Is there guidance anywhere that states what we can pay employees for product referrals/sales? This is what management has planned:

$X for each remote deposit referral
$X for each remote deposit sale
$X for each customer that signs up for a debit card
$X for each customer that signs up for a new Internet Banking product (bill pay, estatements, etc.)

No. Paying employees for product sales and referrals isn't a compliance issue, it's a management/human resources/legal issue.

That's what I thought, but just wanted to make sure. Thanks!

The referrals you list are management not compliance issues, as Poppy correctly pointed out. However, if you start talking about referrals on NDIPS. That does become a regulatory and compliance issue

I believe incentives such as these are considered bonuses and have to be taxed at a higher rate than normal pay. I haven't looked into it though so you might check with your HR dept.

Does anyone care to share how their incentive programs are set up? Right now, we pay only a teller incentive for balancing (which includes cash balancing, Proof balancing, and proper completion of tickets). Our tellers hate it because they think it's unfair and too difficult to receive.

Unfair and difficult to do what they are paid to do in the first place?? That is certainly a poor view for any team member to take on.

Our teller staff recieves their hourly wage as a thank you for balancing and properly completing paperwork. We incent individuals for making their individual and branch sales goals. We work on a point system where each sales and referral incident has a corrsponding point value...once total points exceed 60, then the payout starts, and goes up from there. The details though I am not a part of.