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University of Minnesota

Managing Employee Compensation

Alan Benson
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Instructors: Alan Benson

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
4.7

(1,847 reviews)

15 hours to complete
3 weeks at 5 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
95%
Most learners liked this course

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There are 4 modules in this course

This module covers designing a compensation strategy and translating that into a pay structure.

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12 videos3 assignments4 discussion prompts

This module covers employee performance evaluations, raises and promotions, short-term incentives (like commissions), and long-term incentives (like stock options).

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9 videos4 assignments3 discussion prompts

This module covers pay compliance, the Fair Labor Standards Act, statutory benefits (like OASDI), and non-statutory benefits (like 401ks).

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12 videos4 assignments1 peer review2 discussion prompts

In this module you will learn about Non-Monetary Rewards. These are very important rewards and are different from monetary rewards. At the end of this lesson you should be able to explain what a non-monetary reward is, describe different kinds of non-monetary rewards, and some ways to implement non-monetary rewards at your own company. So get ready, get started, and go for it!

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10 videos4 assignments

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Alan Benson
University of Minnesota
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