Question 1. Many compensation professionals are faced with making choices about which discretionary benefits to drop because funds are limited and because costs of these benefits continually increase. List your top three discretionary benefits that you would not cut, your rationale for your decision, and factors that influence your decision.
Question 2. Answer the three questions at the end of the case study attachment.
a. Do you think changing Superior's time off policies will decrease unscheduled time off?
b. Beyond reducing occurrences of unscheduled time off, are there any other benefits to offering PTO?
c. Are there any disadvantages to offering PTO?
Reference:
Martocchio, J. J. (2011). Strategic compensation: A human resource management approach (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.