Compensation and benefits play a vital role in employee satisfaction and performance; employees in general want an adequate compensation package for their contributions in an organization. However, according to Cascio (2010) a high-based salary alone does not guarantee a productive, motivated workforce. Today, workers have increasing personal demands to balance their quality of work life; more workers desire a strong benefit package that includes health and disability insurance, flexible time, paid time off, retirement plans, and other cluster of gratuities to join or stay in an organization. On the other hand, aside from legal compliance in paying their employees, employers lure talented employees into their companies by offering high-level salaries and attractive fringe benefits packages. However, excessively high labor costs can ruin or break a business. Hence, designing and managing a fair, competitive pay structure without endangering the financial standing of the firm is very important. The objective of this paper is to propose a fair, competitive compensation and benefits package that meet the demands of an employee and the needs of the organization he or she works for. Team A used Salary.com to design an adequate compensation and benefits plan proposal for a service area manager position.…