Pay someone below market rate and they leave; pay them without a system behind it and resentment builds even when the number is fair. This Training Course by the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy gives HR professionals and compensation specialists the practical grounding to design pay and benefits systems that are internally fair, externally competitive, and compliant with the law — not just generous.

Participants work through job evaluation, salary structure design, incentive and benefits planning, market benchmarking, and the legal guardrails around compensation, finishing with the digital tools now used to manage pay and rewards at scale.

Who Should Attend?

• Human resources specialists.
• Managers and supervisors in compensation and benefits.
• HR financial analysts.
• Compliance and governance officers.
• Professionals designing wage and incentive systems within organisations.

Programme Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Explain how compensation and benefits systems affect organisational performance.
• Analyse and evaluate jobs to determine market value and design equitable salary structures.
• Design variable rewards and short- and long-term incentive strategies.
• Manage employee benefits in line with global best practice and legal requirements.
• Benchmark wages and benefits against the market using reliable comparison tools.
• Apply digital systems to modernise payroll, rewards, and performance-linked pay.

• Module 1: Compensation as a Strategic Lever
  • The concept and strategic objectives of compensation and benefits.
  • Components of direct and indirect compensation.
  • The relationship between payroll management and employee satisfaction.
• Module 2: From Job Analysis to Salary Structure
  • Methods for job analysis: data collection and responsibilities.
  • Tools for job evaluation and classification, and linking jobs to salary levels.
  • Steps for building a salary structure: bands, grades, minimums, and maximums.
  • Aligning the structure with organisational objectives and internal equity.
• Module 3: Staying Legally and Ethically Compliant
  • Local laws regulating wages and benefits.
  • Compliance with labour law and social security regulations.
  • Managing the legal costs of benefits and navigating ethical challenges in compensation design.
• Module 4: Incentives and Benefits That Actually Motivate
  • Short-term incentives (commissions, bonuses) and long-term incentives (stocks, savings plans).
  • Linking rewards to performance indicators and designing fair, motivating programmes.
  • Types of benefits — health, insurance, social — and balancing mandatory with optional offerings.
  • Measuring the effectiveness and return on investment of benefits programmes.
• Module 5: Reading the Market and Staying Competitive
  • Why market analysis matters in setting salaries.
  • Tools for salary and benefits benchmarking.
  • Negotiating pay based on market data while maintaining compliance.
• Module 6: Digitising Compensation Management
  • Digital systems for payroll management and reward platforms.
  • Process automation and data analytics in compensation.
  • Future trends in the compensation and benefits field.