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Blogs
- $35,568
- 2016 Salary Increase Projections
- 2019: Pay Me (Too) Now!
- 2020 “Living Wage” and “Minimum Wage” Intersection or Roundabout?
- 2021 Projected Health Plan Costs
- 5 Years Later: Staying Competitive With Salaries Post Recession
- A $2+ Million Price Tag Times Two
- A Defensible Job Evaluation and Salary Administration Program
- A Little Respect
- A Tale of Two Surprises for a Banking CEO
- Addressing Employee Pay Compression Issues
- All Time High For Job Openings and Number of New Hires
- An Internal Rating System for Base Pay: Is it Necessary?
- Announcing the release of DBCompensation 8.0
- Are Market Pay Aggregators Keeping Up With Job Hybrids?
- Are You Ready?
- Arkansas Municipal League Endorsed HR Software Now Available!
- Attracting and retaining the best talent is a critical objective for companies emerging from the recession.
- Backing Up Before Going Forward
- Balancing Compliance Cost and Value
- Bank Regulations and Compensation
- Being Proactive Can Save Cash
- Benefits of a Current Classification and Compensation Plan
- Best Practices Begin with Strategic Orientation
- Best Practices in Compensation Management
- Best Practices in Compensation Management - Part 1
- CDLs ARE HOT
- Chicago Rock Band and DBCompensation
- Closing Out 2020 and On To 2021
- Communication and Compensation
- Comparable Worth: Externally or Internally Decided or Both
- Compensation & Classification: The Shift towards Automation
- Compensation and Benefits Highlights from the 2017 Annual Surveys
- Compensation and Performance Management Processes are Shifting
- Compensation Management - Balancing Science and Art
- COMPENSATION MANAGEMENT - Internal Job Valuing and External Market Salary Comparisons
- Compensation Management Total Solutions
- Compensation Planning
- COMPENSATION PROGRAM COMPLIANCE REACHING DOWN TO MID-SIZE EMPLOYERS
- Compensation Regression Line Reality
- Compensation Strategies for Millennials
- Compensation Trends Today
- Confusion Between Pay Structures and Employee Pay Adjustments
- Count Your (Job Description and Compensation) Blessings!
- COVID-19 Virus Pandemic Message
- Create Job Descriptions In Minutes!
- Create unlimited ADA-compliant job descriptions for less
- Creating a Competitive Advantage through Pay Equity
- Creating ADA Compliant Job Descriptions
- Customer Case Study - First Federal Bank of Harrison
- Customer Case Study - J.B. Hunt
- Customer Case Study - The City of Springdale
- DBC 7.0 Compensation Management Software - Final Testing
- DBCompensation 7.0 New Features and Major Enhancements
- DBCompensation New Release Functionality - Salary Grade Structure
- DBCompensation Software Updates Coming Soon!
- DBDescriptions was well received at the WorldAtWork Conference in Philadelphia
- DBSquared & HRsoft Form a New Strategic Partnership
- DBSquared Launches Internet-Based Version of Compensation Management System in Response to Client Demand
- DBSquared Periodically Presents Webinars about Compenation Matters on HR.com
- DBSquared Releases White Paper to Direct Organizations Toward Reliable Pay Data
- DBSquared to Hold October Giveaway of Web-Based Job Description Software
- Defending Policy Pay Decisions
- Defining Value - Part 1
- Defining Value - Part II
- Delivering automated solutions as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model is a direction that many organizations are moving towards.
- Detailed and Accurate Job Descriptions are Imperative
- Does Structure Really Hamper Effective Pay Decisions?
- Doing the Same Job? Get the Same Pay!
- Doing the Stroll
- Don't Sell - Recommend!
- Effective Compensation Systems
- Effective Wage - Hour Compliance
- Employer Costs for Employee Compensation
- Employers to Have a Harder Time Attracting and Retaining Top Talent
- Equal Pay Day 2018
- EQUAL PAY Focus by DOL, EEOC and OFCCP
- Even 60 Minutes Is In On It
- Executive Compensation
- EXEMPT OR NON-EXEMPT? A potentially costly question under the FLSA Exempt Tests!
- Exempt or Non-Exempt? That is the Question.
- Exercising the Salary Ranges
- Exodus of Baby Boomers Helping to Fund Higher Employee Pay Adjustments
- Fair and Competitive Base Pay
- Finding Balance between Vacation, PTO and Unlimited Time off Policies
- Finishing Strong!
