Regulations and Government
Comp Structures, Pay Bands, and Other Perplexing Topics
A discussion moderated by Christopher M. Broyhill, Ph.D., CAM.
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Managers in corporate flight departments face a variety of challenges as they seek to retain personnel in the current compensation environment. As they battle to pay their employees competitively, one of the most common and frustrating constructs they encounter is the fixed compensation structure and its associated “pay bands.”

A little background is in order. Compensation professionals are trained in the practice of building pay structures in organizations. Typically, the process starts with a look at the organization’s values and total rewards philosophy for orientation; then, the nuts-and-bolts work occurs. Building a pay structure requires individual job analysis, a process that can include deep dives into job descriptions, internal and market-based comparisons, and ranking within the organization.