Problem
For more than 10 years you have been a human resources manager at a recently-unionized tool manufacturing company. Your company is home to more than 50 employees, ranging from machinists to metal fabricators, to accounting and inventory clerks. Your firm has built a reputation of quality, and the relationships of your long-time employee team with customers are a key pillar of your client service strategy, as well as the willingness of most clients to pay above market norms for your products. Simply put, your products are high-quality, your team is solid and so is your reputation.
Given the recent unionization, you have determined that the operating environment is far too challenging to sustain your previous approach of simply 'leading' in reference to your pay position, and providing benefits and performance pay for achieved targets. You decide to implement a formal compensation system that aligns to your recently-negotiated employment contract. Challenges the organization faces include the need to consider performance pay for unionized workers. Everyone at the company has the same benefits package and it seems to be "ok" however no one has ever checked how their benefits compare to other firms or how employees feel about their benefits. Many employee have been with the company for a long time and are aging. Workforce demographics must be considered now and for the future and this may affect your compensation strategy.
Task
A. Outlines the key factors of why the company must evolve its compensation system in order to meet current and future challenges.
B. Make a 10-12 point checklist checklist that your team will use to ensure that the chosen system is deliberate, and considers the factors that are most applicable to your environment
C. Summarize your proposed inventory review process of the compensation system, detailing how it would unfold by explaining the relevance of the items that you chose to include in the checklist, how they will be applied, and how it will support the fit of your future compensation system.