Compensation, Payroll and Benefits for Construction and Real Estate
Salary structure, payroll inputs and a month that closes on time.
What this looks like in construction and real estate
The parts of compensation, payroll and benefits that are specific to this sector, rather than general.
Sales Team Incentives
The commission scheme, written down before the dispute.
What this coversHide
Sales Team Incentives
The commission scheme, written down before the dispute.
What this coversHideSales incentive disputes in real estate are almost always about a rule nobody wrote: what happens on cancellation, on a shared lead, or when the person has left.
- Incentive scheme design
- Booking vs collection linkage
- Cancellation treatment
- Shared-lead rules
- Payout timing
- Approval route
- Incentive on exit
- Dispute resolution
- Scheme communication
Payroll Across Projects
One payroll, many cost centres.
What this coversHide
Payroll Across Projects
One payroll, many cost centres.
What this coversHide- Salary structure by grade
- Project cost allocation
- Site allowance
- Travel and lodging
- Overtime
- Reimbursements
- Advances and recovery
- Payroll cut-off
- Payslips
- Full-and-final settlement
The general method — what compensation, payroll and benefits covers, the questions it answers and what an engagement produces — is the same whatever the sector, and is set out on the compensation and rewards strategy page. What is above is the part that differs for construction and real estate.
Where to start
Most engagements begin with a review of how this runs in your business today, then a written process and the sequence to implement it.
See all HR topics for construction and real estate, or another industry.