Course Program: Rewards & Benefits Strategy
Target Audience: Compensation and Benefits analysts, HR Generalists/ Human Resources Business Partners (HRBPs) moving into rewards, payroll/HRIS staff expanding scope, and line managers approving pay.

This course builds foundational capability to design and govern total rewards that attract, retain, and motivate employees while balancing cost, equity, and competitiveness. Topics include pay architecture design; qualitative and quantitative job evaluation methods (ranking, classification, and point-factor); market pricing; and benefits design (health, retirement, leave, wellness) with governance, compliance, and transparency. Contemporary topics include skills-based pay, geographic differentials, pay-equity analytics with transparent communication, and reward analytics that inform decisions and employee messaging. Learning occurs through pricing and grading exercises, point-factor labs, case comparisons, reward-communication drafting, and a mini-dashboard project.PREREQUISITES: HR Foundations and Operations Course