Benefits (ie the elements in a reward package other than basic pay) also need to be considered. The following typical questions should be considered, together with those that are appropriate for the business:
* What is the current cost of the benefits package and can this be sustained?* Do you want to increase benefits and, if [...]

This is the central issue. The items up to this point have set the scene for the pay review and deal with some of the specific issues that are raised as part of it. The questions below again are far from exhaustive but they do cover some of the critical points which might typically occur:
* [...]

The CIPD suggest that private sector organisations use market data to influence their pay reviews, whilst the public sector use job evaluation and the manufacturing industry make their decisions based on their ability to pay and drive this through the collective bargaining procedure. Based on this assumption, the following information provides practical advice when faced [...]

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