- FLSA Overtime Rules Out Soon: Be Proactive and Ahead of the Curve!
- FLSA Proposed Overtime Rules Are Out: Be Ahead of the Curve
- For Consultants Only?
- From Our Organizations to Your Organization
- Gaining the Engineer’s Approval: Job Classification and Compensation
- Get me to 100% like everyone else!
- Get Your Pay Right and Use an HR Software System That Pays For Itself
- Getting Pay Right
- Good management balances insightful planning with thoughtful and measured execution.
- Happy New Year = New Jobs
- HAPPY POST 4TH of JULY
- Hiring and Pay Discrimination Settlements Increasing - Says OFCCP
- How Are Organizations Utilizing Retiring Baby Boomers’ Compensation?
- How Firm Is Your Base?
- How Important is Being Equitable?
- How Important Is Total Rewards Philosophy?
- HR Best Practices - Position Analysis
- HR Conference Schedule for 2012
- HR Software and its Value
- HR Technology 2011 Conference - Las Vegas from Oct 3-5th.
- Human Resources Focus for 2019 and Beyond
- Human Resources Technology - Coming of Age
- I Guess If It Was Easy, Management Could Do It
- I Like “AND” better than “OR” for Compensation Planning
- Important Compensation Items
- Institute for Human Resources' virtual event
- Internal Rating System and External Market Pay Comparisons for Compensation Management Program
- Invest in Compliance
- Is Comparable Worth/Pay Equity Gaining in Momentum?
- Is Your Compensation Program Complicated and Time-Consuming?
- Is Your HR Compensation Software Unaffordable?
- Is Your Job Description Software Unaffordable?
- Is Your Organization Struggling With Job Valuing?
- It is not a matter of “IF ” but “WHEN”
- It’s Time for Overtime
- It's Time To Prioritize Compensation
- Job Descriptions, Beginning or End of Business Value Discussion?
- Job Valuing is Regaining Velocity
- Job Worth: Who, What, When, Where and How?
- Major enhancements and new functionality for DBCompensation software
- Managing Compensation: Now Is The Time
- Mapping your Latitude and Longitude Coordinates with Compensation
- Market Data Only - Really? Utilize Job Valuing.
- Market Pricing vs. Job Evaluations
- Merry Christmas from DB Squared!
- Mind The Gap: A Guide To Talent Retention
- Missouri SHRM conference at Osage Beach.
- More Surveys Needed Please
- More Time for Internal Job Valuing and Exempt and Non-Exempt Status Reviews - FLSA Overtime Rule Appeal Delayed Until May 1st
- Narrowing and Validating the Grey Zone
- Navigating Compensation: Accurately Map Your Latitude and Longitude
- New Comp Planning Software Launched for Mid-Size Companies
- New software helps companies streamline job requirement developmen
- Ongoing series discussing the elements of compensation management best practices; Position Analysis.
- Overtime Rule To Be Released Soon
- Pay Decisions - Increasing Complexity
- Pay Discrimination - Pay me NOW or LATER.
- Pay Equity Position Statement Provided by WorldatWork Compensation Experts
- PAY TRANSPARENCY (Internal Job Valuing and External Market Pay Data)
- Pay Transparency, Closing the Pay Gap and Multiple Regression Analysis
- PERA Debuts
- Performance Appraisals: PAINFUL to JOYFUL
- Performance Management Appraisals “Pass or Fail”
- Performance Management- Big HR Theme for 2016
- Performance-Based Compensation is Alive and Thriving!
- Point-Factor Analysis: What Is It and Why Is It Necessary?
- Positive Pressures for Higher Entry Level Pay
- Preparing for Recovery
- Projected Employee Salary Increases for 2021
- Reliable Market Data: Does It Exist and Where?
- Removing the “I HATE” statement from Developing Job Descriptions
- Resurgence of Job Valuing with Renewed Emphasis on Pay Equity and Comparable Worth by Biden Administration
- Retaining Top Performers in the Workplace
- Salary Budget for 2020 and Other Important Compensation Facts
- Salary Planning & Budgeting vs. Compensation Management Planning
- Salary ranges are necessary to guide pay at organizations.
- Sell? Don’t Sell? How About: What to Sell?
