SHRM case: “Designing a Pay Structure
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Designing a Pay Structure
Ladaijia Beasley
Purdue University Global
Strategic Human Resource Management
Susan Pettine
January 19, 2021
Designing a Pay Structure
Benefits Manager
Job Summary
Plan, direct, or coordinate compensation and benefits activities of an organization.
Essential Job Tasks
· Design, evaluate and modify benefits policies to ensure that programs are current, competitive, and in compliance with legal requirements.
· Analyze compensation policies, government regulations, and prevailing wage rates to develop competitive compensation plan.
· Administer, direct, and review employee benefit programs, including the integration of benefit programs following mergers and acquisitions.
· Fulfill all reporting requirements of all relevant government rules and regulations, including the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
· Formulate policies, procedures and programs for recruitment, testing, placement, classification, orientation, benefits and compensation, and labor and industrial relations.
Indoors, environmentally controlled, electronic mail, telephone, face-to-face discussions, and spend time sitting.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
· Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
· Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
· Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
· Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
· Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
· Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
· Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
· Talking to others to convey information effectively.
· Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
Compensable FactorDegree (1, 2, 3, 4)WeightPoints
Skill(50%)
-Education Level125%25
-Degree of Technical Skills125%25
Responsibility (30%)
-Scope of Control110%10
-Impact of Job210%40
Effort(20%)
-Degree of Problem Solving110%10
-Task Complexity110%10
Total Points120
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