Paper 1 · remuneration
A benefit to an employer of paying employees a piece rate is that
Apay is linked to output, encouraging higher effort
Bthe quality of each unit produced is protected
Cemployees receive the same income every week
Dclose supervision of every worker becomes essential
Explanation: Under a piece rate the worker is paid per unit produced, so effort translates directly into earnings and output tends to rise while the need for supervision falls. The risks run the other way: quality can suffer as workers hurry, and earnings become insecure when output varies.
Derived from ZIMSEC Business Enterprise Skills Paper 1, Nov 2018, Q4