Merit to pay planning

Convert merit signals into reviewed increment proposals.

Use continuous performance evidence and AI-assisted merit bands to propose salary increment percentages, while requiring admins to apply changes through the standard payroll increment flow.

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Increment Recommendations

into reviewed increment proposals.Use continuous performance evidence and AI-assisted merit bands to propose salary increment percentages, while requiring admins to apply changes through the standard payroll increment flow.
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CONTROL SURFACE

Increment Recommendations controls keep records clean and traceable.

Every view stays structured and reviewable — nothing hides behind a tab.

Band

Merit classification

Performance scores can be translated into a merit band for planning.

  • Score0-100
  • BandProposed
  • RationaleShown

Proposal

Suggested percent

AI can recommend an increment percentage, but it remains advisory.

  • PercentSuggested
  • ReasonGenerated
  • StatusReview

Approval

Admin decision

An authorized admin decides whether to apply, change or reject the recommendation.

  • AdminRequired
  • EditAllowed
  • RejectAllowed

Payroll

Standard path

Approved recommendations go through the normal payroll increment action instead of bypassing compensation controls.

  • FlowPayroll
  • AuditKept
  • SalaryControlled
THE FOUNDATION

Increment Recommendations workflows that stay connected.

Use continuous performance evidence and AI-assisted merit bands to propose salary increment percentages, while requiring admins to apply changes through the standard payroll increment flow.

  1. Evidence-based proposal

    Recommendations are based on scoreboard history and merit evidence instead of a single subjective opinion.

    01
  2. AI assistance

    The engine can propose a merit band and percentage using configured performance signals.

    02
  3. Payroll-safe application

    Administrators approve and apply changes through normal payroll increment creation.

    03
BUILT FOR CONTROL

Details that make increment recommendations dependable.

Merit banding

Performance signals can be grouped into recommendation bands.

AI-generated rationale

The recommendation includes reasoning for human review, with a deterministic rule fallback when AI is unavailable — strong, standard and small bands map to set percentages, plus a tenure bump at two years.

No autonomous pay change

The system never moves salary without admin approval.

Payroll integration

Approved recommendations create standard increment records.

Evidence traceability

Recommendations look across roughly six months of evidence, and employees under three months of tenure are skipped.

One pending proposal

Each employee holds at most one pending recommendation; regenerating replaces it rather than stacking duplicates.

SCORE TO PERCENTAGE

Where a merit score lands on someone's pay.

Bands map the 0–100 composite onto an increment percentage. This is the deterministic ladder — the one that runs when AI is switched off or unreachable, so the recommendation never depends on a model being available.

A recommendation is a proposal, never an action. An admin can change the percentage before approving, and applying it goes through the same payroll increment flow as any other raise.

The 74.5 worked out on the tracking page lands in Standard → 8%, plus one point for two years' tenure → a 9% proposal, with the rationale attached.

CONNECTED BY DESIGN

Increment Recommendations works with the rest of HRM.

  • Performance Tracking
  • Merit Evidence
  • Increment Records
  • Payroll
  • Access Control
COMMON QUESTIONS

What HR teams usually ask about increment recommendations.

No. AI recommends; admins approve.

Through the standard payroll increment flow.

Merit evidence, scorecards and scoreboard results provide the basis.

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