- Should a Compensation Structure be Proactive or Reactive?
- Show Me The Money!
- So what is the big difference between salary planning and budgeting and compensation management planning?
- Staying Competitive Post Recession
- Steady As She Goes!
- Strategic Total Compensation Packages
- Take the Time to Write Job Descriptions - It's Worth the Effort
- Taking Advantage of the Reset
- Thankful!
- The Management of Comp. Management
- The Paycheck Fairness Act has already been passed through the U.S. House, now it is lingering in the Senate.
- The Real Value of 'Hybrid'
- The solution to a problem that poses many questions is critical.
- The Year of Current Job Descriptions
- This Job Evaluation Process is a Pain but I Love It!
- Tis The Season
- Tis The Season (2011)
- Total Rewards Menu is Expanding with Tangible and Intangible Offerings
- Total Rewards Philosophy Statement
- U.S. Department of Labor Recovers More Than $2.9 Million To Resolve Alleged Pay Discrimination Violations at Dell EMC
- University of Denver to Pay $2.66 Million and Increase Salaries to Settle EEOC Equal Pay Lawsuit
- Updates ease the burden of human resources by assisting with compliance
- US Labor Department Releases Updated Employment Law Guide
- Useful Job Descriptions Pay Dividends
- Welcome to our Job Description World!
- Well, PayScale and Glassdoor indicate that my annual pay should be $80,000!
- What Am I Worth?
- What Are You Worth?
- What are Your Compensation Strategies for 2018?
- What Is DBCompensation?
- What Is DBConsulting?
- What Is DBDescriptions?
- What is My Worth to the Organization?
- What is the specific job your customers are hiring you to do?
- What is your organization’s minimum wage figure?
- What Worth Really Means
- When Developing Employee Pay Plans, Read the Fine Print
- When Job Matching Becomes a Burden
- Where is HR the Gap? - Talent Retention
- Who’s your Competition? The #1 Question at WorldatWork 2014
- Why Annual Employee Pay Adjustments Aren’t Moving Up As Fast As Expected
- Why Job Descriptions are Important?
- Why The Engineer's Approval is the Most Important
- Why Use External Pay Survey Data?
- Will Pay Policy Structure Constrain Our Pay Decisions?
- Will The Trump Administration Take The Gas Off Of Equal Pay Legislation In 2017?
- Working on DBCompensation 8
- World at Work 2012 Conference - Press Release
- WorldatWork 2015 Conference Exhibit Hall Vendors Offer the Three New R’s
eNewsletters
- Employer Costs for Employee Compensation - April 2021
- What is your organization’s minimum wage figure? - March 2021
- Resurgence of Job Valuing with Renewed Emphasis on Pay Equity and Comparable Worth by Biden Administration - February 2021
- Closing Out 2020 and On To 2021 - January 2021
- Projected Employee Salary Increases for 2021 - December 2020
- Exercising the Salary Ranges - November 2020
- When Job Matching Becomes a Burden - October 2020
- 2021 Projected Health Plan Costs - September 2020
- Benefits of a Current Classification and Compensation Plan - August 2020
- Positive Pressures for Higher Entry Level Pay - July 2020
- COVID-19 Virus Pandemic Message - June 2020
- Taking Advantage of the Reset - May 2020
- 2020 “Living Wage” and “Minimum Wage” Intersection or Roundabout? - April 2020
- Why Job Descriptions are Important? - March 2020
- PAY TRANSPARENCY (Internal Job Valuing and External Market Pay Data) - February 2020
- Finishing Strong! - January 2020
- From Our Organizations to Your Organization - December 2019
- CDL’s ARE HOT - November 2019
- $35,568: That is the new annual overtime pay threshold - October 2019
- Exodus of Baby Boomers Helping to Fund Higher Employee Pay Adjustments - September 2019
- Salary Budget for 2020 and Other Important Compensation Facts - August 2019
- Total Rewards for Today’s Employees and the 2019 Workplace - July 2019
- Finding Balance between Vacation, PTO and Unlimited Time off Policies - June 2019
- It is not a matter of “IF” but “WHEN” - May 2019
- It’s Time for Overtime - April 2019
- Addressing Employee Pay Compression Issues - March 2019
- Are You Ready? - February 2019
