Business GCSE
Wage
What Wage means in Business GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Wage
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Reference: AQA
Pay per hour worked or per unit produced, so pay varies with hours worked and can reward extra effort.
Topics that use Wage
- Motivating employees (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Commission
- Competitiveness and profitability
- Cost versus benefit of motivation methods
- Employee retention and productivity
- Financial and non-financial rewards
- Fringe benefits
- Job design and employee responsibility
- Job enrichment
Using Wage in the exam
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