Questionnaire

(To be answered by HR Manager /Compensation and benefit managers)

Dear respondents
The questionnaire is designed to collect information about the practice of compensation system
in your organization. The information will be used only for academic purpose and maintained
secrecy. Therefore, your honest, authentic, and quick response is necessary for the quality and
successful completion of the research.

General guidelines: There is no need of writing your name. In all cases where answer options
are available please tick (√) in the appropriate box.

Part I: Demographic Information

1. Experience in HR practice (in years) ________

2. Length of engagement in the current organization (in years):
 Less than 5  6 - 10  11-20  21 - 30  31 or more
3. Age (in years)
 Under 25  25-34  35-44  45-54  55 and above
4. Gender  Male  Female  
5. Educational  BBA/BA/  MBA/Masters  PhD  Others (please qualification Honors
state)______
6. Field of specialization :_______________________
7. Job Position:_________________________________

PART II: Questions related to the compensation system procedures:

8. Is there a compensation and benefit policy in your organization?

 Yes  No
9. What are the objectives of compensation and benefits policy of your organization as stated in
policy manual?
 __________________________________________________
 __________________________________________________
10. Do you think that the compensation and benefit policy of your organization is serving its
purpose?
 Yes  No
11. How your organization is fixing the pay rates for employees? (Show the sequence by
writing 1, 2, 3, …. as per practice):
 Conduct job analysis and prepare job description to identify number of duties and
responsibilities
 Conduct job evaluation to get the value of each job for internal pay structure
 Select the benchmark jobs to compare with the competitors’ pay structure
 Conduct market survey to investigate on comparative firms how they are assigning
value to similar jobs
 Develop policy line for identifying pay grade and ranges.
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  Fixing pay rates through developing pay level and pay mix for employees
 Others (if any)_____________________
12. How your organization is developing the incentive program for employees? (Show the
sequence by writing 1, 2, 3, …. as per practice):
 Conduct market survey to know competitors’ incentive packages
 Set rules for seniority based pay,
 Give value to performance and merit to set individual incentive
 Design group incentives for team work
 Others (if any)_______________________________
13. How your organization is practicing the benefit packages for employees? (Show the
sequence by writing 1, 2, 3, …. as per practice):
 Identify the legal provisions regarding employee benefits
 Investigate in the market to know competitors’ available benefits packages
 Determine some common benefits for all employees
 Recognize job specific benefits based on nature of jobs
 Decide and create the list of monetary and nonmonetary benefits
 Periodically evaluate and adapt the benefit packages as per market trend
 Others (if any)_____________________
14. How your organization is managing the total compensation system to ensure accurate
pay for employees? (Show the sequence by writing 1, 2, 3, …. as per practice):
 Assessment of compensation system through creating proper balance between cost and
contribution
 Communicate with employees by giving exact information of compensation system
 Adopt periodical change with the arising new situations
 Effective implementation of compensation plan after overall assessment to achieve the
objectives of compensation system
 Others (if any)_____________________

PART III: Questions related to Pay for performance and financial incentives:

15. Does the organization offer an Individual Merit Pay program?

 No  Tie merit pay with base  Annual lump-  Other options
salary sum merit (if any)_____
16. Does the organization offer a Nonfinancial and Recognition Awards?
 No  Individual Performance-  Only Team  Other options
based recognition based ______________
17. How does your organization practice promotion activities?
 Recommendation  Years of  Performance  Both years of based service based based service
and
performance
based
18. Does the organization offer a Profit Sharing Program?
 Yes  No
 If yes, how much? ______________________
19. Does the organization offer a Stock Option Scheme?
 Yes  No
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  If yes, from which level and what is the percentage of stock option?
___________________________________________________
20. Does your organization provide Gainsharing Plans for employees?
 Yes  No
 If yes, what is the process?____________________________________ 21.
Does the organization pay overtime?
 Yes  No
 If yes, from after how many hours and what is the rate?
___________________________________________________

