Merit Based Raises Rare As Budgets Stall Across Firms
The article notes many leaders struggle to reward merit amid flat pay raise budgets with 3.7 percent average increases in 2006, the same as 2005. Some firms preserve merit differentials via normalization and spot bonuses, while others give uniform raises to all employees.
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Jim Kochanski
Sibson Consulting
Kochanski
Society For Human Resource Management
SHRM
Mark Dumas
Spatial Data Analytics Corp
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Dumas
Local TV networks eye Internet delivery with viewer restrictions
Decisionmark Corp of Cedar Rapids unveils Air to Web Broadcast Replication to put local network affiliates on the Internet while ensuring access only to viewers with over the air reception. The system authenticates viewers by address and reports usage for compliance, aiming to merge free over the air with selected cable content.
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George C. Ford
Gazette
Edar Rapids
Decisionmark Corp
Jack Perry
Decisionmark
Perry
Yahoo
Broadcast.com
Cedar Rapids
Titantv
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Mesa flight attendants sing safety briefings gospel style
Mesa Airlines crews replace routine safety talks with personality and music on flights from Aspen to Denver. Margaret Fagan jokes about a smoking section and Gone with the Wind while Tommie Means performs the briefing in gospel style.
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Mesa Airlines
Tommie Means
Paul Lin
Associated Press
Aspen
Colo
Denver
Margaret Fagan
Fagan
Mesa
Jonathan Ornstein
Ornstein
Aspen-to-Denver
Kim May
San Jose
Calif
Southwest Airlines
May
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