What Is a Compensable Factor

A job attribute described in a job evaluation plan that provides the basis for evaluating the relative worth of a job inside the organization. Each compensable factor has a number of different degree levels on which jobs are evaluated.

What are examples of compensable factors?

  • Experience. How long should the incumbent have worked in this job or in closely related jobs to be fully qualified? …
  • Education. …
  • Responsibility. …
  • Complexity of duties. …
  • Supervision received. …
  • Supervision exercised. …
  • Consequences of error.

How do you identify compensable factors?

  1. They must be present in all jobs.
  2. They need to be definable and measurable.
  3. The factor must vary across the company. …
  4. They must be observable. …
  5. They need to fit the organization.
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