A compensation partner runs the Employee Compensation Step Progression Audit report and notices seven employees...

The Employee Compensation Step Progression Audit report identifies employees who are eligible for step progression but have not yet been progressed. When employees appear on this report, it indicates that step progression logic is configured correctly, but the progression has not yet been executed.

The appropriate action is to run the Schedule Automatic Step Progression task. This task evaluates eligibility rules, durations, and progression criteria, and then automatically moves eligible employees to the next compensation step.

Modifying compensation steps or grades is unnecessary and incorrect if progression logic already exists. Change Job events should not be used for step progression, and grade job profile adjustments are unrelated.

Therefore, the correct action is to schedule automatic step progression, making option D correct.