Job evaluation is the process of establishing a structure for jobs in an organisation. The concern for job evaluation is not for people, but the job itself. A pay structure is the procedure of administering its pay philosophy.
There are different types of pay structures, for example, internal equity method and market pricing. The purpose of a pay structure is to take the role of each person and reason why people receive different compensation. It also deals with opportunities of incentives.
The following are objectives of job evaluation: determining how much people who perform the job, should be paid, means of comparing jobs, and pay rates with those of other organisations.
Effectiveness of the Armed Forces pays structure policies
Wage policies vary in different organisations. Army pays should be at least equal to similar civilian jobs, but there should be an extra pay on top of that. The Army receives policies under different conditions. For example, when the army goes for a fight or defends a country, they may work in extremely harsh conditions with serious injures involved.
Therefore, they receive compensation in relation to harsh conditions. This is a policy that favours the army since they receive extra payments. Offering this policy is as a result of choosing the best pay structure. The armed forces get favours to the national guards. They receive bonuses and incentives.
Personnel maintain electronic equipment as a requirement in the military. Those who repair them normally specialize in certain equipment. Also, these individuals use weapons that have electronic components that help, for instance, in firing the weapon. They receive training so that they can handle these electrical weapons (Henderson, 2003). This is a form of policy.
Armed forces training and working conditions are terribly dangerous. Even when there is peace, time and working conditions can be devilishly hard on the individuals. This is because personnel must strictly follow the military rules at all times. The soldiers do not even have time for their families. This leads to split of the families sometimes. They are compensated for their devotion to work.
Protection of individuals and property on military bases and vessels is left to the protective service officers. This is a policy that significantly favours the militants.
Systems used in paying salaries and wages to the Armed Forces
Some work conditions depend on the branch of service and other factors. Military individuals live or work near military facilities. For one to make complete military personnel, he or she must be physically fit, not insane, and ready to participate.
The system used in paying wages and salaries is job evaluation method. It is evident that compensation of individuals is according to their working conditions. Also, offering of salaries is according to the services.
Slotting is a method that compares an organization with another, that is already existing (Husband, 1976). The only disadvantage is that it cannot be used as the only system for job evaluation.
Comparison with the defence department for civilians
The defence department seeks the ability to recruit some civilians into the military. It also forms a civilian expeditionally workforce that will train and equip the civilians to deploy overseas in support of the military missions all over the world. This program also lets in former and retired civilian’s employees who are willing to return to federal service.
References
Henderson, R. I. (2003).Compensation management in a knowledge-based world (9. ed.). New Jersey: Pearson Higher Education.
Husband, T. M. (1976). Work analysis and pay structure. London: McGraw-Hill