PAY INCREASES: How did we get it so wrong for so long?

Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Sheraton Tucson Hotel & Suites

Online registration is now closed. Please register onsite.

Presented by

Igor Shegolev, MSHRM, SPHR
HR Know LLC

“Your pay increases may be automatic — motivation is not.”
— Igor Shegolev 

Just because your pay ranges are market competitive does not mean your employees’ actual salaries are. And just because you continue administering the same across-the-board percentage increases every year does not make your pay practices effective—or motivational.
If you want to keep struggling to attract qualified talent and losing good people to competitors, keep doing what you have always done. Or, you can challenge the status quo and adopt innovative pay practices that drive retention, performance, and equity. Let us explore how to finally get it right.

SCHEDULE
11:30 Registration
11:45 Lunch
11:50 Announcements
12:00 Program
1:00 Close & Raffle

Description

In this interactive workshop, the presenter examines today’s shifting labor market dynamics and why traditional pay increase methods often fail to achieve desired outcomes. Attendees will gain a practical understanding of modern pay progression strategies, learn how to design equitable and competitive salary adjustments, and explore data-driven methods to eliminate pay compression, inequity, and market misalignment. Participants will leave with actionable tools and frameworks to strengthen their organization’s compensation philosophy and pay administration practices.

Key Learning Objectives

1. Analyze traditional and current practices for administering pay increases and determining employee placement within assigned pay ranges.
2. Explore data-driven and statistical techniques for identifying and developing equitable wage progression patterns.
3. Evaluate innovative and effective models for structuring pay increases and setting individual salaries based on objective, defensible criteria.

HRCI and SHRM recertification credits approved