Top-100 Electrical Distributor Uses UltiPro Compensation Management to Address Gaps in Gender Pay During Annual Salary Planning
March 14 2019 - 2:00PM
Business Wire
Ultimate Software (Nasdaq: ULTI), a leading provider of human
capital management (HCM) solutions in the cloud, announced today
that ALCAL Industries, Central and Northern California’s largest
independent electrical distributor, is using UltiPro to drive an
equitable salary-planning process.
ALCAL Industries is the parent company of Alameda Electrical
Distributors and California Service Tool. The two subsidiaries have
a combined 23 locations, and provide one of California’s most
respected offerings of electrical products, tools, tool rental and
repair services, safety equipment, and project management. Prior to
UltiPro, the company developed a compensation plan with bands and
ranges for managers to apply to their employees, tied to specific
employee ratings. However, because managers completed this
salary-planning process manually on spreadsheets, they had
difficulty comparing how their employees were ranked within the
company’s compensation system. In addition, HR was required to
invest a substantial amount of time reviewing the data manually
once it received the spreadsheets back from managers. ALCAL sought
to provide managers with the necessary visibility and insight to
make the best pay decisions, and selected UltiPro, going live in
April 2018.
“UltiPro Compensation Management ensures that our managers
understand our compensation plan and have clarity around the
factors that drive it,” said Courtney Paulsen, HR analyst at ALCAL.
“As managers input their changes into UltiPro, they can see
compa-ratios in real time and have instant visibility into all
their employees. UltiPro’s flexibility and analysis tools enable
managers to identify pay disparities, even when men and women are
in different roles with different pay ranges. Managers are able to
make corrections when women’s compa-ratios are falling at the low
end, with recognition made easier because the performance ratings
are also visible. As a result, managers can make better decisions,
without relying on HR, and before HR runs its official
analysis.”
Paulsen notes that UltiPro makes the review and approval paths
simple to set up, and the next level of management is also able to
gain broad insights and easily compare manager worksheets.
“UltiPro Compensation Management expedited our compensation
management process, while at the same time elevating our
conversation with managers about making decisions that are fair and
consistent,” said Paulsen. “HR is no longer viewed as an enforcer
of compliance and laws, but rather as a trusted advisor regarding
meaningful compensation decisions. UltiPro has made managers more
sensitive to, and responsible for, a fair and equitable
culture.”
According to Paulsen, UltiPro’s Pay Equity report provides HR
with the transparency to be more proactive with its annual
compensation process, and to ensure that any disparities that exist
after the process are non-discriminatory.
“The Pay Equity report is highly visual, easy to use, and simple
to run because it is integrated into UltiPro Compensation
Management,” said Paulsen. “We can see easily if employees are
falling outside of recommended ranges without having to move over
to UltiPro Business Intelligence. Thanks to the ease of exporting
data out of UltiPro, I am also able to run my own manual
descriptive analysis, linear-trend analysis, forecast analysis, and
correlation matrix. Although I ran my own review outside of
UltiPro, it returned the exact same results as Pay Equity.”
“Compensation decisions sit at the heart of a business’ overall
objectives, and fairness is vital for culture-conscious
organizations,” said Chris Phenicie, chief sales officer,
mid-market and strategic, at Ultimate. “We are pleased that ALCAL
is taking advantage of a broad range of UltiPro functionality to
keep its focus on its people, and leverage business and talent data
to deliver the most equitable results.”
About Ultimate Software
Ultimate Software is a leading global provider of cloud-based
human capital management and employee experience solutions, with
more than 48 million people records in the cloud. Our award-winning
UltiPro delivers HR, payroll, talent, and time and labor
management, as well as HR service delivery solutions. Founded in
1990, Ultimate is headquartered in Weston, Florida, and employs
more than 5,100 professionals. In 2019, Fortune magazine and Great
Place to Work ranked Ultimate #1 on their Best Workplaces in
Technology list, in the “Large Companies” category, Ultimate’s
fourth consecutive year to top the list. In 2018, Fortune ranked
Ultimate #3 on its prestigious 100 Best Companies to Work
For list, our seventh consecutive year in the top 25; #1 on
its 100 Best Workplaces for Women list; and #1 on its 100
Best Workplaces for Millennials list, our second year at the
top. Customer Sales and Service World Awards also recognized
Ultimate’s Services team as the #1 Customer Service Department
of the Year in 2018 for companies with 2,500 employees or
larger across diverse industries. Ultimate has more than 5,600
customers worldwide, including Bloomin’ Brands, Culligan
International, Feeding America, Red Roof Inn, SUBWAY, Texas
Roadhouse, and Yamaha Corporation of America. More information on
Ultimate’s products and services can be found at
www.ultimatesoftware.com.
UltiPro is a registered trademark of The Ultimate Software
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