Transparent Base Salaries

The base salaries has to be clearly set and the compensation policy has to clearly define the procedures and policies around the base salaries as the managers and employees can feel fair approach from Human Resources.

The transparent compensation policy in the area of base salaries is usually the first request from the management, when they are interviewed by Compensation and Benefits specialists.

The compensation policy has to define the strict rules for the job evaluation and the procedure for setting the optimum base salary. The compensation policy has to set the optimum and the fluctuation range around the optimum for the individual employees.

The transparency and fairness in base salaries is usually achieved by the clear methodology for the job evaluation and Human Resources is responsible for the correct evaluation of the current and new jobs in the organization. The employees feel unfair, when the differences in base salaries are too high and the differences cannot be explained by the performance of the employees in jobs.

The transparent base salaries are about the strict rules and procedures and the managers have to understand, the decision is always the same. The base salaries are not about the exceptions for a long time. The base salaries are the part of the corporate culture and they should support the general feeling of working for the same organization.