1. COMPENSATION AND REWARDS

2. Compensation
Is what employees receive in exchange for their contribution to the organization.
When managed correctly, it helps the organization achieve its objectives and obtain, maintain, and retain a productive workforce.

3. Compensation (Cont’d)
Without adequate compensation, current employees are likely to leave and replacements will be difficult to recruit.
The outcomes of pay dissatisfaction harm productivity and affect the quality of work life.

4. Forms of compensation Direct Financial Compensation
– pay received in forms of wages, salaries, bonuses and commissions.
Indirect Financial Compensation(benefits)
All financial rewards not included in direct compensation. For examples workers compensation, Family & medical leave, Disability Protection,

5. Forms Of Compensation (Cont’d)
Nonfinancial Compensation
- Satisfaction person receives from psychological & or physical environment in which person works. For examples, skills variety, experiences, good working conditions, flextime

6. Objectives in compensation management
To help the organization achieve strategic success while ensuring internal and external equity.
Internal equity- ensures that more demanding positions or better qualified people within the organization are paid more.
External equity - assures that jobs are fairly compensated in comparison with similar jobs in other firms.

7. Objectives in compensation management (Cont’d)
Acquire qualified personnel
Retain current employees
Ensure equity
Reward desired behaviour
Control costs
Facilitate understanding

8. Acquire qualified personnel
Compensation needs to be high enough to attract applicants. Pay levels must respond to the supply and demand of workers in the labour market since employers compete for workers. Premium wages are sometimes needed to attract applicants already working for others.

9. Retain current employees
Employees may quit when compensation levels are not competitive, resulting in higher turnover.

10. Ensure equity
Compensation management strives(berjuang) for internal and external equity. Internal equity requires that pay be related to the relative worth of a job so that similar jobs get similar pay. External equity means paying workers what comparable workers are paid by other firms in the labor market.

11. Reward desired behaviour
Pay should reinforce desired behaviours and act as an incentive for those behaviours to occur in the future.
Effective compensation plans reward performance, loyalty, experience, responsibility, and other behaviours.

12. Control costs
A rational compensation system helps the organization obtain and retain workers at a reasonable cost.
Without effective compensation management, workers could be overpaid or underpaid.
Comply with legal regulations.
A wage and salary system considers the legal challenges imposed by the government and ensures the employer's compliance.

13. Facilitate understanding
The compensation management system should be easily understood by human resource specialists, operating managers, and employees.

14. Organization As A Determinant Of Direct Financial Compensation

15. It is based on
Compensation policies
Organizational level
Ability to pay

16. Compensation policies
Pay leaders- pay higher wages & salaries
Pay based on market rate- pay what most employers pay for same job
Pay followers- pay below market rate because poor financial condition or believe do not require highly capable employees

17. Organizational level
Upper management often makes decisions to ensure consistency
Having problems when pressure to retain top performers may override desire to maintain consistency in pay structure

18. Ability to pay
Organization’s assessment of ability to pay is important factor in determining pay levels.

19. Labor Market As Determinant Of Direct Financial Compensation

20. Employee will be pay based on labor market conditions:
It includes:
Compensation surveys- what are other firms paying?, geographic area of survey
Cost of living- when prices rise over a period of time
Labor Unions- mandatory collective bargaining management & unions as wages, hours & other terms and conditions of employment, cost of living (COLA) allowance has been disappearing

21. Employee will be pay based on labor market conditions (Cont’d):
The economy- cost of living often rises as economy expands.
Compensation legislation- states in wages council Act 1947, government has generally resisted any suggestions for a minimum wage applicable throughout industry and region.

22. Job as determinant of direct financial Compensation

23. Job itself continues to be factor.
Organizations pay for value they attach to certain duties, responsibilities, and other job related factors as working conditions.
E.g, professional positions different level of salary

24. Employee as determinant of direct Financial Compensation

25. Employees may demands for their salaries based on:
Performance
Competencies
Skills
Experiences
Seniority