A Practical Approach to Pay Setting for HR and Managers

Pay is one of the most critical – and sensitive – areas in any organisation. It directly impacts motivation, trust, and retention – and is now increasingly affected by growing transparency and regulatory requirements across Europe.

This course gives you the tools, structure, and confidence to make clear, well-founded pay decisions. You learn how pay is structured, how decisions are made, and how to communicate them effectively across the entire employee lifecycle. 

A Practical Approach to Pay Setting for HR and Managers

Pay is one of the most critical – and sensitive – areas in any organisation. It directly impacts motivation, trust, and retention – and is now increasingly affected by growing transparency and regulatory requirements across Europe.

This course gives you the tools, structure, and confidence to make clear, well-founded pay decisions. You learn how pay is structured, how decisions are made, and how to communicate them effectively across the entire employee lifecycle. 

What you’ll cover

Across four modules, you will learn:
• The roles and responsibilities of HR and managers in pay setting  
• How pay ranges support consistency, fairness, and transparency  
• How to set pay in recruitment, salary reviews, and promotions  
• How to use market data to make sound, well-justified pay decisions
• How the EU Pay Transparency Directive impacts pay setting in practice

The course combines clear principles with useful tools, shared language, and practical application – so you can make confident decisions and communicate them in a way employees understand and trust. 

The result

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

The result

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

Make consistent, well-founded pay decisions.  

Reduce uncertainty and bias in pay decisions.

Communicate pay decisions clearly and with confidence.

Navigate increasing transparency and regulatory requirements.