Beyond the Paycheck: How Delta Air Lines Is Making Total Rewards Visible - 2026 Next Practices Weekly
Employees know what lands in their bank accounts, but do they understand the full value their employer invests in them? On the October 1, 2026, session of i4cp’s Next Practices Weekly, Kelley Elliott, Vice President of HR Services and Total Rewards, and Kathryn Neidhardt, General Manager, Compensation at Delta Air Lines, will share how Delta is reimagining the total rewards experience to make compensation, benefits, and incentives more transparent, accessible, and meaningful for its workforce of more than 100,000 employees.
Hosted by i4cp, this conversation will explore how Delta designed a refreshed total rewards portal and statement with its complex, frontline-heavy workforce in mind. Elliott and Neidhardt will discuss how greater visibility into everything from pay premiums and incentives to healthcare contributions, 401(k) benefits, and flight privileges can strengthen pay literacy and help employees better understand the full value of working at Delta.
Why You Should Attend
- Learn how Delta Air Lines is making the full value of total rewards visible by bringing complex compensation, benefits, incentives, and employer investments into a clearer employee experience.
- Explore strategies for improving pay literacy across a frontline-heavy workforce, including how Delta designed around variable schedules, premiums, shift differentials, and other complex pay components.
- See how transparency can strengthen the employee value proposition, helping employees recognize benefits and investments they may otherwise overlook when evaluating competing employment opportunities.
- Gain practical lessons for designing and driving adoption of digital Total Rewards tools, particularly among employees who may not regularly use corporate email or spend their workday at a computer.
- Look ahead to the next generation of the Total Rewards experience, including Delta’s vision for a more consolidated digital hub that brings together pay, benefits, and AI-enabled employee support.
Join us to learn how Delta is moving beyond the traditional pay statement toward a more intuitive digital rewards experience - and what other HR and Total Rewards leaders can take from its journey. You’ll hear practical lessons on designing for frontline employees, communicating rewards with greater clarity, driving adoption among an unplugged workforce, and using transparency to reinforce an organization’s employee value proposition.
To ensure open discussion, this event is exclusively for HR practitioners. Vendors and consultants are not permitted to attend.
