This is a practical workshop covering the essential skills required to draw up pay structures for the organisation, balancing out the myriad of conflicting issues such as internal equity, external equity, organisation culture, cost of implementation and economic influences.

Aspects covered in detail during the course of the workshop are the following:

• Terminology, concepts and purpose of pay structuring (Overview of Pay Structuring)
• Grade Basis for Pay Structure
• Pay Base for Pay Structure
• Market Positioning for Pay Structure
• Pay Structure Mechanics; Pay Slope, Pay Ranges, Pay Overlap, Smoothing the Pay Curve
• Drawing up a Pay Scale
• Costing Anomalies
• Reviewing Pay Structures

Target Audience: Newer practitioners in the remuneration field and Seasoned remuneration and reward practitioners requiring skills update or “refresher” training on the underlying concepts and theory of pay structuring.