Case study of skill-based pay in food manufacturing

SKILL-BASED PAY

Case study of skill-based pay in food manufacturing

A recent issue of IRS Employment Review examines how a food manufacturer addressed high labour turnover and a lack of certainty over pay rates through the introduction of skill-based pay.

The three-page article looks at the move by South Caernarfon Creameries to link rates of pay to skills held by employees:

• examines the impetus for introducing the new contingent pay scheme
• looks at the main stages involved in developing the structure
• explains how assimilation to the four new grades took place
• assesses how the manufacturer has avoided some of the criticisms made against skill-based pay.

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Title: "The workers that got the cream", IRS Employment Review 832/Pay and Benefits, 30 September 2005.

Availability: To purchase this report contact the subscriptions department at IRS in London, tel: 020 8686 9141 or visit www.irsemploymentreview.com

Posted 11 November 2005