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Minimum wage! Hiyah! – Twin Cities Planet (blog)

July 7, 2010
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Minimum wage! Hiyah! – Twin Cities Planet (blog)

MinnPost.com<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Minimum wage! Hiyah!Twin Cities Planet (blog)Even using Emmer's inflated statistics, that's cutting a $31000 a year salary to $22638.40 - a 37 percent pay cut for people barely making a living wage. ...
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Bonus round: Select CEOs buck pay-cut trend; focus is on reward for performance – Crain’s Detroit Business

June 27, 2010
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Bonus round: Select CEOs buck pay-cut trend; focus is on reward for performanceCrain's Detroit BusinessMulally accepted a voluntary 30 percent pay cut last year and received a 2009 salar...
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Pay Raise Debate Continues – CBS42

June 16, 2010
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Pay Raise Debate Continues
CBS42

But will the budget cut include a 10% salary cut for city employees? Police and Firefighters have sworn to fight a pay cut but a pay cut wouldn't be the ...

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City auditor never took full pay cut – San Diego Union Tribune (blog)

June 14, 2010
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />City auditor never took full pay cut
San Diego Union Tribune (blog)

His salary had been $168000 annually, but, as part of his contract, he was required to take a 6 percent pay cut this year along with most other employees....
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Public pension cost to more than double to £9bn in four years

June 14, 2010
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no one doubts that. But the current situation is not fair. Private sector workers have already seen final salary schemes close, while returns from defined contribution schemes fall. So can we really ask them to keep paying their taxes into unreformed

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Clegg: pension cost to double in four years

June 14, 2010
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no one doubts that. But the current situation is not fair. Private sector workers have already seen final salary schemes close, while returns from defined contribution schemes fall. So can we really ask them to keep paying their taxes into unreformed

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Romania?s Ruling Party VP Says Differentiated Taxation Of High Pensions Not A Good Solution

June 14, 2010
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pensioners who blasted the Government for the fact that it is not open to various solutions, other than salary and pension cuts. Oltean underscored that the Government wants salary and pension cuts to be temporary and scrapped as of January 1, 2011,

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Macedonia to cut salaries of senior government officials

June 13, 2010
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the deficit and avoid Europe's debt crisis. According to an announcement late Thursday (June 10th), Gruevski's salary and the wages of ministers and deputy ministers will be reduced by 10% this year or next. Furthermore, plans to build 100 sports venues

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Idaho Falls School District 91 Approves Budget

June 10, 2010
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budget of $59 million, most of which comes from the state. The board approved $4.5 million in cuts to salaries, programs and services. The largest cut, $1.3 million, comes from salary and benefits for teachers and other district employees. Teachers will

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Report: Broncos threaten Dumervil paycut – msnbc.com

June 10, 2010
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Report: Broncos threaten Dumervil paycut – msnbc.com


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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Report: Broncos threaten Dumervil paycut
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... indicating that they will exercise their right to reduce his 2010 salary to 110 percent of last year's pay if he doesn't sign his tender...
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Budget cuts close town hall Fridays: Brimfield starts 4-day weeks

June 9, 2010
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zoning inspector and administrative assistant were cut one day a week. For example, as of June 1 the salary of Brimfields zoning inspector shrank from $41,600 to $31,512. Trustee chairman Mike Kostensky said the move will save the township about 20

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As We See It: Biting the bullet in Santa Cruz over employee compensation

June 8, 2010
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As budget deficits climb, union employees are asked to take further pay and benefit cuts. But these same workers look at what upper management are making and get angry. Over the last 15 months, the Sentinel has been publishing online salary databases

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Gov. Chris Christie backs off plans to push N.J. teachers to retire early

June 8, 2010
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state, officials pitched a plan that included calculating pensions based on a teacher?s last five years of salary instead of three, rolling back a 9 percent increase in pension benefits granted in 2001 and basing health care contributions on a

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Northern Rock cuts 650 jobs in move to go private again

June 8, 2010
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Hoffman said: We must align our staffing level to match the smaller size of the business. The job cuts are expected to come at all grades following consultation with unions. Northern Rock is also shutting its final salary pension scheme. Rob MacGregor,

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Prosper Inc Executives Take Pay Cut – American Consumer News (blog)

June 6, 2010
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Prosper Inc Executives Take Pay Cut
American Consumer News (blog)

Prosper Chief Executive Chris Larsen earned a 2009 salary of $125673, down from his $150000 salary for 2008, representing a 16% pay-cut. ...

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Ireland – The start of farm co-operatives

June 5, 2010
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1922, he took over as managing director. In turning around the fortunes of IAWS, Anderson implemented a 10pc wage cut for the staff and took a 50pc salary cut himself. Surely that's the kind of leadership needed to rescue the stricken Irish economy? With

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No salary freezes here: Local unions retain raises as officials cut elsewhere

June 4, 2010
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Despite school budget defeats and calls for wage freezes and other givebacks, public employee unions in the Somerset Hills deftly managed to avoid taking a big hit during the 2010 budget crisis. Their members ought to be pleased

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Clare councillors among highest paid

June 4, 2010
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of ?30,566 per council member. Payments made to city and county councillors start with a basic rate salary, known as a representational payment. Last year this stood at ?17,604 but has since been reduced to ?16,724 in line with cuts to civil

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Las Vegas school administrators agree to pay cut – Education Week News

