AN ASSESSMENT OF PAY SYSTEM AND BENEFITS PRACTICE AT ST.MARY'S UNIVERSITY

Abstract

This study assesses employee pay system and benefit practice at St. Mary’s University. Seventy two administrative employees from three divisions namely Head office, Distance education and Undergraduate program participated in this study. Data was collected using a set of questionnaires which consist fives parts including demographic information of respondents, linker’s scale perception items, and additional open ended questions for which 82.3% of respondents completed the questionnaires. Data analysis was done using descriptive statistics using SPSS ver.20:0 frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation rating were used to present the perception of the respondents. The finding showed that employees perceived the current pay system and benefit practice to be inadequate, employees did not participate in pay and benefit decision making, the pay and benefit system is not periodically updated and communicated to employees. Moreover, employees are not evaluated based on their performance .The University should focus on changing the current pay system and benefit, ensure that the packages are periodically reviewed, and develop a reward system based on performance and qualification.