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Ch 12 & 13
Total Rewards and Compensation/Variable Pay and Executive Compensation
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Management
Undergraduate 3
11/10/2011

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total rewards
Definition
monetary and non-monentary rewards provided to employees in order to attract, motivate, and retain them
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total rewards components
Definition
Compensation, Benefits, Performance and Talent Management
Term
base pay
Definition
basic compensation that an employee receives, usually as a wage or a salary
Term
wages
Definition
payments directly calculated on the amount of time worked
Term
salaries
Definition
consistent payments made each period regardless of the number of hours worked
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variable pay
Definition
compensation linked directly to individual, team, or organizational performance
Term
benefit
Definition
indirect reward given to an employee or a group of employees for organizational membership
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entitlement philosophy
Definition
assumes that individuals who have worked another year are entitled to pay increases, with little regard for performance differences
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pay for performance philosophy
Definition
requires that compensation changes reflect performance differences
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equity
Definition
perceived fairness between what a person does and the person receives
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procedural justice
Definition
percieved fairness of the process and procedures used to make decisions about employees
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distributive justice
Definition
percieved fairness in the distribution of outcomes
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competency based pay
Definition
rewards individuals for the capabilities they demonstrate and acquire
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possible components of Global Employee Compensation
Definition
Froeign Service and Hardship Premiums
Relocation and Moving Allowances
Housing and Utilties Allownaces
Cost of Living Adjustments
Tax Equalization Payments
Educational Allownaces for Children
Home Leaves and Travel Allowances
Term
Balance Sheet Approach
Definition
compensation plan that equalizes cost differences between the international assignment and the same assignment in the home country
Term
global market approach
Definition
compensation plan that attempts to be more comprehensive in providing base pay, incentives, benefits, and relocation expenses regardless of the country to which the employee is assigned
Term
Tax equalization plan
Definition
compensation plan used to protect expatriates from negative tax consequences
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Fair Labor Standards Act FLSA of 1938
Definition
min wage
child labor
number of hours worked per week
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living wage
Definition
one that is supposed to meet the basic needs of a workers family
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exempt employees
Definition
employees to whom employers are not required to pay overtime
Term
non-exempt employees
Definition
employees who must be paid overtime
Term
exempt jobs of overtime categories
Definition
executive, administrative, professoinal, computer employees, and outside sales
Term
pay equity
Definition
similarity in pay for all jobs requiring comparable knowledge, skills, and abilities, even if actual job duties and market rates differ significantly
Term
garnishment
Definition
a court order that directs an employer to set aside a portion of an employees wages to pay a debt owed creditor
Term
job evaluation
Definition
formal, systematic means to identify the relative worth of jobs within an organization
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compensable factor
Definition
job value commonly present throughout a group of jobs
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market pricing
Definition
use of market pay data to identify the relative value of jobs based on what other employers pay for similar jobs
Term
pay survey
Definition
collection of data on compensation rates for workers performing similar jobs in other organizations
Term
benchmark jobs
Definition
jobs found in many organizations
Term
job family
Definition
group of jobs having common organizational characteristics
Term
pay grades
Definition
groupings of individuals job having approximately the same job worth
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market line
Definition
graph line that shows the relationship between job value as determined by job evaluation points and job value as determined by pay survey rates
Term
market banding
Definition
grouping jobs into pay grades based on similar market survey amounts
Term
broadbanding
Definition
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