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compensation

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total of all rewards provided to employees in return for their services
attracked retain adn motivates employees

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direct financial compensation

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pa that a person receives in the form of wages, salary,commissions and bonuses

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indirect financial compensation

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all financial rewards that are not included in direct financial compensation

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nonfinancial compensation

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satisfaction a person receives from the job itself or from the psychological and/or physical environment in which the person works

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equity theory

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motivation theory that people assess their performance and attitutes by comparing both their contribution to work and the benefits they derive from it to the contributions and benefits of companirson others whom they select-and who in realtity may or may not be like them

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financial equity

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perception of fair treatment for employees.

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external equity

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equity that exists when a firms employees receive pay comparable to workers who perform similar jobs in other firms

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internal equity

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eqity that exists when employees receive pay accoding to the relative value of their jobs within the same organisation

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employee equity

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individuals performing similar jobs for the same firm receive pay according to factors unique to the employee such as performance level or seniority

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team equity

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achieved when teams are rewarded based on their groups productivity

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determinants of direct financial compensation

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organisation, labor market, job and employee

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compensation policy

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provides general guidelines for making compensation decisions

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pay leaders

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organisations that pay higher wages and salaries than competing firms

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marketing rate

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average pay most employers provide for a similar job in a particular area of the industry

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pay followers

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companies that choose to pay below the going rat because of a poor financial condition or a belief that they do not require highly capable employees
unprodctive workers high turnover

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labor market

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potential employees located within the geographic area from which employees are recruited

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compensation survey

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a means of obtaining data regading what other firms are paying for specific jobs or job classes within a given labor market

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cost of living allowance

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escalator clause in a labor agreement that automatically increases wages as the us bureau of labor statistics cost of living index rises

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exempt employees

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employees categorised as executive, administrative, professional or outside salesperson.

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job evaluation

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determines the relative value of one job in relation to another
rather in an administrative than economic sense

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job evaluation ranking method

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ranking classification, factor comparison, point
raters examine the description of each job being evaluated and arrange jobs in order according to their value to the company

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ranking method

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job evaluation raters examine description of each job and rank jobs according to their value in the company

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classification method

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classes or grades are defined to describe a group of jobs

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factor comparison method

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assume there are 5 universal factors consisting of mental requirements, skills, physical requirements, responsibilities and working conditions; the evaluato makes decisions on these factors independently

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point method
raters assign numerical values to a specific job factors such as knowledge required and the sum of these values provides a quantitiative assessment o a jobs relative worth historically most popular option
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hay group guide chart profile method
refined version of point method used by approx. 8000 public and private sector organisations worldwide to evaluate clerical, trade, technical, professional, managerial and executive level jobs
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job pricing
placing a dollar value on a jobs worth
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pay grade
grouping of similar jobs to simplify pricing jobs
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wage curve
fitting of plottet points to create a smooth progression between paygrades
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pay range
minimum and maximum pay rate with enough variance between the two to allow for a significant pay difference
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broadbanding
compensation technique that collapses many pay grades (salary grades) into a few wide bands to improve organisational effectiveness
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single rate system
everyone in the same job receives the same base pay
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employee as determinant of direct financial compensation
job performance based pay, merit pay, bonuses, piecework, skils based pay, competency, seniority, experience, organisation membership, potential, political influence, luck, salary compression
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merit pay
pay increase added to employees base pay based on their level of performance
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bonus
one time annual financial award based on productivity that is not added to base pay
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piecework
incentive pay plan in which employees are paid for each unit they produce
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skill based pay
system that compensates employees for their job related skills and knowledge not for their job titles
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competency based pay
compensation plan that rewards employees for the capabilities they attain skill based pay plan for professionals and managers
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seniority
length of time and employee has been associated with the company, division, department or job
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salary compression
situation that occurs when less experienced employees are paid as much as or more than employees who have been with the organisation a long time due to a gradual increase in starting salaries and limited salary adjustment for long term employees.
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profit sharing
compensation plans that result in the distribution of a predetermined percentage of the firms profits to employees current plans: payment to employees in cash or stock deferred plans: placing companys contributins in an irrevocable trust credited to the employees account combination plans: mix of those two
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gain sharing
plans designed to bing employees to the firms productivity and provide an incentive payment based on improved company performance
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scanlon plan
gain sharing plan that provides a financial reward to employees for saving labor costs resulting from their suggestions
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professional employee
paid for the knowledge they bring to the company
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straight salary
salesmen get fixed salary regardless of sales
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straight commission
pay as percentage of sales
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say on pay
provision that gives shareholders in all but the smallest companies an advisory vote on executive pay
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golden parachute contract
perquisite that protects executives in the event that another company acquires thei firm or the exectuive is forced to leave the firm for other reasons
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clawback policy
allows the company to recover compensation if subsequent review indicates that payments were not calculated accurately or performance goals were not met
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stock option plans
incentive plan in which executives can buy a specified amount of stock in ther company in the future at or below the current market price
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perquisites
special benefits provided by a firm to a small group of key executives and designed to give the executives something extra
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dodd frank act
requires 5000 companies to hold nonbinding shareholder say on pay votes. at least every 3 years
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5 basic elemts of executive compensation
base salary, bonuses and performance based pay, stock opion plans, peruquisites, severance packages

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