This paper aims to discuss some of the common goals to adopt for the compensation professionals in an organization.
Why it is important to compensate employees? Employees are the pillars for an organizational strength as they contribute their efforts to enhance organizational performance, improve productivity and profitability of the company. Therefore, the employees have the full rights of sharing the profits and it is considered illegal company practices if the employer never compensates the workforce appropriately. Therefore, companies are hiring the compensation professionals in order to ensure fair compensation policies for its employees as well as to establish effective labour force. Attracting, retaining and motivating employees, compliance
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A good compensation management practice emphasizes an unbiased pay, efficient preservation of a dynamic workforce as well as ensuring legal compliances. The compensation professionals streamline the administration of the compensation programs such as calculating and determining the base pay, allowances, variable pays, paid time off, health insurance, pension and retirement plans for the employees. In addition, the compensation professionals is also accountable to buttress the strategic conditions of the firm in order to determine whether the developed compensation programmes will suit the general corporate needs as well as to relate the compensation rates to the corporate’s financial performance. Therefore, it is considered as rational that integrating an internally consistent compensation system with the market competitive compensation system for structuring the compensation management in the …show more content…
In both public and private sector, employees will not been paid ‘generously’, in other word ‘over-paid’ although the pay policies in the government sector is differ from the private sector, whereas in Malaysia the civil servants will be paid based on their academic qualifications, job title and seniority level as per the specific salary scale which comprises of base pay, civil service allowances, housing incentives, and the cost-of-living allowances while the private sector employees will be paid based on their academic and professional qualifications, specific skills and working experience as well as their performance. These differences exist due to the limited budget allocation from the Ministry of Human Resources for the civil servants and in the private enterprises, pay rates are restricted due to the companies’ fiscal and profitability. The compensation professionals that serve the both public and private sectors should analysis the employers’ ability to compensate the labour force. Therefore, in order to determine a cost-effective compensation policy, the compensation professionals should consider the organizational performance, the economic and labour market conditions, competitors’ performance, worth of a job, employees’ worth to perform the job, area wage rates, cost of living and the company’s
In 2009 President Obama signed into law the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (The Whitehouse, n.d.). The major provisions of this Act prohibits wage discrimination based on sex, race, or national origin among employees for work in equivalent jobs. According to National Committee on Pay Equity (n.d.), the Act defines “equivalent jobs are those who’s composite of skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions are equivalent in value, even if the jobs are dissimilar.” Today women earn roughly seventy-nine cents for every dollar earned by men. Atchinson, Belcher, and Thornsen (2013) state that women have entered the workforce not only because of increased educational opportunities but also because of the need for two paychecks in many families
Conclusion: In concluding in this case, Perry went on a lunch break and fell in the parking area has caused her to be injured. She is not entitled to workers compensation for her injury because she was off the clock at that time however, she is entitled to compensation for their negligence in maintaining the parking lot and therefore should be compensated based that fact.
In some instances, OWCP provides individuals that are in receipt of OWCP compensation, who choose to retire the option of remaining on the OWCP roll or disability retirement. Since OWCP is more lucrative financially, so the majority select the OWCP option. Yet, many claimants that are eligible for retirement do not exercise the retirement option. Many claimants and others are unaware that if a claimant dies from a condition other than the work-related condition that compensation and associated benefits cease, if the employee has not exercised the retirement option. A claimant’s heirs do not continue to receive compensation or medical benefits (as do those that are incarcerated), which serves as additional rationale to support
As a Special Education Teacher, I am committed to working with children who have challenging behaviors. My objective is to help students develop self-regulating skills and to be able to function as part of a group. I believe that every child should be given the opportunity to achieve their maximum potential of communication and functional independence in order to build self-esteem and self-awareness. Through the mastering of these essential skills, a student will gain the ability to reach their fullest potential in all aspects of their lives. My overall goal is to make difference in the lives of my students by providing an educational program that will maximize the abilities of my students and prepare them for a more independent setting to
Chief executive officers (CEOs) are the corporate employees that are responsible for managing an entire organization. Presently there is a controversy over their salary as to whether it is appropriate or not for one person to be paid so much, especially when the company or the economy may not be performing well. Philosopher Jeff Moriarty wrote an article, “Do CEOs Get Paid Too Much?” that tackles this controversy and he provides possible circumstances in which CEO salaries may be justified. Moriarty’s claim is that CEOs are paid too much, if their salaries are not based off one of three popular views (Moriarty 264).