- 4 Human Resources Focus Points for 2019 and Beyond - January 2019
- 2019: Pay Me (Too) Now! - December 2018
- All Time High For Job Openings and Number of New Hires - November 2018
- A $2+ Million Price Tag Times Two - October 2018
- How Are Organizations Utilizing Retiring Baby Boomers’ Compensation? - September 2018
- Creating a Competitive Advantage through Pay Equity - August 2018
- HAPPY POST 4TH of JULY - July 2018
- Why Annual Employee Pay Adjustments Aren’t Moving Up As Fast As Expected - June 2018
- Even 60 Minutes Is In On It - May 2018
- EQUAL PAY DAY 2018 - April 2018
- What's New In HR - April 2018
- Useful Job Description Pay Dividends - March 2018
- What are your Compensation Strategies for 2018? - March 2018
- FAIR AND COMPETITIVE BASE PAY - February 2018
- What's New In HR? - January 2018
- Strategic Total Compensation Packages - December 2017
- Thankful! - December 2017
- Compensation Strategies for Millennials - November 2017
- Strategic Total Compensation Packages - October 2017
- What’s New In HR? - October 2017
- Compensation and Benefits Highlights from the 2017 Annual Surveys Completed by Johanson Group - September 2017
- Executive Compensation - September 2017
- New Comp Planning Software Launched for Mid-Size Companies - August 2017
- Get me to 100% like everyone else! - July 2017
- DB Squared & HRsoft Form a New Strategic Partnership - June 2017
- Well, PayScale and Glassdoor indicate that my annual pay should be $80,000! - May 2017
- Compensation and Performance Management Processes are Shifting - April 2017
- Pay Equity Position Statement Provided by WorldatWork Compensation Experts - April 2017
- Employers to Have a Harder Time Attracting and Retaining Top Talent - March 2017
- More Time for Internal Job Valuing and Exempt and Non-Exempt Status Reviews - March 2017
- Doing The Same Job? Get The Same Pay! - February 2017
- Will The Trump Administration Take The Gas Off Of Equal Pay Legislation In 2017 - January 2017
- Is Comparable Worth/Pay Equity Gaining in Momentum? - December 2016
- Get Your Pay Right and Use an HR Software System That Pays For Itself - November 2016
- Will Market Based Only Salary Structures Survive Regulatory Reviews and Scrutiny? - October 2016
- Market Data Only - Really? Utilize Job Valuing - September 2016
- Proper Job Description and Classification Will Save Your Bacon Regarding the DOL’s New Overtime Exempt Rules - August 2016
- Equal Pay - Next Level of Definition and Interpretation - July 2016
- What is my worth to the organization? - June 2016
- Performance Management - Big HR Theme for 2016 - May 2016
- Overtime Rule To Be Released Soon - April 2016
- Performance Management Appraisals “Pass or Fail” - March 2016
- Getting Pay Right - February 2016
- COMPENSATION MANAGEMENT Internal Job Valuing and External Market Salary Comparisons - January 2016
- Show Me the Money! - December 2015
- Job Valuing is Regaining Velocity - November 2015
- DBCompensation Software Updates Coming Soon! - October 2015
- Will Employee Performance Appraisals Transition from PAINFUL to JOYFUL? - September 2015
- STEADY AS SHE GOES! - August 2015
- FLSA Overtime Rules Out Soon: Be Proactive and Ahead of the Curve! - July 2015
- WorldatWork 2015 Conference Exhibit Hall Vendors Offer the Three New R’s - June 2015
- Chicago Rock Band and DBCompensation - May 2015
- Gaining the Engineer’s Approval - April 2015
- PAY DECISIONS - INCREASING COMPLEXITY - March 2015
- Are you ready for the proposed new FLSA Regulations? - February 2015
- HAPPY NEW YEAR - NEW JOBS IN 2015 - January 2015
- Count Your (Job Descriptions and Compensation) Blessings! - December 2014
- Backing-up Before Going Forward - November 2014
- Important Compensation Items - October 2014
- This Job Evaluation Process is a Pain but I Love It! - September 2014
- Establishing a Compensation Structure: Proactive or Reactive - August 2014
- Comparable Worth: Externally or Internally Decided or Both - July 2014
- Who’s your Competition? The #1 Question asked at the 2014 WorldatWork Conference! - June 2014
- Welcome to our Job Description World! - May 2014
- Why Use External Pay Survey Data? - April 2014
