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Home › Guide to Managing Human Resources › Section 1: Recruiting Staff › Chapter 4: Compensation › Guiding Principles

Guiding Principles

Your goals in the compensation program are to:

  • Make salary decisions based upon appropriate qualifications, contributions, performance, and equity and budget considerations
  • Encourage and reward excellent performance with merit increases whenever possible
  • Provide salary increases, when appropriate, within available funding
  • Motivate employees by demonstrating the link between performance and pay
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Guide to Managing Human Resources

  • Preface
  • Section 1: Recruiting Staff
    • Hiring Process Checklist
    • Chapter 1: Employment
    • Chapter 2: Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action
    • Chapter 3: Classification
    • Chapter 4: Compensation
      • Introduction
      • Guiding Principles
      • Salary Ranges
      • Positions with Steps
      • Positions Without Steps (Graded, Merit-Based)
      • Range Adjustments and Structure Adjustments
      • Graded, Merit-Based Pay
      • Salary Placement Guidelines
      • Starting Salaries / New Hire Salaries
      • Promotional and Reclassification Increases
      • Merit Increases
      • Administrative Stipends / Temporary Reclassifications
      • Equity Increases
      • Resources
    • Chapter 5: New Employee Orientation
    • Chapter 6: Probationary Period
  • Section 2: Managing Successfully
  • Section 3: Interaction in the Workplace
  • Section 4: Wellness in the Workplace
  • Section 5: Employee Relations and Labor Relations
  • Appendix
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