Performance based pay is a hot topic in many workplaces today. Some believe it boosts motivation, while others argue it can lead to manipulation. This article explores the ins and outs of performance ...

When performance and pay happen in separate processes, something important gets lost. Employees miss the link between effort and reward, while managers face pressure to make consistent, fair choices ...

Pay-for-performance programs can be an effective tool to motivate employees. Though compensation for most jobs is loosely based on performance, actual pay-for-performance programs provide a clear link ...

Last week, a group of over 150 House Republicans proposed, in outline form, restructuring federal employee pay and benefits. Among their plan’s elements are echoes of failed and abandoned incentive ...

Hayley Bakker is the Head of Customer Journey & Digital Enablement at beqom, which supports pay equity with data-driven software. The idea of paying for performance is a reassuring narrative.

Percentages of profit or revenue allocated for pay for performance programs differ from industry to industry and company to company. Often, company profit margins, along with types of products and ...

Florida lawmakers passed a pay-for-performance policy in 2011 requiring that the most effective teachers earn the biggest salary awards each year. But a recent report has found that many districts pay ...

Pay for performance, the catchall term for policies that purport to pay doctors and hospitals based on quality and cost measures, has been taking a bashing. And just three weeks ago, the Medicare ...

Many commentators believe that the increase in income inequality over the last 30 years is a serious problem. They argue that America has become an increasingly class-based society where a rich ...

Performance pay initiatives have been experimented with around the world, with little success. from shutterstock.com The federal government announced a series of education reforms in the recent budget ...

Good afternoon, and welcome to Education Week’s live chat on performance pay. Joining us today are Matthew Springer, director of the National Center on Performance Incentives at Vanderbilt University, ...