For this scheme to work, the government must provide wage subsidies to compensate for lost pay due to the shorter hours.

为了此方案有效运转，政府必须提供工资津贴以补偿工时减少而造成的工资损失。

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A firm importing a worker under such a scheme would presumably pay him a lower wage than it would pay an equivalent local (otherwise why not just hire a native?)

依照此方案，接收工人的公司支付的工资可能会低于当地的平均水平(否则为何不雇一个本地人？)

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Other transport workers had joined the striking metro workers in solidarity on Friday and a big rally was planned to protest against a public sector unified wage scheme that would see their salaries reduced by up to 25%.

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The wage-subsidy scheme, though, was too modest to be meaningful and the stimulus package has expired.

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In a faint echo of the 1970s Congress introduced a wage-subsidy scheme last year.

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