• 肯尼亚议员投票为自己加薪

    13-05-29 Kenyan MPs have voted to raise their salaries in defiance of proposals to cut pay. 肯尼亚国会议员不顾反对,投票通过了加薪决议。 The vote suggests a monthly salary of about $10,000 (6,540). The average annual salary in Kenya is about $1,700. Presiden...

  • 加薪带来的满足感非常短暂

    12-11-11 A pay rise only leads to short-term satisfaction before the rut sets in again, according to a new study. With a rise comes a re-evaluation of status and you soon begin to start comparing your levels of pay to colleague's again. 最新研究显示,加薪给...

  • 资金不足 阿根廷小镇抽签发工资

    12-07-28 阿根廷科尔多瓦省的一个小镇因为资金不足无法按时给全镇公务员发放工资,于是采用抽签的方式发工资,抽到者先发,没抽到的只能等下一拨。 A raffle(抽彩售货) will determine which civil servants in a small Argentine town will receive their pay first, due to...

  • Pay as you throw 垃圾按量收费

    12-07-03 Pay as you throw (also PAYT) is a system in which households are charged for collection of non-recyclable rubbish, and that the amount they pay is based on the quantity and weight of the rubbish they want collected. The system usually operates with...

  • 白宫公开官员薪水情况

    11-07-09 据新发布的一项报告,美国白宫今年将拿出3712万美元来支付454名工作人员的工资。2011年美国白宫公务员的平均年收入为8.2万美元,而上一年度的平均年薪为8.3万美元。 The White House said on Friday it will pay $37,121,463 in salaries for 454 employees in 2011. T...

  • 英国航空近两年来首次盈利

    10-10-29 British Airways has reported a half-year profit of 158m ($252m), its first in two years, as the company prepares to merge with Iberia of Spain. 英国航空公司近半年获利1.58英镑,这是该公司最近两年以来首次盈利。据悉英国航空将于西班牙伊比利亚航空进行合...

  • 南非工会叫停国营工人罢工

    10-09-07 South African trade unions have suspended a strike which has paralysed schools and hospitals for the past 20 days. 南非工会停止了一场持续30天的罢工,这次罢工使南非学校和医院造成瘫痪。 The unions have called a halt to the strike to allow them to cons...

  • 南非工人开始大罢工

    10-08-19 Public sector workers in South Africa have begun an open-ended strike, having rejected the government's offer of a pay rise. 南非国营经济部门职工拒绝了政府的加薪提议,开始了一场无限期的大罢工。 Unions affiliated with(交往,参加) Cosatu, South Afri...

  • 南非工会以罢工威胁政府增加薪酬

    10-07-29 South African public sector workers have told the government they will go on strike in seven days if their pay demands are not met. 南非国营部门工人已向其政府指出,如果他们增加薪酬的要求没有满足,将举行为期七日的罢工。 Transport workers won above-in...

  • All I do is pay

    10-05-13 All I do is pay My family is just like a nation, Mr. Brown told his colleague. My wife is the minister of finance, my mother-in-law is the minister of war, and my daughter is foreign secretary. Sounds interesting, his colleague replied. And what is...