In addition to losing their Christmas bonus, staff at Sainsbury's head office will lose their additional earnings related bonus scheme.
The state pension comes in two parts, a basic state pension and an earnings related element previously called Serps, but now known as the State Second Pension (S2P).
The State Earnings Related Pension Scheme has been replaced by the State Second Pension and is an amount that is payable to employees who were members of the scheme.
The rules relating to eligibility are complex and have changed several times over the years - before it was called the State Earnings Related Pension for example it was known as the Graduated Pension.
As it is, the government seems hesitant even to privatise the earnings-related element of the state pension.
Eligibility for the bigger, earnings-related part still stands at 60 till 2013, but rises to 65 by 2025.
The quantitative model employed by the Forbes Growth Investor identified the stock right before its recent earnings-related pop.
The new system will be funded in part by the early abolition of the state second pension, an earnings-related scheme.
Currently, everybody earning more than a basic income is legally required to make modest payments either towards the State Earnings-Related Pension Scheme or into a private pension.
Because few make profits, normal earnings-related measures cannot be used.
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The Labour government has made much of its pension changes: in particular the introduction of stakeholder pensions and the replacement of the earnings-related state second pension with a more expensive scheme aimed at poorer workers.
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Q3 looks to demonstrate the earnings potential given related seasonality (PJM rev recognition), while international and domestic market developments remain encouraging.
Hamada added that he wanted to be careful not to leave the impression that the entire earnings beat was related to higher drive prices.
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The Scheme paid an amount in addition to the Basic State Pension related to earnings while you were working.
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Next Generation Equity Research's Davies blames overall weakness in the stock market, as well as discontent related to recent earnings guidance from the company.
He says the deal will be dilutive to GAAP earnings per share by one penny (because of nonrecurring charges related to deferred compensation), and accretive to pro-forma earnings in 2004.
These record earnings come from the growth in assets related to recent Fed policy.
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This is because private pensions are funded by government rebates related to people's earnings.
Adjusted net earnings, which exclude charges and benefits related to tax items, rose 41% to 72 cents per share.
The company said that during the past quarter, its sales out look and price realization has improved, but higher costs, primarily from commodity-related materials, have limited earnings.
Bellini this morning trimmed estimates on Autodesk, based on recent earnings reports from other companies as well as related commentary reflecting weakness in Europe and pockets of North America.
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Excluding restructuring- and acquisition-related items, the company said its earnings per share rose to 26 cents, from 15 cents.
Merck's earnings are surging, and it keeps winning battles related to Vioxx lawsuits.
ConAgra reported earnings of 47 cents per share, excluding costs related to hedging higher commodity prices, over the analyst estimate for 43 cents per share.
The company revised its preliminary adjusted results showing earnings in January to reduce the estimate for charges related to discontinuing breakfast at certain locations and to reduce depreciation and amortization.
Net earnings from operations are expected to decline approximately 15 percent- 20 percent in the first quarter due to gross margin pressure and higher marketing-related costs, to be followed by earnings growth in all subsequent quarters.
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