HRD

EMPLOYEE REMUNERATION
WAGE AND SALARY ADMINISTRATION

• Refers to the establishment and
  implementation of sound policies and
  practices of employee compensation
• Denotes the process of managing a company’s
  compensation program
OBJECTIVES OF WAGE AND SALARY
        ADMINISTRATION
• To establish a fair and equitable compensation
  offering similar pay for similar work
• To attract competent and qualified personnel
• To retain the present employees
• To keep such costs in line with the ability to
  pay
• To improve motivation and morale
                     • Contd…
OBJECTIVES OF WAGE AND SALARY
     ADMINISTRATION Contd…
• To improve union management relations
• To project a good image of the company
• To comply with legal needs relating to wages
  and salaries
• To establish job sequences and lines of
  promotion wherever applicable
• To minimize chances of favoritism
PRINCIPLES OF WAGE AND SALARY
         ADMINISTRATION
• Interest of all parties concerned viz. employer,
  employees, consumers and the society to be
  kept in mind
• Flexible to changes in internal and external
  conditions of the organization
• Pay differences to be based on skill,
  responsibility, efforts and mental and physical
  requirements
                       • Contd…
PRINCIPLES OF WAGE AND SALARY
      ADMINISTRATION Contd…
• Be consistent with overall organizational plans
  and programs
• To be in conformity with social and economic
  objectives of the country like attainment of
  equality in income distribution and controlling
  inflation, etc.
• Workers should be associated as far as
  possible
                      • Contd….
PRINCIPLES OF WAGE AND SALARY
      ADMINISTRATION Contd…
• To be reasonably in line with the prevailing
  wages and salaries in the labor market
• Workers should receive guaranteed minimum
  wages
• To pay promptly and correctly
• To be reviewed and revised periodically
CONCEPTS OF WAGES

• Minimum wages

• Fair wages

• Living wages
MINIMUM WAGE

• To provide not merely for bare sustenance of
  life but also for the preservation of the
  efficiency of the workers
• Minimum wage must provide for some
  measure of cost of education, medical
  requirements and amenities
• In India, determined mainly under the
  provision of Minimum Wages Act, 1948
FAIR WAGE

• In a narrow sense, wage is fair if it is equal to
  the rate prevailing in the same trade and in
  the neighborhood for similar work
• In a wider sense, it will be fair if it is equal to
  the predominant rate for similar work
  throughout the country
LIVING WAGE

• This is higher than fair wage
• Enables the wage earner to provide for
  himself and his family not only the bare
  necessities like food, clothing and shelter but
  a frugal comport to meet cost of eduction,
  medical, social needs, misfortunes and old age
• Varies from country to country
• Tribunals, awards and wage boards play major
  role in fair wage fixation
COMPONENTS OF WAGE AND SALARY

• Financial

• Non-financial
WAGES AND SALARIES

•   Hourly rates of pay
•   Monthly rate of pay
•   Annual increments
•   Differs from employee to employee
INCENTIVES

•   Paid additionally
•   Payment by results
•   Individual incentive scheme
•   Group incentive scheme
FRINGE BENEFITS

•   PF
•   Gratuity
•   Medical
•   Accident relief
•   Group insurance
•   Canteen facility
•   Uniform
•   Recreation
PERQUISITES

•   Allowed to executives
•   Company car
•   Club membership;
•   Paid holidays
•   Furnished house
•   Furniture
•   Stock option
NON MONETARY BENEFITS

•   Challenging job
•   Responsibilities
•   Recognition of merit
•   Growth prospects
•   Comfortable working conditions
•   Flexi time
FACTORS INFLUENCING WAGES AND
                SALARIES
•   EXTERNAL FACTORS
•   Demand and Supply
•   Cost of Living
•   Trade Unions’ Bargaining Power
•   Government Legislation
•   Psychological and Social Factors
•   Economy
•   Technological Development
•   Prevailing Market Rates
FACTORS INFLUENCING WAGES AND
            SALARIES Contd…
•   INTERNAL FACTORS
•   Ability to pay
•   Job requirements
•   Management Strategy
•   Employee related
•        Performance
•        Productivity
•        Seniority
•        Experience
•        Potential
•        Luck

