Abstract:
Background: Compensation includes salaries and benefits in financial and non-financial forms.
The compensation policy was highly linked to that of performance appraisal result. Hence,
equitable salary and benefits schemes are prerequisites to effective retention of employees.
Objectives: To assess the human resource for health compensation and performance appraisal
policies and practices in Oromia Regional Health Bureau, 2018.
Method: The study employed qualitative case-study design and in-depth-interview and
document review data collection methods. The data were collected by three qualified personnel
from purposively selected 15 key informants out of designed 21 sample size. To do so, ethical
clearance was obtained from Jimma University and Oromia Regional Health Burau Institutional
Review Boards to commence the study. The collected data were transcribed verbatim daily and
analysed using transcription, coding, categorizing, thematizing and narration manually, from March
27/2018 to June 11/2018.
Results
The study found base salary and benefits namely incentives package (professional hazards/risk,
top up, duty, house allowance and position fee), compensatory leaves, per diem pay, training and
education opportunity, promotion, transfer, job injury benefits, compensatory leaves, medical
benefit, social security and uniform allowance. And also it found the employee appraisal
activities intended to be 3600
evaluation: manager, self, team members and customer
performance evaluation dimension.
Conclusion
The compensation policy covered were salary, leaves, medical benefits, per diem, uniform
allowance, retirement pension, incentive package and training and education opportunities, and
transfer and promotion were covered well, but not organization cars, mobile phones, cheap
loans, extra vacations, gifts, travel expenses, vouchers, saving schemes, holiday expenses, and
paternal leave. All worker compensation was based on performance appraisal result. The
employee Performance appraisal intended to be 3600. However, the linkage was poorly
implemented.
