DAY 1

Introduction 

• different job evaluation methodologies
• pay-setting context, structures and progression

Job evaluation and grading 

• making sense of the relative worth of jobs
• formal versus informal schemes
• external factors

Pay-setting 

• trends in performance evaluation
• the interaction between internal and external worth

Pay surveys

• external market rate and internal equity
• survey benchmarking and data presentation
• the regulatory environment

Pay structures and progression

• different structures and how to select the most appropriate for different types of organisation
• ensuring transparency, consistency, alignment and equal pay
• designing and implementing a new pay structure
• managing pay progression in unionised and nonunionised environments
  

Equal pay audits

• equal pay action plans
  

DAY 2

Pay for performance

• individual performance-related pay and the link to performance management
• latest trends and different approaches
• case studies

Incentive pay

• incentive scheme design, bonus scheme features
• balance between fixed and variable pay elements
• sales incentives and commission schemes
  

Action planning