This Article Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Rana, A. I. Articles by Chaudhry, H. R. Search for Related Content Social Bookmarking                   What's this?

Leisure Textiles: Salary Versus Piece Rate

Hassan Rauf Chaudhry

This case study deals with Leisure Textiles, a knitwear manufacturer in Lahore, Pakistan. It describes the general practices followed in the sewing industry with reference to the compensation systems followed. It also deals with the roles of key characters in the sewing industry. Leisure Textiles had followed the predominant system of ‘piece rate’ for compensating its sewing workforce. However, in 2000 the company's CEO implemented the salary-based system in one of the sewing units on a test case basis. The case discusses the efforts made at implementing a salary-based system in place of the piece rate system and the problems associated with these efforts.

Key Words: Sewing industry • incentive system • piece rate • salaried workforce • workforce hiring • operational control • labour cost

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    What's this?