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What’s New in Incentive Compensation? Let’s Find Out

By BLR Founder and CEO Bob Brady

For years, BLR has surveyed HR and benefits professionals to find trends in benefits. We appreciate your participation in our monthly series of brief, targeted benefits surveys. Today’s survey topic: Incentive Compensation. (We’ll publish the results in a future issue.)

Incentive comp is certainly on the front burner these days as companies struggle with strapped budgets and weary employees. It’s not getting easier for comp professionals. But what’s happening in the real world? Who’s paying what to whom?

Let’s find out. Please participate in this brief survey and we’ll determine just what employers are offering in the way of incentive compensation:

  • What types of incentive comp are companies using?
    • Profit sharing?
    • Equity-based?
    • Retention bonuses?
    • Performance bonuses?
    • Referral compensation?
  • Who’s eligible for incentive compensation?
  • Which type of incentive comp is most successful?
  • What challenges have you faced that evolve from incentive compensation practices?

Please take this brief survey and see how your existing practices and future plans stack up against those of the country’s most successful companies. The survey takes only a few minutes to complete, and it will help you stay on top of your industry and keep your organization competitive.

Complete the Incentive Compensation Survey now


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By sharing your insight, opinions, and experience, you’ll help us highlight trends and define benchmarks—by industry, geographic location, and size of employer—that will inform your decision-making for the coming year. At the same time, you’ll find out how your fellow HR professionals are handling tricky benefits challenges, and you’ll be able to compare your practices with those of your competitors.

Complete the Incentive Compensation Survey now

Rest assured that all responses are confidential, and only aggregate findings will be published. All respondents will receive a report of the results.


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Thank you for your valued input. We’ll report on the results in a future issue.

Robert Brady,
CEO, Business and Legal Resources

P.S. Here are some upcoming employee benefits surveys:

  • Benefits for Part-Time Employees
  • Profit-Sharing and Bonuses
  • Voluntary Benefits
  • Nontraditional Benefits
  • Relocation and Business Travel

Complete the Incentive Compensation Survey now

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