June 3, 2010
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Las Vegas school administrators agree to pay cut
Education Week News
LAS VEGAS (AP) ? Clark County school administrators are taking 1.5 percent pay cut and will drop an unfair labor practice complaint against Las Vegas-based ...
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Experts hit out at plans to publish salaries of high-paid civil servants

June 3, 2010
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A government drive to make public sector salaries more transparent has come under fire from pay experts and unions. This week, a list with the name, job title, grade and salary bracket of 172 civil servants earning more than £150,000 was made public on

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Cash-Strapped UC Adds High-Salary Positions

June 3, 2010
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It has been a period of austerity at the University of California, with layoffs, across-the-board pay cuts and fee hikes. Yet some UC employees earned significantly more money in 2009 than in 2008, with two more million-dollar earners added to the

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Bank of England governor takes two-year pay freeze

June 2, 2010
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Bank of England governor Mervyn King requested £302,885 salary be frozen before announcement of cabinet pay cut Larry Elliott , economics editor Bank of England governor Mervyn King asked for a two-year pay freeze. Photograph: PA Mervyn King, the

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From the Comments: Bay City readers discuss city employees’ pay

June 1, 2010
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salaries got readers talking, with some saying it?s about time public employees join private sector employees in cuts. pbaagentsaid ?The private sector had to make deep cuts, it's time for the public sector follow. As far as cuting the mayors salary,

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Letter to the EditorA negative spin put on the facts

May 29, 2010
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that '?money is no object in the Phoenixville Area district' is in reference to our new Superintendent's salary of $205,000 per year, and the editorial claims that his salary is '?among the highest in the region.' I am not sure what 'region' the

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Dist. 25 settles on a 5 percent salary cut for teachers and staff – Idaho State Journal

May 29, 2010
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Dist. 25 settles on a 5 percent salary cut for teachers and staff
Idaho State Journal

In a standing-room only setting Saturday morning, the school board adopted a last-minute amendment that results in a 5 percent permanent pay cut to teacher...
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Cuts will hit teachers hard in June

May 28, 2010
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Q. Can you do me a favor and put the cuts coming to our salary in dollars and cents for your readers so quick to criticize us? Do they know how much is being taken out of our pay this coming

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State, federal funds to save police’s victim advocate position

May 28, 2010
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Police Commission Chairman Jerry Howe said Thursday a $31,772 grant from the state Department of Justice will pay the salary and benefits for the Police Department's victim advocate. The advocate assists victims of crimes through the prosecution process

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How much do O.C. superintendents make?

May 27, 2010
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was the highest-compensated superintendent in Orange County last year, earning a gross income of $301,697. However, his salary was inflated by a one-time retirement package given him by his board valued at $28,000. I think what Im paid is a reflection of

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Letters: Cut salaries of school brass, not the teachers – Knoxville News Sentinel

May 26, 2010
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Letters: Cut salaries of school brass, not the teachers
Knoxville News Sentinel

... pay cut and be paid the highest salary that a regular teacher makes while also taking into account the fact that they work more days during the year....
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Sacramento sheriff’s candidates agree on taxes, pay cut

May 25, 2010
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of Sacramento County will not support any new tax to fund public safety and will voluntarily take a pay cut. All four candidates running to replace retiring Sheriff John McGinness were emphatic on the questions of taxes and salary during a debate

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Anger over N.J. school administrators’ pay

May 25, 2010
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when we're floating another $50,000 to an administrator,' she said. 'People are posting this person's salary and that person's salary. It's getting pretty crazy.' With public schools across New Jersey facing historic budget cuts next school year,

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Spanish politicians accept pay cut

May 25, 2010
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Politicians in both chambers of Spainâs Parliament today agreed to a 10% pay cut as part of efforts to reduce an oversized deficit.The salary of a member of the lower chamber, or Congress of Deputies, is about â¬70,000 a year, including

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Spanish legislators agree to 10 pct pay cut – Interactive Investor

May 25, 2010
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Spanish legislators agree to 10 pct pay cut
Interactive Investor
MADRID, May 25 (Reuters) - Spanish legislators will take a 10 percent pay cut as the country faces austerity measures designed to convince markets the ...
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Salary to drop for new equality chief

May 24, 2010
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The new chief executive of the Equality and Human Rights Commission will be on a significantly lower salary than their predecessor Nicola Brewer. The role of head of the commission was advertised over the weekend, at a salary of £120,000. Brewer left

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Service Cuts Anger NJ Commuters

May 24, 2010
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" Alex Kostiuk, a Passaic commuter, said her ticket went up $8. "I don't have a big salary and I'm just out of college," she said. Riders have protested the service cuts before, but agency officials say with $300 million budget deficit, they had to make

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Back finance panel on Rehoboth budget

May 23, 2010
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printed in local newspapers that have been very misleading. FACT: The townspeople voted in April 2009 to reduce salary and wage lines by 7 percent. The prior Board of Selectmen failed to honor the wishes of the people and as a result, we are forced to

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Capital & Regional directors’ 79pc cut appeases investors

May 22, 2010
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The salary and bonuses paid to the board of Capital & Regional fell from 9.39m, one of the largest packages in the property industry, to just 1.95m in 2009, the

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Millenium Labour Council backs Minister Patel’s job plan

May 22, 2010
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measure of last resort. They said companies should consider alternatives such as a shorter working week, moratorium on wage increases and salary sacrifices or wage cuts before deciding to lay-off workers. The MLC is a joint project between South

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