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Setting branch-office salary
structures is an analysis exercise completed annually by most
multi-location organizations. These structures set the means by which both
internal equity and external competitiveness are maintained throughout an
entire organization. Determining how much one should pay an employee in
terms of base salary is a decision with far-reaching total compensation
and benefit impact. Taken it total, these expenditures are often the
greatest single expense category for an organization.
Lawsuits based upon equal pay laws and
comparable worth necessitate the analysis of the employing organization’s
wage structure. Understanding how labor market and cost-of-living rates
impact salary decisions is integral to judging equitable pay. Also, a lack
of understanding of salary administration and the salary-level decision
can severely affect the internal management (staffing and payroll) of an
attorney's own practice, should it utilize branch offices. |
