HR training course
Total Rewards on a Budget
Stretch a limited compensation and benefits budget, and make its full value visible to employees.
One of 5 required courses in the HR Core Certificate. Buy it on its own, or register for the full certificate series to take all 5 together at a lower price.
Upcoming sessions
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What you’ll learn
Participants leave ready to
- Analyze what their organization offers beyond the paycheck, including rewards most employees never notice
- Apply a structured five-step benchmarking process to anchor pay conversations in data
- Draft a total rewards statement narrative that makes non-monetary value visible to employees
- Formulate a response to a pay question from an employee or manager using a five-step structure
- Evaluate low-cost rewards strategies for fit and impact within their workforce and budget
- Assess when a pay concern requires escalation to a Catapult HR Advisor
About this course
What this course covers
How to stretch a limited compensation and benefits budget and make its full value visible to employees. The course covers benchmarking pay against real market data, building a total rewards statement that surfaces the value employees never notice, and handling pay questions with a clear framework.
Required prework. Total Rewards Prework is a one-hour online primer sent one week before the session. It brings every participant to the same baseline on what total rewards includes, why non-cash rewards matter to employees, and the basics of pay benchmarking. Completing it is required before attending.
Who should attend. HR generalists and small business owners who own compensation and benefits decisions with limited dollars to work with.
Your facilitator
Who teaches this course
Cindy Satter
Senior HR Advisor
Cindy is a Senior HR Advisor at Catapult, advising member employers on workplace law, wage and hour, FMLA and ADA, performance management, total rewards, employee relations, and the employee life cycle. Her industry experience spans professional services, commercial real estate, finance, healthcare, hospitality, and consulting.
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Good to know
Course questions
It is delivered live online. The session runs 3 hours.
A single seat is $309 for members and $390 for non-members. It is also included with a Class Pass.
Yes. Total Rewards Prework is a required one-hour online primer, sent one week before the session.
Next: Nov 17 · 1 upcoming date. Pick a date from the list above to register.
Yes. Private delivery is available for your organization, scheduled around your calendar, live online or on site.
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