Will my pay be affected by my performance review?

Many pay reviews take into account individual performance, which may be assessed through an appraisal scheme. In this sense a performance appraisal review is a form of incentive, although that is not its only function.

Used in this way the result of the appraisal scheme may be an increase in the basic rate of pay or salary, as distinct from an additional fluctuating element of pay resulting from bonus or profit related pay schemes.