{"slug":"make-and-communicate-compensation-decision","name":"Make and Communicate a Compensation Decision","family":"Compensation System","version":"0.1.0","status":"draft","note":"draft reference — not a fitted standard","summary":"Authorize, communicate, implement, and verify an employee compensation decision from one controlled review package.","purpose":"Turn compensation analysis into an affordable, consistent, explainable, accurately implemented decision without informal promises, retroactive rationale, or payroll drift.","steps":[{"sequence":1,"name":"Accept the decision intake","purpose":"Confirm that the analysis and authority are ready for decision."},{"sequence":2,"name":"Evaluate options and system effects","purpose":"Compare alternatives using the company’s approved compensation logic and complete consequences."},{"sequence":3,"name":"Complete required approvals","purpose":"Secure every authority required for the exact proposed decision."},{"sequence":4,"name":"Authorize and freeze the decision","purpose":"Create the single source of truth for communication and implementation."},{"sequence":5,"name":"Prepare the manager and communication","purpose":"Make the decision understandable without exposing restricted information or creating new promises."},{"sequence":6,"name":"Communicate and acknowledge the decision","purpose":"Deliver a respectful, accurate decision and controlled response path."},{"sequence":7,"name":"Implement, reconcile, and review","purpose":"Ensure the approved decision becomes the actual system state and feeds governance."}],"connections":[{"direction":"upstream","processName":"Review Employee Compensation","processSlug":"review-employee-compensation","trigger":"The compensation decision owner accepts the review package."},{"direction":"upstream","processName":"Make a Progression or Talent Decision","processSlug":"make-progression-or-talent-decision","trigger":"An implemented talent decision requires a compensation decision."},{"direction":"downstream","processName":"Operate Pay Structures and Equity Controls","processSlug":"operate-pay-structures-and-equity-controls","trigger":"The decision is implemented or a material structural signal occurs."},{"direction":"downstream","processName":"Align Role Outcomes and Expectations","processSlug":"align-role-outcomes","trigger":"A separate role or talent decision becomes effective."}],"plannedConnections":[],"measures":[{"name":"Compensation decision operating effect","definition":"Structured review of intended rationale, implemented pay, internal relationships, employee questions, retention context, budget, and structural effects; not causal attribution alone.","cadence":"At defined post-decision review"},{"name":"Decision control completeness","definition":"Communicated decisions satisfying all required control fields divided by all communicated decisions.","cadence":"Before communication"},{"name":"Decision-to-communication cycle time","definition":"Elapsed time from docket acceptance to communication, separated by evaluation, approval, preparation, and scheduling waits.","cadence":"Weekly during cycle"},{"name":"Authoritative decision use","definition":"Applicable events and system records linked and reconciled to the authoritative version divided by all applicable events and records.","cadence":"Per decision and payroll cycle"},{"name":"Compensation decision exception pattern","definition":"Exceptions by component, stage, owner, cause, severity, employee impact, and disposition.","cadence":"Per cycle and quarterly"},{"name":"Consistency, equity, privacy, dignity, and promise guardrail","definition":"Qualified review of approvals, outcomes, explanations, questions, corrections, access, and patterns; not a causal or legal conclusion.","cadence":"Per cycle and at material signal"}]}