Category: Incentive Compensation Management

A traditional incentive payout curve delivers different payout amounts for performance between minimum (threshold) level of performance and excellence (“superior” or “stretch”) level of performance. Usually, a curve is designed with additional elements such as threshold, target slope, excellent slopes and Cap to pay out 100% of an employee’s incentive opportunity on achieving the target. This article walks you through on ways of accounting these elements while designing your payout curve right.