WPDN

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WPDN

• REWARD AND RECOGNITION
• Steve Daysh
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Why Reward and Recognition?

• University Strategic Plan (2004-2008) that states
  The University will develop and implement a
  variety of recognition and reward mechanisms
  aimed at recruiting and retaining excellent
  academic and general staff and encouraging team
  and individual excellence.
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Why Reward and Recognition?

• Requirement 4 of the Higher Education
  Workplace Relations Requirements (HEWRRs) states
• 'The Higher Education Providers (HEPs)
  workplace agreements, policies and practices must
  support organisational productivity and
  performance.
• The HEPs workplace agreements, policies and
  practices must include a fair and transparent
  performance management scheme that rewards high
  performing individual staff.
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Formal Rewards

• Attraction/Retention Loading Policy
• Overseas Conference Leave
• Special Studies Program
• Promotions Policy (Academic Staff and Academic
  Title Holders)
• Responsibility Loadings Policy
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Accelerated Incremental Progression

• Payable when
• Exceptional circumstances exist
• or
• A staff member has performed their duties in an
  exceptional rather than satisfactory manner.
• Staff member must have participated in the PDR
  process and their performance must have been
  judged as exceptional.
• No eligibility for an accelerated increment if
  their salary is already at the maximum of the
  salary range.
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Bonus Payments

• Payment of a lump sum either on individual or a
  group basis as a reward for outstanding
  performance that has achieved specific outcomes.
• Such outcomes should be negotiated beforehand
  with a set of key performance indicators or
  targets.
• Can be used to reward staff that have performed
  exceptionally but have reached the top of their
  incremental range.
• Expressed as a specific amount or a percentage of
  an individuals base salary.
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Informal Rewards and Recognition

• These types of rewards can be used to provide a
  spontaneous, sincere and personal recognition
  of a staff members contribution with the
  advantage of being both easy to manage and
  relatively cheap to administer.
• If delivered in a fair and consistent manner they
  contribute significantly to improved performance
  and morale.
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Recognition

• Praise or thank you in person and/or in front of
  others.
• Email thank you.
• Letter of appreciation with a copy to go on the
  staff members file.
• Publicity in internal newsletter.
• Special luncheon (either individually or as a
  group).
• A perpetual recognition reward that is passed on
  after a set period (e.g. Top Dog).
• Provide Business Cards.
• Set up a notice board to display thank you memos,
  photos, progress towards goals etc.
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Job Responsibilities

• Selected to represent area at a meeting or attend
  as an observer.
• Provide more autonomy in job.
• Invite to provide comment on specific issues,
  policies etc.
• Greater access to information.
• Mentoring and work shadowing responsibilities.
• Invite to co-ordinate and run School/Branch
  meeting.
• Attend external conferences, meetings.
• Allow more flexibility in working environment
  e.g. working from home.
• Take on additional responsibilities or do aspects
  of job that are more personally rewarding.
• Do a major presentation.
• Give them a special project/assignment.
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Social Activities

• Morning teas on and off-site.
• Lunch with supervisor.
• Schedule a staff meeting off-site in a congenial
  atmosphere follow up with a casual social event.
  
• Happy Hour.
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Rewards

• Contribution towards HECS fees.
• Small gifts (e.g. movie tickets, gift voucher,
  bottle of wine, flowers on Secretarys Day).
• Occasionally allow all staff to leave an hour
  early in recognition of their efforts.
• Provide cab charges after Christmas function.
• Pay professional membership.
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