Subsection Objectives: Assess whether the organization’s practices on salaries and benefits conform to good practices and legal and donor requirements . Resources: Human resources policy, salary classification, employee handbook, labor laws, human resources managers and staff questionnaires and interviews Low Capacity Basic Capacity Moderate Capacity Strong Capacity 4.6 1 2 3 4 Staff Policies and procedures on Policies and procedures on staff Policies and procedures on Policies and procedures on Salaries and staff salaries and benefits salaries and benefits are: salaries and benefits are: salaries and benefits are: Benefits are: Weak and require significant Adequate, but may need Good and updated as needed Not adequate changes and/or are not usually some updating Consistently applied Not in compliance with applied Usually applied In full compliance with labor labor laws In partial compliance with labor In full compliance with laws (NUPAS 4.1) laws laws The organization: The organization: The organization: The organization: Pays less than legally Pays legally required minimum Pays legally required minimum Pays legally required required minimum wages wages minimum wages wages Has standard pay ranges or a Has standard pay ranges or a Has standard pay ranges or Lacks standard pay pay classification system pay classification system, but a pay classification system ranges or a pay Consistently follows the pay they are not usually applied Usually follows the pay classification system ranges or classification Does not regularly adjust pay ranges or classification Does not regularly adjust Regularly adjusts pay scales for scales for inflation Periodically adjusts pay pay scales for inflation inflation Does not document employee scales for inflation Does not document Documents employee benefits benefits in a policy manual or Documents employee employee benefits in a in a policy manual or handbook handbook to all employees benefits in a policy manual policy manual or given to all employees Does not make payments for or handbook given to all handbook given to all Make payments for government government benefit programs or employees employees benefit programs for all eligible only made for a subset of eligible payments for Does not make employees employees government benefit payments for Consistently pays overtime or Does not usually pay overtime or programs for all eligible government benefit compensatory as required compensatory leave as required employees programs or only made by law by law Usually pays overtime or for a subset of eligible Consistently controls overtime Does not control overtime compensatory leave as employees through advance approvals through advance approvals required by law Does not pay overtime Usually control overtimes or compensatory as through advance approvals required by law
Subsection Objectives: Assess whether the organization’s practices on salaries and benefits conform to good practices and legal and donor requirements . Resources: Human resources policy, salary classification, employee handbook, labor laws, human resources managers and staff questionnaires and interviews Low Capacity Basic Capacity Moderate Capacity Strong Capacity 4.6 Staff Salaries and Benefits (NUPAS 4.1) 1 2 3 4 Policies and procedures on staff salaries and benefits are: Not adequate Not in compliance with labor laws The organization: Pays less than legally required minimum wages Lacks standard pay ranges or a pay classification system Does not regularly adjust pay scales for inflation Does not document employee benefits in a policy manual or handbook given to all employees Does not make payments for government benefit programs or only made for a subset of eligible employees Does not pay overtime or compensatory as required by law Policies and procedures on staff salaries and benefits are: Weak and require significant changes and/or are not usually applied In partial compliance with labor laws The organization: Pays legally required minimum wages Has standard pay ranges or a pay classification system, but they are not usually applied Does not regularly adjust pay scales for inflation Does not document employee benefits in a policy manual or handbook to all employees Does not make payments for government benefit programs or only made for a subset of eligible employees Does not usually pay overtime or compensatory leave as required by law Does not control overtime through advance approvals Policies and procedures on salaries and benefits are: Adequate, but may need some updating Usually applied In full compliance with laws The organization: Pays legally required minimum wages Has standard pay ranges or a pay classification system Usually follows the pay ranges or classification Periodically adjusts pay scales for inflation Documents employee benefits in a policy manual or handbook given to all employees payments for government benefit programs for all eligible employees Usually pays overtime or compensatory leave as required by law Usually control overtimes through advance approvals Policies and procedures on salaries and benefits are: Good and updated as needed Consistently applied In full compliance with labor laws The organization: Pays legally required minimum wages Has standard pay ranges or a pay classification system Consistently follows the pay ranges or classification Regularly adjusts pay scales for inflation Documents employee benefits in a policy manual or handbook given to all employees Make payments for government benefit programs for all eligible employees Consistently pays overtime or compensatory as required by law Consistently controls overtime through advance approvals