- Effective Wage-Hour Compliance - March 2014
- Job Worth:Who, What, When, Where and How? - February 2014
- I Like "AND" better than "OR" for Compensation Planning. - January 2014
- Performance-Based Compensation is Alive and Thriving! - December 2013
- Compensation Planning for 2014 - November 2013
- EXEMPT OR NON-EXEMPT? - October 2013
- OFCCP is Poised for Aggressive Enforcement of Pay Discrimination. - September 2013
- What Is The Specific Job Your Customers Are Hiring You To Do? - August 2013
- More Surveys Needed Please - July 2013
- Compensation Regression Line Reality - June 2013
- DBDescriptions was well received at the World at Work Conference in Philadelphia, PA. - May 2013
- Will Market Based Only Salary Structures Survive Regulatory Reviews and Scrutiny? - April 2013
- DBDescriptions Close to 8,000 Jobs! - March 2013
- DBCompensation Training Session - February 2013
- Working on DBCompensation 8 - January 2013
- Merry Christmas! - December 2012
- Job Description Software - November 2012
- Are Market Pay Aggregators Keeping Up With Job Hybrids? - October 2012
- Job Descriptions in Minutes - September 2012
- New Webinars - August 2012
- PERA Debuts - July 2012
- Institute for Human Resources' virtual event - June 2012
- Our New Video - April 2012
- Conference Schedule for 2012 - February 2012
- DBCompensation 7 - January 2012
- HR Technology Winner - November 2011
- HR Technology Show - September 2011
- Blogging, Blogging, and more Blogging - August 2011
- Best Practices - Position Analysis - July 2011
- Meeting Clients - June 2011
- Online with HR.com - June 2011
- WorldatWork - Total Rewards 2011 Conference - May 2011
- Solutions or Answers? - May 2011
- The Real Value of 'Hybrid' - March 2011
- A Tale of Two Surprises for a Banking CEO - February 2011
- Does Structure Really Hamper Effective Pay Decisions? - January 2011
- Pay Structures and Employee Pay Adjustments - December 2010
- Point-Factor Analysis - November 2010
- Human Resources Technology - October 2010
- Work Life Balance and Pay - September 2010
- The Paycheck Fairness Act - August 2010
- Salary Range Boundaries - July 2010
- Unemployment Benefits: A Disaster Waiting to Happen? - June 2010
- The Paycheck Fairness Act - May 2010
- Reliable Market Data: Does it Still Exist and Where? - April 2010
- An Internal Rating System for Base Pay: Is it Necessary? - March 2010
- Salary Planning & Budgeting vs. Comp Mgmt Planning - February 2010
White Papers
- An Internal Rating System for Base Pay
- B2B Compensation Management Best Practices
- Bank CEO Receives Examiner Surprise
- Best Practices
- Best Practices in Compensation Management
- Common Misconception
- Compensation & Classification: The Shift towards Automation
- Compliance Cost and Value
- Confusion Between Pay Structures and Employee Pay Adjustments
- Creating ADA Compliant Job Descriptions
- Executive Compensation
- Human Resources Technology Coming of Age Article
- Job Descriptions Compliance Heightens with Proposed DOL FLSA Regulations
- Job Descriptions Beginning or End of Value Discussion
- Mapping your Latitude and Longitude Coordinates with Compensation
- Will Market Based Only Salary Structures Survive Regulatory Reviews and Scrutiny?
- Market Pricing versus Job Evaluation
- Narrowing and Validating the Grey Zone
- Point-factor Analysis
- Reliable Market Data - Does It Exist and Where?
- Retaining Top Performers in the Workplace
- Salary Planning & Budgeting vs. Compensation Management Planning
- Salary Range Boundaries
- The CASE for JOB EVALUATION
- The HR guide to a compliant, equitable & competitive compensation program
- Total Solution 2
Case Studies
News Articles
Press Releases
- DBSquared Offers Automated System For ADA-Compliant Job Descriptions
- Press Release - DBDescriptions Promotion
- DBSquared Continues to Cut Costs for Their Automated Human Resources Solutions
- DBSquared Responds to Fair Pay Legislation with Updates to Compensation Management Software
- Press Release - DBCompensation Hosted
- Release of DBCompensation 8.0
- Revised Press Release - Market Data
- Press Release - World at Work