Conducting regular pay audits can help you pay your employees fairly. Find out why you might conduct a pay audit and how to do so.
为什么您可以进行薪酬审核
薪酬审核使您可以确定工人之间的薪水差异。
Pay audits are becoming commonplace as the gender pay gap becomes more publicized and as more states createstate equal pay laws. Employers want to ensure that women and men are paid equally.
Beyond gender, a pay audit can help you identify other types of unequal pay at your business, such as pay disparities due to race, religion, disability, etc. Your biases might sneak into your business and affect how you pay your employees.
薪酬审核还可以帮助您确保根据您的企业行业和位置公平付款。
How to conduct a pay audit
Conducting a pay audit can be a lot of work. But, you can conduct an equal pay audit at your business. Use the following steps to conduct a successful pay equity analysis.
Determine the scope
在您可以深入研究薪酬审核的数据之前，您需要做出一些决定。
确定谁将参与您的工资分析。根据您的业务规模，您可能是参与审计的唯一一个。如果您的小企业更大一些，则可能涉及人力资源和财务人员。如果您不想自己处理工资分析，您还可以雇用专门从事薪酬分析的外部公司。
You also need to determine what information you will analyze. Based on what you decide to look at, you need to gather the information. You might need to collect information about each employee’s pay, gender, race or ethnicity, job title, hours of work, length of service, education, and performance evaluation results. Gather the most up-to-date and accurate information available.
Conduct the audit
做出决定后，是时候进行审核了。
Organize your information so it’s all in one place and easy to read. It might be helpful to list all the same information about employees in a spreadsheet.
| 标题 | Sex | 年龄 | Highest Education | Performance Evaluation Score (0-5) | 服务年限(in years) | Average hours worked per week | Pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook | F | 37 | High School | 5 | 4.42 | 35 | $13.00 per/hr |
| Shift Manager | M | 31 | 大学 | 4 | 1.58 | 40 | $16.50 per/hr |
| 出纳员 | F | 17 | 一些高中 | 2 | 0.34 | 15 | 每小时$ 8.75 |
| Cook | M | 28 | High School | 3 | 1.16 | 45 | $11.0 per/hr |
| 出纳员 | M | 24 | 大学 | 4 | 0.92 | 20 | $9.50 per/hr |
在此步骤的审核,you should also review your methods for determining employee赔偿. How do you decide what to pay your employees? Document this information. Do you use a consistent job evaluation system, such assmall business performance reviews？您是否为每个职位设置薪酬等级或范围？您如何考虑教育，资历和服务时间之类的事情？
您还应该考虑业务工资的竞争力。看看您的行业以及其其他业务如何付给员工。如果可以，请获取有关特定职位的薪酬范围的信息。
Check out wages in your local area, too. Consider the cost of living and what other businesses in the area pay. For example, if your business is in a large urban area, you might need to offer higher wages than a business in a rural area.
Review your findings
After you have all the data and it is organized, it’s time to review and analyze it.
Look for differences between your employees and their pay. Document any potential differences you see.
Consider the following questions as you analyze your data:
- What pay do employees typically receive when they start at your business?
- Do different positions start at different pay levels?
- 谈判如何影响工资？
- 与从事您业务一段时间的人相比，新员工的工资如何？
- 您是否有授予加薪的一致方法？
- Do employees have an equal opportunity for commission pay and bonus pay?
- 您如何确定佣金和奖金中要奖励多少？
- Are there pay differences based on gender, race, age, etc.?
After you identify differences, investigate the causes of the pay differences. Determine why there are differences. Some causes might include:
- Gender
- 种族
- 年龄
- 服务年限
- Education
- Experience
- Performance evaluation scores
- 职务和职责
Determine if the causes are justified or whether you might need to make changes. Not all causes are bad. In fact, some differences might be justified as long as they are legal and fair. For example, let’s say you have two nearly identical employees, but one has more years of experience than the other. You could likely justify paying more to the employee with more experience.
但是，假设您有两个几乎相同的员工，但一个是高加索人，一个是西班牙裔。您意识到，尽管员工从事相同的工作，具有相似的背景和绩效，高加索员工的工资大大较高。在这种情况下，您可能需要重新评估员工的工资。
Take action
既然您已经确定了薪酬差异和原因，则需要决定要采取什么行动。您需要消除非法和不公平薪酬差异的实例。
调整需要更改的任何工资。这可能包括加薪，甚至减薪。您可能还会给予奖金以弥补薪酬差距。您可能想向员工解释为什么您要调整他们的薪水，这样就没有任何困惑。
记录您做出的新薪酬决定以及为什么做出的决定。包括您决定的日期。在您做出薪水决定时，养成这样做的习惯是一件好事。
You might also need to create a new system for evaluating employee wages. If this is the case, carefully determine how you will determine employee wages in the future. Document your policy so you can follow it in the future.
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