Global rewards strategies have become vital in attracting, motivating and retaining a multinational workforce. At the same time, managing multiple compensation practices is increasing complications. As governments increase regulatory oversight, multinational companies need comprehensive compensation tools to manage the risks while remaining competitive in global labor markets.
Companies that grow internationally, especially those that go global by acquisition, often find themselves with a hodgepodge of compensation practices and methods.
The impact of regulation and taxation for expatriates poses additional risks, while the need for global leadership development adds extra pressure to make the workforce more mobile.
All this adds up to the need to manage the complexity of global compensation while making it simple to operate and easy to understand for managers, employees, and strategic leaders. If you are spending months pulling together compensation reviews, it may be time for a change.
We recommend Workday® Compensation for our clients who manage multinational workforces or who are considering international expansion. Workday® provides the optimum balance of under-the-hood and ease of use so your managers can focus on people, not calculations.
Reward components in one jurisdiction may not be permitted in another. Compensation Basis is an added feature of Workday® compensation that enables administrators to create rules for different employee groups to handle various pay allocations. It allows end users to manage target compensation across borders without calculated fields or manual manipulation. The rules eliminate errors and allow easy adjustments for regulatory changes.Compensation Basis information flows into dashboards and reports so managers can view total compensation and details across boundaries.
Employees who understand the rationale behind compensation decisions are more engaged and productive than those who don’t. Almost all organizations worldwide have a compensation philosophy, but few communicate it well.
In 2016 World at Work study, 53% of respondents said their employees do not understand their organization’s
Annual total rewards statements with a well-designed philosophy embedded in them are a powerful tool for communicating pay. Many organizations struggle with rigid pay statement formats that are not adapted to differences in pay allocations.
This is where Compensation Basis shines. The right information flows seamlessly into pay statements so each employee has an accurate accounting of all compensation elements in a format they can understand.
If you are ready to ease the pain of outdated compensation tools, you may want to give Workday® Compensation a look. Your people are your biggest expense and most important creators of value. Make their rewards matter.
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