Definition Skill‐based pay (SBP) is a compensation system that rewards employees with additional pay in exchange for formal certification of the employee’s mastery of skills, knowledge, ...

Among the advantages of skill-based pay are the following: It contributes to job enlargement and enrichment by breaking down narrow job classifications. Flexibility is increased by ...

More than ever before in industrial relations history a commonality of interests in the skills of employees has developed between employers and employees. Skills provide employees with ...

Whatever the form of SBP, establishment of a SBP plan typically involves several general steps: (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 1. Identify potential SBP ...

Skill-based pay refers to a pay system in which pay increases are linked to the number or depth of skills an employee acquires and applies and it is a means of developing broader and ...

1. Do carefully craft the design of the plan to the specific needs of the organization. It is almost impossible to borrow any other organization’s design. For the plan to have a solid ...

Acceptance of SBP is a basic change management issue. Clearly, employees need to understand how they can make more money under the system, and need a realistic idea of how long it will ...

Compensation is a collective bargaining issue in union settings, so the union must partner in the design process. There are many SBP examples in union settings, and SBP designs do not ...

The most basic condition for success is that there is a wide range (in depth and or breadth) of skills, knowledge, or competency for employees to acquire and use in their jobs. SBP ...

SBP systems usually are ineffective if the work is low‐skill—there is not enough ROI to justify the costs of SBP. Unstable management, organizational structure, or technology is ...