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Hourly rate

Salary

Piece rate

Bonuses   

Pricing your products appropriately

Understanding your business and its competitive strengths and weaknesses

Forecasting profit, growth and investment performance to develop realistic budgets

Evaluating prior year performance for the narrative portion of annual financial reports

Various federal minimum wage rules

Employee rights under the H-2A Program

Laws and procedures for filing complaints

Laws and rules for employee polygraph protection

They are based on a predetermined performance and reward schedule.

They are offered to motivate employee performance.

They are intended to align the interests of the employee with those of the organization.

They tend to make up the larger portion of an employee's total compensation.   

Retirement plans

Unemployment insurance

Social security programs

Disability (occupational)   

Fixed costs must be kept to a minimum, but variable costs can fluctuate since they tend to correlate with revenue.

Variable costs often have a heavier focus than fixed costs, which applies to all areas, including compensation.

Fixed costs and variable costs are equally important and both should be kept to a minimum.

Fixed costs are not a concern because they cannot be changed, so the focus is primarily on variable costs.

Pay for time not worked

Hourly pay

Bonuses

Piece rate   

They tend to be fairly consistent because the elements of pay may differ, but the concerns are universal.

They generally require a greater degree of detail for lower level employees who have less of an understanding of pay plan design.

They usually require more detail for senior employees regarding plan details and performance and the needs from one employee group to another can vary greatly.

They should be kept to a minimum for employees at all levels to maximize efficiency and efforts can be focused only on those who have questions.

A technician who works a scheduled shift and performs tasks as assigned according to specifications.

A computer programmer who telecommutes, uses her own equipment and works for multiple employers

An accounts payable specialist who works at the company site utilizing an internal A/P system and pays vendors according to company procedures.

In the methods and processes used to make pay decisions

In the details of their individual compensation packages

In the overall program objectives

In the differences in pay levels for the different levels of the organization