Compensation meaning, objectives, nature of compensation, compensation responsibilities, compensation system, new trends in compensation, design issues: the 3-P compensation concept, types of compensation: base to pay, individual vs team rewards, perception of pay fairness, compensation strategy: Internal Alignment & External Competitiveness
Strategic compensation planning, determining compensation, job evaluation systems, the compensation structure- wage & salary surveys, the wage curve, pay grades & rate ranges, preparing salary matrix, broad banding
Strategic reasons for incentive plans, administering incentive plans, individual incentive plans-piecework, standard hour plan, bonuses, merit pay, group incentive plans-team compensation, gain sharing incentive plans, enterprise incentive plans-profit sharing plans, ESOP, executive compensation: elements of executive compensation & its management
Benefits: meaning, strategic perspectives on benefits-goals for benefits, benefit need analysis, funding benefits, benchmarking benefit schemes, nature & types of benefits, employee benefits programs-, health care benefits, time-off benefits
Salient provisions of Equal Remuneration Act, Payment of wages act; Minimum wages act; Bonus act; Social security legislation-PF, ESI, Gratuity, Pension etc.