The failure of banks to self-regulate on bonuses, or to exercise restraint, has now resulted in a bonus cap with a one-to-one salary-to-bonus ratio, which aims to put an end to the excessive risk culture which lead to taxpayer bail-outs and bank collapses.
In the budget in late September more cash handouts went to poorer households and a one-month salary bonus to all government workers.
Legislators have raised taxes on the rich and cut the 13th month paycheck, an annual extra-month salary bonus given to public employees as the government attempts to raise revenues and cut spending to stay solvent.
These long-term incentives, which have been widely used in the Netherlands for the last decade, can make up anywhere from 10% to over 50% of an executive's total compensation -- at the CEO level, options can be worth more than the salary-plus-bonus cash compensation.
Were the board to decide that it doesn't want Mr Horta-Osorio back, he would be entitled to compensation of a year's salary and bonus - but he would be substantially out of pocket, because he lost his pension when he left Santander and has not built up any significant new entitlement at Lloyds.
Instead of the standard 1, 000 rand a month in salary, he offered the Orkney miners a base salary of 750 rand plus a profit-sharing bonus that could double their pay.
This figure includes base salary, bonus and long-term incentive plan payouts, and the value realized from stock option exercises and other benefits.
Mr Schrempp talks about overcoming this with a low basic salary and a high performance-based bonus.
Income can be derived from salary, bonus, hourly, self-employed, passive or investment sources.
The personal income of each member of the management team, from board members to middle-level managers, is limited to their salary, incentive bonus and stock dividends provided by the company, with policies to ensure that no one in the company abuses their power for self-serving purposes.
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This Jumbo Bonus is not unusual in its proportion of salary to win-based incentives with a low graduation rate component.
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After becoming governor of Tokyo in April last year, Ishihara quickly began to make good on his pledge to get the city's finances in shape by the end of his four-year term by cutting his own salary by 10% and his bonus by half.
Austria has strong socialist traditions, and the Steyr people are used to a state-run shop with a guaranteed salary, not Stronach's low salary plus bonus.
But as we are now entering mid-March, and all bonus income has been paid, wage and salary growth before inflation seems to have stabilized at just over 2 percent year-over-year.
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Like corporate bonuses, the big-time college coach has far more to gain financially from the bonus than from the base salary.
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In line with well-established international practices, the IGC recommended that the FIFA leaders disclose their total compensation, including salary, bonus and perquisites.
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