Communication around pay is lagging, Salary.com’s VP of compensation, Chris Fusco, concluded in a statement on the survey’s findings, “and employee engagement may be suffering because of it,” he said.
Total compensation statements are one way to do that, experts previously told HR Dive. Among other information, employers can include insight on how pay is set, pointing to factors such as performance or education. But managers also must be trained to deliver that information and answer questions, they said; supervisors should be able to communicate the value of items included, and know when to elevate questions to someone else.
