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Performance related pay

SSneha5y ago
Sir for performance related pay, the kaplan textbook says that piecework is categorized under PRP However there was this question that i found that asked what performance related pay involves I was confused with these 2 options Option C: Rewarding employees on the basis of the amount of work they have done Option D: Rewarding employees for achieving agreed personal targets Sir I don't understand how D is the correct answer Isn't it supposed to be B because Performance related pay is based on the performance of a worker. I.e, isn't performance directly linked with output because piecework is categorized under Performance related pay
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor5y ago#1
It is difficult for me to give an exact answer without seeing the whole of the question. However for option C, just taking more time working does not mean that they are actually producing any more - they might just be doing things slowly. Piecework is based on what they actually manage to produce,
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