Compensation and Benefit Management Seminars
PS201: New Strategies and Applications for Public Sector Compensation
Seminar Overview
This seminar provides a detailed understanding and application of new or emerging classification/compensation concepts in the public sector. This is an intermediate-level seminar designed to familiarize personnel and compensation practitioners, or anyone with the responsibility of implementing or supporting new compensation programs within their organization, with the "whats" and "whys" of the new strategies and decision-making considerations. PS201 provides an overview of the topics discussed in the IPMA-HR 300 level series of seminars.
Who Should Attend
This intermediate-level seminar is intended for experienced compensation specialists and personnel professionals in the public sector, as well as anyone responsible for developing, implementing and supporting new compensation programs.
What You Will Learn
- Key factors driving personnel system change and evaluation criteria for measuring change
- New and emerging compensation practices and approaches and applications to current methods
- The "whats" and "whys" of broadbanding and managing classification/compensation in a broadbanding environment
- The "whats" and "whys" of new base-pay approaches and applications such as merit and skill-based pay
- The "whats" and "whys" of variable pay and general recognition programs
- Communicating change effectively and tips for influencing decision-makers
PS202: Public Sector Benefits: Understanding How Benefits are Designed and Function
Seminar Overview
This seminar provides a detailed understanding and application of employee benefits in the public sector. Participants learn the fundamentals of public sector benefit planning, design, communication and implementation.
Who Should Attend
This seminar is intended for the generalist or specialist at the entry or intermediate level in the public sector who is looking for an overview of benefits basic design and financing options as well as anyone responsible for developing, implementing or supporting new benefits programs. Agencies with new HR professionals or with non-HR practitioners responsible for benefits might be interested in bringing this training class in-house.
What You Will Learn
- Features and options of various employee benefit programs such as medical, dental, vision, life, disability, PTO and retirement
- How these programs are designed and implemented in the public sector
- Federal laws and requirements governing benefits plans
- Benefit plan design and cost containment strategies
- Key terms necessary to communicate with benefit providers
- How to communicate with employees about their benefits
PS301: Performance-Based Pay and Performance Management
Seminar Overview
This one-day applied knowledge seminar is designed to present approaches to the design and implementation of performance-based pay systems and performance management. It is intended for senior practitioners responsible for public sector classification and compensation program redesign and/or public sector human resource managers and decision-makers. The seminar takes a comprehensive look at design and application issues and considerations.
Who Should Attend
Designed as "applied knowledge" seminars and are intended for senior-level practitioners responsible for classification/compensation program redesign and/or program policy decision-makers.
What You Will Learn
- The "whats" and "whys" of performance-based pay
- Designing an effective performance-based pay plan
- Assessing readiness for effective implementation and success
- Costing and funding programs
- Developing communication and training plans
- Testing, implementing and evaluating performance-based pay plans
PS302: Variable Pay Plans and Team-Based Pay Strategies
Seminar Overview
This seminar offers an applications-oriented approach to designing and implementing variable pay programs in the public sector. By attending this seminar, participants will learn how to develop and implement gainsharing and goalsharing variable pay plans. This seminar discusses the issues involved in initially deciding to have a variable pay plan, as well as issues to consider as you design and implement.
Who Should Attend
This is an applied-knowledge seminar, intended for those responsible for developing variable pay plans, as well as senior compensation/HR practitioners who need to know how to develop variable pay plans and program policy decision-makers.
What You Will Learn
- The definition of variable pay plans
- Reasons to implement variable pay plans
- How to assess organizational readiness for variable pay
- Critical success factors
- Identifying the purpose of the plan
- Selecting the plan type
- Funding the plan
- The process for establishing a design team
- Steps required in designing a variable pay plan
- Steps required in implementing the plan
- Evaluating the success of the plan
PS303: Managing Classification/Compensation in a Broadbanding Environment
Seminar Overview
This applications-oriented seminar on designing and implementing broadbanding programs is intended for senior practitioners who design and/or redesign public sector classification and compensation programs, as well as personnel executive decision-makers.
What You Will Learn
- What "broadbanding" means
- Reasons for moving to a broadbanding environment
- Organizational readiness for broadbanding
- Steps required in designing a broadbanding structure
- Managing pay in a broadbanding environment
- Managing and controlling salary costs
- Process for establishing a design team
- Communicating the new program
- New role of managers and HR/personnel
- Future of salary management
PS305: Skill and Competency-Based Pay Delivery Systems
Seminar Overview
This seminar demonstrates how to design and implement skill- and competency-based pay programs in a public sector environment. Topics include program design considerations, assessing the readiness for successful implementation, linking plans to organizational objectives, pricing, implementation planning and evaluation of plan effectiveness.
Who Should Attend
This applied-knowledge seminar is intended for experienced compensation specialists, human resource managers and line managers responsible for developing, implementing and supporting a skill- or competency-based pay delivery system.
What You Will Learn
- Background and definition of skill- and competency-based pay delivery plans
- Reasons to implement skill- and competency-based pay approaches
- Assessing organizational readiness for these pay approaches
- Developing skill-based pay structures
- Pricing skill-based pay plans
- The process for employee certification and training
- Steps required in implementing a skill-based pay plan
- Evaluating the plan
- Aligning business and reward strategy for competency development