Reading Assignment #6 1. In order to keep top performers satisfied and productive, Steve Bates argues, there should be a substantial difference in the variable pay or merit- based salary increases that top performers and poor performers receive. Based on available research the increase needed to catch “anybody’s attention” should be a seven percent or eight percent increase in compensation. It also states that anything below that might be welcomed, but will not lead to substantially greater effort on the part of employees to increase business results.
Competency Goal III Competency Goal III is to support social and emotional development and to provide guidance. There are three main areas to succeed in this, the things are self-concept, sociality, and guidance. One focus on Competency Goal III is self-concept. Children’s environments support the development of positive self-concepts.
Gender gap was started to be seen as a social, economic and political issue in the 1970’s. During this time proponents of equal rights and especially feminists fought for social equality for women including same wage comparing with men. Gender pay gap is considered to be the difference in men’s and women’s median earnings doing the same job. Even though over a past few years the gap was decreasing, at the moment it is still considerable. According Eurostat, in 2014 women 's gross hourly earnings were on average 16.1% below those of men in the European Union.
The discrimination law, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, covers discrimination of race, color, religion, sex, and national origin for the workforce, yet surprisingly, men still receive greater pay than women of the same field. Why is it that women get shafted when it comes to their salary? Why do they fall in the gap? Why does race affect the salary of employees?
Developing a reputable compensation plan for a medical facility can bring a lot benefits when properly developed. Although the Mapleton Family Medicine has presented nearly an excellent incentive system plan, there are still things that should be considered. 1. Patience: Benefits such as added compensations can actually be extremely complex, requiring a certain degree of legal precautions; therefore, shouldn’t be rushed. The plan should develop over time, allowing appropriate factors to be researched and determined.
The GIG economy is defined as the labour market characterised by the prevalence of short-term contracts or freelance work, as opposed to permanent jobs1. According to a recent report by McKinsey Global Institute2, it was reported that 20 to 30% of the working age population in America and EU-15 perform independent work, which constitutes up to 162 million people. Notably, close to half of this population of workers rely on such freelance work for their primary income. This changing nature of employment presents benefits for both workers and businesses. From a company lens, the ability to capitalize on such a workforce provides a lower set of business operating costs.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION Executive compensation is a broad term which comprises of financial compensation and non-financial rewards given to an executive from their firm for their services. This package is decided by a company’s Board of Directors (consisting of independent directors). It should be designed in a manner which incentivizes the executives and motivates them to perform in accordance with the company’s goals and its long term growth. These packages generally include a mix of short-term incentives (including salary, annual bonus, benefits, and perquisites) and long-term incentives (including stock options and restricted shares). E.g. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella received a compensation package of $84.3 million for the software maker’s
Motivation is essential for a group as well as an organization. In the eyes of the leader of organization McDonald’s, authorizing and inspiring staff members to do the best in their job and they’re capable of helps create job satisfaction, lowering gross revenue in an industry that has a standing for stimulating its employees. In addition, a glad, stable workforce not just conveys better customer service; it is likewise more compelling at building deals and attracting repeat business. There are five concentrate benefits of employee motivation which Mc Donald’s approached at: 1. Improved Productivity 2.
This section reviews theories on employee retention. 2.2.1 Herzberg Two Factor Theory Frederick Herzberg (1959) two-factor theory is also known as the motivation-hygiene or the dual-factor theory. Herzberg’s theory states that certain factors in the organization related to the contentment of the job which provides satisfying experience for employees while separate set of hygiene factors cause dissatisfaction among employees in the workplace. The former factors are called motivators or satisfiers and include achievement, recognition, the work itself, responsibility, opportunity to do something meaningful, sense of importance, advancement and growth while the former factors are known as hygiene factors such as job security, fringe benefits, salary paid
1) Starbucks is a company that has been in the coffee industry for a long time. It continues to enjoy a leading position in the United States, which is its home country where it sells approximately 50% of the specialty coffee that is sold in the United States for many years. The company has continued to dominate the industry as well as its local competitors. Its generic competitive advantage emanates from its high-quality coffee, which helps to differentiate it from its competitors. The company is very keen on ensuring that its coffee is different from the rest of the competitors.