Question: Compensation professionals are called upon to develop and adjust compensation policies to ensure competitiveness by hiring and retaining the best employees. Now more than ever,

Compensation professionals are called upon to develop and adjust compensation policies to ensure competitiveness by hiring and retaining the best employees. Now more than ever, compensation professionals' are faced with stagnant or shrinking resources, which makes their work even more challenging. It is essential that compensation professionals understand the allocation of costs to various components of total compensation as well as the impact of reallocation of resources on the compensation mix.

	Cost	Percent
Total Compensation	$42	100%
Wages/Salaries		65% (of Total Compensation)
Employee Benefits		35% (of Total Compensation)
Discretionary		70% (of Employee Benefits)
Legally-Required		30% (of Employee Benefits)

Part 2

Assuming that the hourly total compensation cost is

$42:

a) The total cost in dollars for wages and salaries is

$27.3027.30.

Round your response to the nearest hundredths place.

b) The total cost in dollars for all employee benefits is

$14.7014.70.

Round your response to the nearest hundredths place.

c) The total cost in dollars for discretionary employee benefits is

$10.2910.29.

Round your response to the nearest hundredths place.

d) The total cost in dollars for legally required benefits is

$4.414.41.

Round your response to the nearest hundredths place.

Part 3

The company wants to increase the hourly wage and salary amount by

percent, while keeping total compensation per hour at

42.

The company will reduce the total cost of employee benefits in order to cover the wages and salaries increase amount.

a) The new total cost in dollars for wages and salaries will be

$enter your response here.

Round your response to the nearest hundredths place.

b) The new total cost in dollars for all employee benefits is

$enter your response here.

Round your response to the nearest hundredths place.

c) The new total cost in dollars for legally required benefits is

$enter your response here.

Round your response to the nearest hundredths place.

d) The new total cost in dollars for discretionary benefits is

$enter your response here.

Round your response to the nearest hundredths place.

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