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JOB CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION
We view pay systems as part of an employee relation strategy adding value to organizational excellence. One that links individual and team rewards to improved performance. We encourage employee involvement and collaboration in our projects to ensure smooth transitions from traditional to new pay approaches.
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FLSA DETERMINATION TOOL "eFLSA"
As a means of addressing this complexity with a low cost, high quality solution, McKnight developed an electronic FLSA audit or eFLSA Patterned directly from the U.S. Department of Labor's FLSA Exemption Standards.
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PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT APPRAISAL FORM "ePAF"
Performance Management is a cycle of events flowing from Organizational Goals and based on Communicated Competences and Behaviors. Our Performance Management Program links pay for performance for faculty and non-faculty employees.
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FACULTY & STAFF BENEFITS SURVEY "eBenefits"
The eBenefits Survey further allows institutional decision makers to shape or tailor benefits for different groups, and to make policy decisions and budgetary decisions that are backed by hard data.
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CAMPUS CLIMATE SURVEY
McKnight Associates, Inc. and Baird Consulting provide a survey measurement services offered to colleges, universities, and academic medical centers.
HR ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN
McKnight offers services that include exploration of the human resources goals of an institution and the development of new strategies with campus leadership.
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International Clients
United Arab Emirates University
Dubai School of Government
King Abdullah University of Science & Technology
Lebanese American University
Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar
Recent News
New research suggests that while salary transparency helps to close the wage gap, it has some negative side effects. Recently, economists from the University of Toronto, Princeton University, and the Social Analysis and Modelling Division from Statistic Canada examined the impact of salary disclosure on higher education faculty salaries. Interestingly, while the research shows that […]
Aug 22, 2019
Findings from the ACE’s report on diversity in higher education. Referencing data from CUPA-HR and other sources, the ACE (American Council on Education) recently did a thorough analysis of the diversifying student body and the faculty of higher education institutions. Here’s what the ACE’s report on diversity in higher education revealed. First, the report notes […]
Aug 15, 2019
Learn how higher education can retain IT staff by offering avenues to attain new skills and advance. In the world of higher education, recruiting IT staff can be very difficult. Naturally, this means that keeping staff happy in the workplace is a matter of serious importance. But what can higher education institutions do to increase […]
Aug 08, 2019