Plan, direct, supervise, and coordinate work activities of subordinates and staff relating to employment, compensation, labor relations, and employee relations.

“Plan, direct, supervise, and coordinate work activities of subordinates and staff relating to employment, compensation, labor relations, and employee relations.” is a core task performed by Compensation and Benefits Managers. Among the occupation's 24 rated tasks, workers place it 16th by importance (#9 most important). About 76% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Supervise personnel activities. in Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
• Manage human resources activities. in Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Direct preparation and distribution of written and verbal information to inform employees of benefits, compensation, and personnel policies. · importance 4.7
• Design, evaluate, and modify benefits policies to ensure that programs are current, competitive, and in compliance with legal requirements. · importance 4.7
• Fulfill all reporting requirements of all relevant government rules and regulations, including the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). · importance 4.6
• Analyze compensation policies, government regulations, and prevailing wage rates to develop competitive compensation plan. · importance 4.5
• Identify and implement benefits to increase the quality of life for employees by working with brokers and researching benefits issues. · importance 4.4
• Manage the design and development of tools to assist employees in benefits selection, and to guide managers through compensation decisions. · importance 4.2
• Administer, direct, and review employee benefit programs, including the integration of benefit programs following mergers and acquisitions. · importance 4.2
• Mediate between benefits providers and employees, such as by assisting in handling employees' benefits-related questions or taking suggestions. · importance 4.2
• Prepare detailed job descriptions and classification systems and define job levels and families, in partnership with other managers. · importance 3.9
• Develop methods to improve employment policies, processes, and practices, and recommend changes to management. · importance 3.9
• Plan and conduct new-employee orientations to foster positive attitude toward organizational objectives. · importance 3.9
• Formulate policies, procedures and programs for recruitment, testing, placement, classification, orientation, benefits and compensation, and labor and industrial relations. · importance 3.9
• Prepare budgets for personnel operations. · importance 3.8
• Negotiate bargaining agreements. · importance 3.7

See all tasks on the Compensation and Benefits Managers page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Plan, direct, supervise, and coordinate work activities of subordinates and staff relating to employment, compensation, labor relations, and employee relations.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-3270}
}