Piece-rate Pay
What Piece-rate Pay means in Business GCSE, as defined for Eduqas, OCR.
Definitions of Piece-rate Pay
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Reference: OCR
A payment system where workers are paid a fixed amount for every item they produce.
Paying workers a fixed amount for each item they produce.
Topics that use Piece-rate Pay
- Human resources (Eduqas GCSE)
- People (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Chain of Command
- Span of Control
- External recruitment
- Internal recruitment
- Job description
- Person specification
- Hygiene Factors
- Labour Turnover
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