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Keeping Salary Administration Programs Current
Having periodic benchmarking and salary structure adjustments can ensure internal parity while maintaining external competitiveness.

Women's Pay Still Lags Behind Men's
When the Equal Pay Act was signed into law 50 years ago, women in the U.S. earned on average 59 cents for every dollar a man earned. Today it’s about 77 cents, advocates say.
 

Interns' Scut Work Should Have Been Paid
Unpaid interns performing menial tasks for a Fox Searchlight Pictures film should have been treated like employees and been paid, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled.

Intern Salaries Hold Steady for 2013
Interns majoring in engineering, computer science and mathematics are earning the most per hour, according to a new survey. Paid interns outpace their unpaid peers in receiving pre-graduation job offers.

Reviewing Executive Pay at Not-for-Profits
Not-for-profit boards have taken steps to ensure that they can respond appropriately to both the IRS and outside scrutiny concerning how they pay their top people.

Updating Salary Structure: When, Why and How?
Most organizations try to be good about keeping their salary structure up to date but they tend not to do it as often as they should and, when they do, encounter common hurdles. These pointers can help. 

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Read an overview of terminology and issues associated with compensation.

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Benefits
Visit SHRM's Oline's Benefits Topics for the latest articles and updates on employee benefits.

Compliance
Visit SHRM Online's Compensation—Legal & Regulatory Issues for additional articles on compliance.

Retirement Plans
Visit SHRM's Retirement Plans Resource Page for the latest news and information on helping employees prepare for a secure retirement.

Salary Survey Resources
SHRM members may request links to salary survey resources for a wide variety of industries and professions, as well as severance pay practices and salary increase projections, via the Salary Survey Directory.

In addition, SHRM members can receive links to online articles about 2012 surveys as well as information on survey participation opportunities by visiting SHRM's Hot Topics Express Request web page and selecting the key term Salary Increase Projections under "Compensation."

In collaboration with Towers Watson Data Services, SHRM's Compensation Data Center allows SHRM members to create customized reports based on positions, geographic area, industry, organization and revenue size, profit, and other variables.

Compensation Discussion
Pose your questions and discuss compensation issues with your HR peers on SHRM's HR Talk Bulletin Board: Compensation & Benefits. Also, join the SHRM Connect Compensation Group.

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Compensation Strategy
Focus on HR's host Kathleen Koch speaks to Jim Kochanski and John Rubino about some of the issues today's compensation systems have and advice on how to address them.

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Rewarding Employees in Turbulent Times
Presenter: Robert Greene, Ph.D., SPHR, GPHR, Reward $ystems, Inc.
Sponsored by Kenexa
Design reward strategies that will fit your organization and contribute to short- and long-term success.

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Solving the Compensation Puzzle




For every HR generalist who needs to understand the nuts-and-bolts of compensation plan design and implementation, this book is a must-read.

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