Analysis of additional pay reward schemes

Europe

(September 2016) The Eurofound tripartite research agency has published a new report on supplementary reward systems including performance-related pay, profit-sharing, payment by results and benefits in kind. These schemes are seen as ways of trying to motivate and reward workers and maybe linked to workplace results/profits/performance. The examines the different types of schemes, their prevalence in different countries and sectors, including the public sector, across the EU and Norway. Read more at Eurofound.

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