PART IV: Questions related to the compensation objectives, policy and techniques
Following statements are about compensation (fixing pay rates, incentives and benefit) policy in
your organization. Please specify your level of agreement with the statements so that your
answers to these questions will enable the researchers to assess how your organization is
practicing compensation policies and techniques for its employees, where: 1= Strongly disagree,
2= Disagree, 3=Neutral, 4= Agree, 5= Strongly agree.
Statements 1 2 3 4 5
21. Compensation and benefit scheme in this organization comply with
government regulations
22. Compensation system of this organization is able to attract, motivate and
retain talent employees.
23. Compensation system has a positive impact on quantitative and
qualitative employee performance
24. Competitive compensation system helps to reduce employee turnover,
absenteeism and industrial conflict
25. Compensation system of this organization is linked with the business
strategic plan and able to create shareholders’ value.
26. Compensation system has an impact on employee devotion and
commitment.
27. Compensation system makes a progressive contribution to the overall
effectiveness of the organization.
28. Compensation system has been designed to ensure equity and employee
satisfaction.
29. Compensation system helps to ensure organizational citizenship behavior
of employees.
30. A well designed and competitive compensation system helps to create an
employment brand in the market
31. Compensation policy is able to create balance between organization cost
and employees contribution

PART V: Question related to benefit options:

32. Does your organization provide following benefit packages that you are aware of: (please
tick ( √ ) as many as are applicable)
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 Employee Benefit list:
a. Provident fund  No  GPF(General  CPF (Contributory
Provident Provident fund)
fund)
b. Retirement Benefit  No  As per Govt.  Others_______
Package

Rules
c. Health/ Medical insurance  Yes  No  If yes, Specific limit of
_____________
d. Free Transportation  Yes  No  If yes, from which
position?
_____________
e. Extra duty allowance  Yes  No  If yes, what is rate of
allowance?
_____________
f. Free Medical Services  Yes  No
g. Free Training Workshops  Yes  No  If yes, from which
position?
_____________
h. Free Accommodation  Yes  No  If yes, from which
position?
_____________
i. Long Service Awards  Yes  No  If yes, from which
position?
_____________
j. Children Day care  Yes  No  If yes, from which
facilities position?
_____________
k. Car & Motor Cycle Loan  Yes  No  If yes, from which
position?
_____________
l. Additional paid time off  Yes  No  If yes, from which
community services position?
_____________
m. Casual Leave  Yes  No  If yes, How many days?
_____________
n. Sick Leave  Yes  No  If yes, How many days?
_____________
o. Study Leave  Yes  No  If yes, How many days?
_____________
p. Maternity Leave  Yes  No  If yes, How many days?
_____________
q. Vacation Leave  Yes  No  If yes, How many days?
_____________

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r. Examination Leave  Yes  No  If yes, How many days?
_____________
33. Please, specify the important benefits that are being offered by your organization Which are
not listed in the above : -
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
34. Does your organization provide leave encashment facilities?

If yes, for which leaves this opportunity is applicable?

_______________________________________________________________________
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PART VI: Others:

35. How do you rate your current base pay/Salary/wage?

 Most  Favorable  No opinion  Unfavo  Most
favorable rable unfavorable
36. How do you see your current benefit package?
 Most  Favorable  No opinion  Unfavo  Most
favorable rable unfavorable
37. What particular problem you have faced in administering and managing the current
compensation and benefit packages?
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
38. Do you think the current compensation and benefits packages facilitate human resource
functions?
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
39. How do you communicate the compensation and benefit packages to employees in your
institution?
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
40. Do you think the current compensation and benefits is sufficient? If No, why?
 Yes  No
 If No, why?
41. Are there benefits and services which you think necessary but not considered?
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
42. Finally, is there anything that you want to comment about current compensation and benefit
practices of your organization?
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
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Thank you for your time.

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