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Performance-Related Pay 2011
Benchmarking data from XpertHR's 2011 survey of performance-related pay schemes. The survey was conducted in July 2011 and is based on responses from 98 organisations operating performance-related pay schemes that cover a total of 211,615 employees.
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Survey:
Performance-Related Pay 2011
Date:
12-07-2011
Source:
XpertHR Surveys
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Topics:
Performance-related pay
Keywords:
pay,performance,PRP
Type:
Snapshot
Participants:
98
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Survey questions
How many performance-related pay schemes does your organisation operate?
What factors (other than those relating to performance appraisal) are taken into account when determining the value of individual performance-related increases?
What training and support are line managers provided with on your organisation's performance-related pay scheme?
How much discretion do line managers have over the overall distribution of pay awards?
What is HR's role in relation to that of line managers when it comes to implementing the performance-related pay process?
What guidance and information do employees receive on the performance-related pay scheme and their individual merit pay award?
Do you monitor the overall distribution of performance-related pay awards for equal opportunities purposes?
Do you evaluate the effectiveness of your performance-related pay scheme(s) in meeting its objectives?
What problems have you encountered in using performance-related pay?
What effect has your individual performance-related pay scheme had on employee performance?
What effect has your individual performance-related pay scheme had on high-performing employees?
What effect has your individual performance-related pay scheme had on average-performing employees?
What effect has your individual performance-related pay scheme had on poor-performing employees?
Has the recession affected your organisation's performance-related pay offering in 2011?
How has the recession affected your organisation's performance-related pay offering for 2011?
What are your views on performance-related pay schemes?
To what extent do you agree with the following statement? "Lack of line manager consistency makes employees wary of our performance-related pay scheme."
To what extent do you agree with the following statement? "Performance-related pay is an excellent tool to improve individual performance."
To what extent do you agree with the following statement? "Employees do not have faith in the system delivering reward for high performance."
To what extent do you agree with the following statement? "The level of pay rises currently on offer through performance-related pay are not high enough to have the desired effect on performance at our organisation."
To what extent do you agree with the following statement? "Performance-related pay has become a reward system that pays differentially according to performance rather than one that encourages high performance."
How many employees are covered by your organisation's performance-related pay scheme?
What proportion of your workforce is covered by your organisation's performance-related pay scheme?
Which employees groups are covered by your organisation's performance-related pay scheme?
What are the main objectives of your performance-related pay scheme?
Is motivating staff a main objective of your performance-related pay scheme?
Is improving individual performance a main objective of your performance-related pay scheme?
Is improving organisational performance a main objective of your performance-related pay scheme?
Is controlling pay costs a main objective of your performance-related pay scheme?
Is focusing attention on key objectives a main objective of your performance-related pay scheme?
Is facilitating flexibility in rewarding staff a main objective of your performance-related pay scheme?
Is rewarding exceptional achievement a main objective of your performance-related pay scheme?
Is aiding recruitment a main objective of your performance-related pay scheme?
Is aiding retention a main objective of your performance-related pay scheme?
What type of pay award do employees that participate in your performance-related pay scheme(s) usually receive?
Are individual pay awards given under your performance-related pay scheme(s) based on appraisal ratings?
What is covered by the standard performance appraisal for employees whose pay award is based on appraisal rating?
Do line managers have discretion to determine the value of individual performance-related pay awards?
How will the next performance-related pay increase compare with the most recent award?
How effective are performance-related pay schemes in achieving their objectives?
How effective are performance-related pay schemes in motivating staff?
How effective are performance-related pay schemes in improving individual performance?
How effective are performance-related pay schemes in improving organisational performance?
How effective are performance-related pay schemes in controlling pay costs?
How effective are performance-related pay schemes in focusing attention on key objectives?
How effective are performance-related pay schemes in facilitating flexibility in rewarding staff?
How effective are performance-related pay schemes in rewarding exceptional achievement?
How effective are performance-related pay schemes in aiding recruitment?
How effective are performance-related pay schemes in aiding retention?
How effective are performance-related pay schemes in other areas?
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Good practice: Performance management
Performance-related pay: The 2011 XpertHR survey
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