Posted: December 31st, 2020

Employee Contributions

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MUST BE ORIGINAL AND PASS TURNITINAssignment: Recognizing
Employee Contributions
You are the HR manager
of a relatively new retail company that has both retail stores and Internet
sales.  Your company is steadily growing in revenue and profitability. The
company realizes that in order to retain the solid, highly productive workforce
it currently has in place, it is important to enhance the base compensation and
benefits package offered to the employees. The company currently offers a basic
compensation program and only federally mandated benefits. Employee surveys
suggest the compensation and benefits program may be out of date. Employees are
beginning to consider leaving the organization.
Write a six to eight
(6-8) page paper in which you:
1. 
Propose two (2) methods
an HR professional could use to determine incentive pay. Specify the principal
manner in which the proposed methods take into consideration individual, group,
and company performance. Justify your response. 
2. 
Examine the core legal
requirements affecting employee benefits in today’s competitive environment.
Determine the legally mandated benefits that the company must currently offer
to its employees. 
3. 
Recommend at least four
(4) additional benefits that the organization should consider providing to its
employees. Suggest at least three (3) important concepts that a company must
consider when designing benefit plans. Provide a rationale for your response.
4. 
Assess the efficiency of
common techniques for effectively communicating compensation and benefit plans
to employees. Support your answer.
5. 
Suggest two (2) ethical
risks of making incentive pay a large portion of employees’ total compensation.
Propose two (2) recommendations for ways the company might mitigate or reduce
these risks.  
6. 
Use at least five (5)
quality academic (peer-reviewed) resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia
and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Your assignment must
follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font
(size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references
must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for
any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the
assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title,
and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in
the required assignment page length. 

The specific course
learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Examine the influences on and various approaches to
compensation.
Analyze issues related to developing and implementing
employee benefit packages.
Apply relevant theories and knowledge to human resource
practices in organizations.
Use technology and information resources to research
issues in human resource management foundations.
Write clearly and concisely about human resource
management foundations using proper writing mechanics.

Assignment 4: Recognizing Employee
Contributions

Criteria

Unacceptable
Below 70% F

Fair
70-79% C

Proficient
80-89% B

Exemplary
90-100% A

1. Propose two (2)
methods an HR professional could use to determine incentive pay. Specify the
principal manner in which the proposed methods take into consideration
individual, group, and company performance. Justify your response.
Weight: 20%

Did not submit or
incompletely proposed two (2) methods an HR professional could use to
determine incentive pay. Did not submit or incompletely specified the
principal manner in which the proposed methods take into consideration
individual, group, and company performance. Did not submit or incompletely
justified your response.

Partially proposed two
(2) methods an HR professional could use to determine incentive pay.
Partially specified the principal manner in which the proposed methods take
into consideration individual, group, and company performance. Partially
justified your response.

Satisfactorily
proposed two (2) methods an HR professional could use to determine incentive
pay. Satisfactorily specified the principal manner in which the proposed
methods take into consideration individual, group, and company performance.
Satisfactorily justified your response.

Thoroughly proposed
two (2) methods an HR professional could use to determine incentive pay.
Thoroughly specified the principal manner in which the proposed methods take
into consideration individual, group, and company performance. Thoroughly
justified your response.

2. Examine the core
legal requirements affecting employee benefits in today’s competitive
environment. Determine the legally mandated benefits that the company must
currently offer to its employees.
Weight: 15%

Did not submit or
incompletely examined the core legal requirements affecting employee benefits
in today’s competitive environment. Did not submit or incompletely determined
the legally mandated benefits that the company must currently offer to its
employees.

Partially examined the
core legal requirements affecting employee benefits in today’s competitive
environment. Partially determined the legally mandated benefits that the company
must currently offer to its employees.

Satisfactorily
examined the core legal requirements affecting employee benefits in today’s
competitive environment. Partially determined the legally mandated benefits
that the company must currently offer to its employees.

Thoroughly examined
the core legal requirements affecting employee benefits in today’s
competitive environment. Thoroughly determined the legally mandated benefits
that the company must currently offer to its employees.

3. Recommend at least
four (4) additional benefits that the organization should consider providing
to its employees. Suggest at least three (3) important concepts that a
company must consider when designing benefit plans. Provide a rationale for
your response.
Weight: 20%

Did not submit or
incompletely recommended at least four (4) additional benefits
that the organization should consider providing to its employees. Did not
submit or incompletely suggested at least three (3) important
concepts that a company must consider when designing benefit plans. Did not
submit or incompletely provided a rationale for your response.

Partially recommended
at least four (4) additional benefits that the organization
should consider providing to its employees. Partially suggested at
least three (3) important concepts that a company must
consider when designing benefit plans. Partially provided a rationale for
your response.

Satisfactorily
recommended at least four (4) additional benefits that the
organization should consider providing to its employees. Satisfactorily
suggested at least three (3) important concepts that a company
must consider when designing benefit plans. Satisfactorily provided a
rationale for your response.

Thoroughly recommended
at least four (4) additional benefits that the organization
should consider providing to its employees. Thoroughly suggested at
least three (3) important concepts that a company must
consider when designing benefit plans. Thoroughly provided a rationale for
your response.

4. Assess the
efficiency of common techniques for effectively communicating compensation
and benefit plans to employees. Support your answer.
Weight: 15%

Did not submit or
incompletely assessed the efficiency of common techniques for effectively
communicating compensation and benefit plans to employees. Did not submit or
incompletely supported your answer.

Partially assessed the
efficiency of common techniques for effectively communicating compensation
and benefit plans to employees. Partially supported your answer.

Satisfactorily assessed
the efficiency of common techniques for effectively communicating
compensation and benefit plans to employees. Satisfactorily supported your
answer.

Thoroughly assessed
the efficiency of common techniques for effectively communicating
compensation and benefit plans to employees. Thoroughly supported your
answer.

5. Suggest two (2)
ethical risks of making incentive pay a large portion of employees’ total
compensation. Propose two (2) recommendations for ways the company might
mitigate or reduce these risks. 
Weight: 15%

Did not submit or
incompletely suggested two (2) ethical risks of making incentive pay a large
portion of employees’ total compensation. Did not submit or incompletely
proposed two (2) recommendations for ways the company might mitigate or
reduce these risks.

Partially suggested
two (2) ethical risks of making incentive pay a large portion of employees’
total compensation. Partially proposed two (2) recommendations for ways the
company might mitigate or reduce these risks.

Satisfactorily suggested
two (2) ethical risks of making incentive pay a large portion of employees’
total compensation. Satisfactorily proposed two (2) recommendations for ways
the company might mitigate or reduce these risks.

Thoroughly suggested
two (2) ethical risks of making incentive pay a large portion of employees’
total compensation. Thoroughly proposed two (2) recommendations for ways the
company might mitigate or reduce these risks.

6. 5 references
Weight: 5%

No references provided

Does not meet the
required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices.

Meets number of
required references; all references high quality choices.

Exceeds number of
required references; all references high quality choices.

7. Clarity, writing
mechanics, and formatting requirements
Weight: 10%

More than 6 errors
present

5-6 errors present

3-4 errors present

0-2 errors present

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