarterly Updates based on market movement
System Enhancements
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Allow users to enter non-EG market data – Q2, 2014
Benefit Cost Assessment Analysis – Q3, 2014
Job Evaluation System of all EG Jobs – Q4, 2014
Consulting Program: Comp Administrative Modules
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Thank you!!!
Juan P. Garcia
213.765.3969
jgarcia@employersgroup.com
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