In ASE’s HR Trends & Priorities Survey 2016, compensation practices were rated 27% less effective than benefits programs by ASE members. This was the largest gap in effectiveness among all HR areas surveyed. Base pay structures fall at the core of compensation practices, so this is where meaningful change should start.  Learn how McLean's blueprint can guide you through those changes.

Traditional base pay structures are seen as bureaucratic red tape that hinders a manager’s hiring ability. On top of that, designing base pay structures can be a difficult undertaking, requiring accurate collection of data and an investment of time from HR and managers. Ultimately, this practice feels difficult because of the sensitive and highly confidential nature of pay information. Improving in the face of these challenges will help drive compensation practice effectiveness.  

A flexible, data driven base pay structure will provide HR with the foundation needed to obtain buy-in from stakeholders and achieve the desired state of pay transparency, shifting to shared ownership of the organization’s salary structure.  Designing base pay structures with built-in flexibility and planned transparency increases effectiveness, competitiveness, and employee understanding.

Using this McLean & Company blueprint and Base Pay Structure Excel tool you can:

-          Design a base pay structure that is internally and externally equitable by balancing the internal job worth hierarchy with external market competitiveness.

-          Leverage McLean & Company’s hybrid structure, which benefits form the advantages of traditional and broadband approaches while mitigating their pitfalls for today’s increasingly complicated environment.

-          Involve managers in matching benchmarked jobs with market data and educate them on salary administration guidelines to empower them to better engage their employees in pay discussions.

-          Aim to move toward greater pay transparency – at the very least, employees should be aware of the number of pay bands within the organization, and the minimum and maximum pay ranges for each pay band.

Members can access these tools by visiting: www.aseonline.org Click Dashboard > My Resources > McLean & Company > Research > Total Compensation > Compensation > Design a Base Pay Structure