Merit pay

shrinking budget and assessment requirements require that educators work well beyond the 40 hour work week. We are salaried. This means we work to get our job done regardless of the hours. Teacher’s workload has double in the last 10 years with few pay increases. We no longer have classroom assistances. We have less teacher workdays and less planning time during the instructional day. There are teachers within the district that do not have duty free lunches or breaks each day during the…

productivity in the workplace? Why are the associates so discontent with their current management? This particular Walmart Super Center used to be a great store to work for and even to shop at. Now associates seem as if they are over worked for little pay. Customers would call the Home Office to praise how great of a store they had. Now the customers call them to complain how bad…

there are college expenses. To this day parents have been struggling to pay for their offspring, but now there are scholarships for anything! “There are scholarships for literally everyone- for a student adept in soccer, art, math, calling ducks, or just being tall (over 5’10’’)” (How to pay for college). With college getting more expensive by the year, erudition really makes a difference. First off, there are multiple ways to pay for a college tuition, one way would be from federal loans.…

(1914), group life insurance for employees (1915), an employee stock ownership program and paid vacations (1923), an employee suggestion program (1929), annual incentive bonuses (1934), a pension plan (1944), and guaranteed continuous employment and a merit rating system (1950-1969). These programs were considered progressive for their time (Lincoln, 2016a). Driving these changes, were James F. Lincoln’s business philosophies. Building consensus amongst the entire workforce, to want the same…

individuals to “Be All You Can Be”. There were bonuses, college money, and of course the adventure of travelling to foreign places. The persuasion that enticed me the most, was the Army College fund; whereas, one hundred dollars a month was taken from my pay for one year. In return, I would receive 100 % tuition while I served the Army; furthermore, I would receive tuition four years, at Government expense, after I was discharged from the Army. Surprisingly, the college fund changed over the…

Towers Watson’s total rewards structure (as shown in figure 2 above) arranges rewards into three groups that link to facets of a worker’s experiences at work. Each grouping includes related programs intended to fulfill workers’ needs and discuss what a worker may value from their employer. Foundational Rewards. The foundational rewards grouping includes a worker’s need for safety and constancy. These foundations deliver programs that employers can choose from whether they want to subsidize…

Have you noticed that everyone’s child is an Honor Student? Honor Students are supposed to be the best of the best, cream of the crop, but it seems you always see these “My Child is a Honor Student” bumper stickers. The standard grading system began as grading students for what they did, for example work in class, homework, and tests. The “standard” for most teachers now is to grade on effort put into an assignment not necessarily what they achieved. Both of these versions of the standard…

As an organization, there are multiple ways one can motivate their employees. Each company needs to evaluate their philosophies and values and determine which ways would benefit them. Organizations can motivate their employees by job design, goal-setting, performance appraisals, and performance incentives. Cedar Creek is a privately owned assisted living facility in Crystal River. They have been voted best of the best of assisted livings in Citrus County for 5+ years in a row. Cedar Creek must…

Companies Rethink Annual Pay Raises The subtitle of the article, Companies Rethink Annual Pay Raises, gives a prime example why employers are now questioning annual across the board pay raises. “Some experts contend that giving larger and more frequent bonuses might spur better performance” (Silverman, 2016). All employers want top notch employees and want those employees to perform at their best. No employer wants to think that they have hired someone who may be inadequate to help the…

a percentage of lost wages and medical benefits for individuals that is injured or develop an illness preforming or due to their job duties. The employee is not responsible for contributing to this program since it is a employers responsibility to pay a percentage of their overall payroll into a state controlled protection pool. Unemployment Compensation provides employees with a percentage of his or her regular salary or hourly wages for a set number of weeks. The employee must have lost his or…