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Definition: Performance Based Pay
Definition: Performance Based Pay
When the pay is based on whether the target /objectives are achieved
by the employee, it is said to be a performance based pay.
knowledge-based pay
a) Halsey plan
b) Rowan plan
c) Emerson plan
d) Bedeaux plan
1- Halsey plan:
under Halsey plan minimum wages are guaranteed to every worker. A
standard time is fixed for the workers. If the workers finish the work
before standard time they are given bonus. But no penalty if they fails to do
that.
2- Rowan plan:
3- Emerson plan:
4- Bedeaux plan:
under this minute is the time unit described as the standard minute. The
standard time for each job is fixed after undertaking time and motion study
expressed in terms of B. the standard time for a job is the number of B’s
allowed to complete it. Generally the bonus paid to the worker is 75% of
the wages for time saved. The rest 25% goes to the foreman.
=Rs10
=6*10+75/100*10
=Rs67.5
The above discussed wage payment methods were based on the time while
the wage payment methods based on the productivity are going to be
discussed below:
2) The production based individual incentive plans are:
a) Taylor plan
b) Merrick plan
c) Gantt plan
Under this plan there are three grade piece rate rather than two
given by Taylor.
Workers who produce Less than 83% are paid basic piece rate
Thus this system is improvement over the Taylor’s plan. But this
system also does not give guarantee minimum wages to the
workers. All the workers producing between 1 to 82% of
standard output are considered same and paid at the same piece
rate.