Human Resource Issues: Broadbanding Benefits

BROADBANDING Main Objectives q Simplify the classification system q Provide agencies with greater flexibility to meet changing workforce needs q Reduce the number of job classes, grade levels, & titles q Allow for position specific recruitment Definition of Broad Banding q Broad banding is an attractive alternative to rigid structured, specialized and hierarchical organizations. q A strategy for salary structures that consolidate a large number of pay grades. q An approach to compensation that focuses …

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