Compensation Glossary
Welcome to ERI SalaryExpert's compensation glossary, your resource for commonly used terms, formulas, and phrases related to compensation.
Inside Build Up
In terms of life insurance policy, this is the amount of money, before adjustments are made for factors such as policy loans or late premiums, that the policy owner will receive if the policy owner allows the policy to lapse or cancels it and surrenders the policy to the insurance company. Cash values are a feature of most types of permanent life insurance. Compare to cash surrender value. Also known as inside build-up and policy owner's equity.
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Green Circle Rate
Mode
Works Council
Benchmark Job
Sales Compensation
Mix
Salary Range
Foreign Earned Income Exclusion
Merit Increase
Lead-Lag Pay Structure Policy
FICA
Restricted Stock
Aging Survey Data
Broadbanding
Range Penetration
Long-Term Incentive Plan
Annual Incentive
Shift Differentials
Quartile
Percentile
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Cost of Labor
Total Rewards
Pay Range Overlap
Internal Equity
Lag the Market
Mean
Midpoint Progression
Red Circle Rate
Hours of Work
Compensable Factors
Stock Option Incentive
Market Index
Lead Pay Structure Policy
Bonus
Compa-Ratio
Turnover
Defined Benefit Plans
Promotional Increase
Year of Service
Median
Benchmarking
General Salary Increase
Standard Error of Estimate
Pay Equity
Defined Contribution Plans
Pay Grade
Lump Sum Merit
Geographic Differential
Job Family
Gender Pay Gap
Step Rates
Cost of Living
Black-Scholes Model Z
Standard Deviation
Demotion
Salary Structure Change
Coefficient of Determination
Minimum Wage
Range Spread
Market Based Salary Increase Budget
Salary Grade
Range
Linear Regression
Individual Retirement Account (IRA)
Job Evaluation
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