
How to use a merit matrix for fairer pay reviews
A merit matrix combines performance ratings and salary band position to ensure consistent, equitable pay increases across your organisation – learn how it works, including a worked example.

A compensation review should bring a company together.
Yet, without proper management and preparation, it can easily break one apart.
This year, People and Reward leaders in European tech have a lot to prepare for – from volatile hiring markets to incoming pay transparency legislation.
To help, we partnered up with the Gallagher Reward Consulting team and two of their most experienced Reward experts, Sarah Jefferys (Head of Reward Consulting) and Jenny Packer (Senior Reward Consultant). Sarah and Jenny have over 35 years combined experience helping companies nail their compensation reviews.
Ravio’s Chief People Officer, Vaso Parisinou, hosted the discussion. Vaso has helped build the People function at Deliveroo, Carwow, TrueLayer, and now Ravio – so brought a huge amount of experience and insights to the discussion too.
Key discussion points included:
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