C&B
Business & Finance abbreviation · Human Resources
| Stands for | Compensation and benefits |
|---|---|
| Categories | Business & Finance |
C&B stands for Compensation and benefits, a human resources abbreviation.
HR specialty covering salary structures, pay grades, incentive plans, market pay surveys, health and retirement benefits and related compliance. C&B teams run annual merit cycles and benchmark pay against the market.
Example: C&B is benchmarking our engineering salaries against the latest survey data.
Usage notes
Also called "comp and ben" and, more broadly, total rewards, a term that adds recognition, well-being and career development. Pay equity analysis has become a major C&B responsibility as pay transparency laws spread.
Related abbreviations
More human resources abbreviations
- AA – Affirmative action
- ALE – Applicable large employer
- ATS – Applicant tracking system
- BFOQ – Bona fide occupational qualification
- BIK – Benefit in kind
- C2C – Corp-to-corp
- C2H – Contract-to-hire
- CBA – Collective bargaining agreement
- CIPD – Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
- COBRA – Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
- CPH – Cost per hire
- CTC – Cost to company