BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Wage Incentive
- a monetary benefit offered as a reward to those employees who perform well in a specified area
Additional Resources
- New American Airlines Talks Yield Wage Incentive Plan.
- By D.R. Stewart, Tulsa World, Okla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 10--Negotiators for American Airlines and its unions returned to the bargaining table Wednesday, minutes before a ratification vote was to begin on $1.8 million in wage and benefit concessions the ...
- Research articles 2003-04-10
- Qantas proposes wage pause and incentive scheme.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-22 October 2001-QANTAS AIRWAYS: Qantas proposes wage pause and incentive scheme C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:22102001 Qantas Airways today put to the Union movement a proposal for a wage pause and an Incentive Scheme that would see employees receive...
- Research articles 2001-10-22
- Low wage earners need more tax incentives to save.
- Jun 01, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) The tax changes contained in the Australian Government's 2005 Budget mainly benefit high- income earners. The abolition of the superannuation surcharge has made salary sacrifice a more attractive option. However, Australians who do...
- Research articles 2005-06-01
- Expats have little incentive to book a ticket home.(Brief Article)
- Mar 09, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) New Zealand NZ wants to boost its skilled workforce. With many expatriates based in Australia, the country plans to launch a push to encourage them to return home. NZ Finance Minister Michael Cunnen ...
- Research articles 2005-03-09
- $140 million wage claim: teachers seek 14.5pc rise, smaller class sizes.
- Aug 21, 2001 The Advertiser ABIX via COMTEX -- South Australian SA teachers have given advance warning of a pay and benefits claim worth $A140m. SA teachers endorsed a raft of claims at the Australian Education Union State council meeting on the weekend of...
- Research articles 2001-08-20
- Latham pushes saver incentive for poor.
- Sep 22, 2003 (The West Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian Labor Party ALP shadow treasurer Mark Latham has proposed a new incentives-based savings scheme. Latham said that he hoped the party would endorse his proposal for the introduction of incentives to encourage people...
- Research articles 2003-09-22
- Incentive Boost Success
- Mayor John Peyton, the Jacksonville Regional Chamber of Commerce and Merrill Lynch & Co. jointly announced in late 2005 that the company might be bringing 800 new high-wage jobs to the city. Plans were also on the table for a $16 million expansion and renovation at he Merrill Lynch campus...
- Research articles 2007-01-01
- Starbucks' Tip Dilemma: Update
- Starbucks' Tip Dilemma: UpdateIt's Not That Clear CutI read all the responses about the tip jar settlement but it was never clear whether a lawyer was consulted by a disgruntled employee or a lawyer went looking for the case.That notwithstanding, the whole subject of tips and how they are distributed...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-28
- Intra-Firm Rent Seeking And Optimal Incentives In Firms
- This paper studies how intra-firm rent seeking affects optimal incentives in firms. An incentive-based wage schedule may generate rent seeking within the firm when contracts are incomplete, or when effort is difficult to observe. An egalitarian wage schedule on the other hand weakens workers' incentive to work hard. This trade-off...
- White papers 2007-01-19
- Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session[Operator Instructions]. Our first question will come from the line of Ken Hoexter with Merrill Lynch. Please go ahead. Ken Hoexter - Merrill Lynch Hi, good morning. Matthew K. Rose - Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer Good morning Ken. Ken Hoexter - Merrill Lynch I guess John,...
- Earnings calls 2008-05-02
- Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session[Operator Instructions]. Our first question will come from the line of Ken Hoexter with Merrill Lynch. Please go ahead. Ken Hoexter - Merrill Lynch Hi, good morning. Matthew K. Rose - Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer Good morning Ken. Ken Hoexter - Merrill Lynch I guess John,...
- Earnings calls 2008-04-29
- Teachers demand $11,500 bonus to work in country.
- Apr 16, 2002 The Advertiser ABIX via COMTEX -- South Australian teachers have called for an additional $A11,500 per annum to be added to their salaries. The teachers made a $A140m wage claim at the end of 2001 which is still being...
- Research articles 2002-04-16
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- nullRE: "Clawbacks" Might Bring CEOs Back to EarthThe idea of capping exec comp is not a new one, despite the hip new name. Many years ago I was at a public meeting with then-House Representative, Barbara Boxer. She was talking about raising the minimum wage. I had heard about...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-25
- 20 years of Policy Review
- Williams on Minimum Wage The racial effect of the minimum wage law would exist in the absence of racial preferences on the behalf of employers. The minimum wage law gives firms effective economic incentive to seek to hire only the most productive employees which means that firms are less willing...
- Research articles 1997-07-01
- Wages, productivity, and foreign direct investment flows
- Will an increase in economic openness cause relocation of capital and jobs from high-wage countries to low-wage countries? The standard textbook response is that it will not: low wages reflect low levels of labor productivity and thus provide no incentive for mobile firms to relocate. Wage rates vary widely by...
- Research articles 1999-06-01
- Determinants Of The Use Of Financial Incentives In Investment Banking
- This paper examines the use of incentive pay schemes within the financial services sector in London. Various theories of wage determination are reviewed with particular attention placed on the principal-agent literature as a framework for analysing the use of incentive pay. This is combined with case study interviews and a...
- White papers 2003-03-01
- The Economics of Assimilation
- Americans seem increasingly worried about immigration. A 2006 Pew Research Center poll suggested that 44 percent of Americans believe that immigrants today are unwilling to assimilate â€" you know, learn English and pretend to like baseball more than soccer. That fear â€" or rather the reverse of...
- Blog posts 2008-02-26
- CEO pay falls by 7% during financial crisis
- Remuneration for chief executives has taken a hit during the global financial crisis, dropping by almost 7% in the year ending in May, according to new research from consulting firm Hay Group. The company's survey of executive pay shows the total reward for chief executives, including fixed pay packets plus...
- News items 2009-08-09
- If I Were Chancellor...
- For all its vaunted support of the SME sector, can the government help them now, when access to funding and supply chain pressures are constricting their ability to grow? According to the Chartered Management Institute's latest Economic Outlook Survey, 85 per cent of managers think the government...
- Blog posts 2009-04-22
- The New Job Market: Who Wins and Who Loses?
- Recession, government spending, and demographics are transforming the workforce right before your eyes. To protect your career, make sure you're on the right side of history. If history is any guide, unemployment will continue to rise after the recession bottoms out, according to Steve Hipple, an economist with the...
- Articles 2009-06-24
