91福利社

This report explains the remuneration policy of the 91福利社 for the 91福利社 World Service Management Board. Details of Management Board remuneration are included within Note 3c to the financial statements.
 
One of the responsibilities of the Board of Governors is to act as a remuneration committee. In this role, the governors have responsibility for setting executive remuneration policy, including the remuneration package for 91福利社 World Service's director. The remuneration of other members of the 91福利社 World Service Management Board is recommended by the director and approved by the 91福利社 director-general.
 
The director measures the performance of the Management Board members before recommending their annual remuneration and bonus awards. 91福利社 World Service's controller, human resources provides technical support to the director in this respect, but has no input into decisions affecting her own remuneration.
 
The 91福利社 aims to ensure that the packages offered to Management Board members:
 

enable 91福利社 World Service to attract, retain and motivate high-calibre executives;

remunerate individuals fairly for individual responsibility and contribution, while providing an element of performance-related pay, reflecting the underlying performance of 91福利社 World Service; and

take into account salary policy within the rest of the 91福利社 and the relationship that should exist between the remuneration of Management Board members and that of other employees.

The remuneration arrangements for Management Board members include the following components:
 

Basic salaries are reviewed in August each year, taking into account external market levels and internal comparisons as well as the individual's responsibilities and performance.
 

Management Board members are eligible to receive a bonus of up to 10% of basic salary for meeting certain performance targets. Qualitative and quantitative objectives are set at the beginning of the financial year, and performance is reviewed at the end of the year. As a member of the 91福利社 Executive Committee, the director, 91福利社 World Service, participates in a performance-based annual bonus scheme under which payments may be awarded of up to 30% of basic salary.
 
Bonuses are now reflected in the financial statements on an accruals basis for the performance period under review.
 

The director is eligible for a company car and fuel for private use. Other Management Board members are eligible for a company car and some members are entitled to fuel for private use. All Management Board members are eligible for medical insurance covering the executive and family and, where there is a business need, digital reception equipment.
 

Management Board members are eligible to participate in the 91福利社 Pension Scheme, which provides salary-related pension benefits on a defined benefit basis, with an accrual rate of 1/60th of final salary per year of service, subject to the Inland Revenue earnings cap where appropriate. Only basic salary is pensionable. The scheme provides for early retirement on medical grounds and life insurance cover of four times salary.