Employee remuneration

  • 1.
  • 2.
    WAGE AND SALARYADMINISTRATION • Refers to the establishment and implementation of sound policies and practices of employee compensation • Denotes the process of managing a company’s compensation program
  • 3.
    OBJECTIVES OF WAGEAND SALARY ADMINISTRATION • To establish a fair and equitable compensation offering similar pay for similar work • To attract competent and qualified personnel • To retain the present employees • To keep such costs in line with the ability to pay • To improve motivation and morale • Contd…
  • 4.
    OBJECTIVES OF WAGEAND SALARY ADMINISTRATION Contd… • To improve union management relations • To project a good image of the company • To comply with legal needs relating to wages and salaries • To establish job sequences and lines of promotion wherever applicable • To minimize chances of favoritism
  • 5.
    PRINCIPLES OF WAGEAND SALARY ADMINISTRATION • Interest of all parties concerned viz. employer, employees, consumers and the society to be kept in mind • Flexible to changes in internal and external conditions of the organization • Pay differences to be based on skill, responsibility, efforts and mental and physical requirements • Contd…
  • 6.
    PRINCIPLES OF WAGEAND SALARY ADMINISTRATION Contd… • Be consistent with overall organizational plans and programs • To be in conformity with social and economic objectives of the country like attainment of equality in income distribution and controlling inflation, etc. • Workers should be associated as far as possible • Contd….
  • 7.
    PRINCIPLES OF WAGEAND SALARY ADMINISTRATION Contd… • To be reasonably in line with the prevailing wages and salaries in the labor market • Workers should receive guaranteed minimum wages • To pay promptly and correctly • To be reviewed and revised periodically
  • 8.
    CONCEPTS OF WAGES •Minimum wages • Fair wages • Living wages
  • 9.
    MINIMUM WAGE • Toprovide not merely for bare sustenance of life but also for the preservation of the efficiency of the workers • Minimum wage must provide for some measure of cost of education, medical requirements and amenities • In India, determined mainly under the provision of Minimum Wages Act, 1948
  • 10.
    FAIR WAGE • Ina narrow sense, wage is fair if it is equal to the rate prevailing in the same trade and in the neighborhood for similar work • In a wider sense, it will be fair if it is equal to the predominant rate for similar work throughout the country
  • 11.
    LIVING WAGE • Thisis higher than fair wage • Enables the wage earner to provide for himself and his family not only the bare necessities like food, clothing and shelter but a frugal comport to meet cost of eduction, medical, social needs, misfortunes and old age • Varies from country to country • Tribunals, awards and wage boards play major role in fair wage fixation
  • 12.
    COMPONENTS OF WAGEAND SALARY • Financial • Non-financial
  • 13.
    WAGES AND SALARIES • Hourly rates of pay • Monthly rate of pay • Annual increments • Differs from employee to employee
  • 14.
    INCENTIVES • Paid additionally • Payment by results • Individual incentive scheme • Group incentive scheme
  • 15.
    FRINGE BENEFITS • PF • Gratuity • Medical • Accident relief • Group insurance • Canteen facility • Uniform • Recreation
  • 16.
    PERQUISITES • Allowed to executives • Company car • Club membership; • Paid holidays • Furnished house • Furniture • Stock option
  • 17.
    NON MONETARY BENEFITS • Challenging job • Responsibilities • Recognition of merit • Growth prospects • Comfortable working conditions • Flexi time
  • 18.
    FACTORS INFLUENCING WAGESAND SALARIES • EXTERNAL FACTORS • Demand and Supply • Cost of Living • Trade Unions’ Bargaining Power • Government Legislation • Psychological and Social Factors • Economy • Technological Development • Prevailing Market Rates
  • 19.
    FACTORS INFLUENCING WAGESAND SALARIES Contd… • INTERNAL FACTORS • Ability to pay • Job requirements • Management Strategy • Employee related • Performance • Productivity • Seniority • Experience • Potential • Luck