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  • The new buyout programs at both companies are an effort to convince highly paid employees to leave so the auto maker can replace them with lower-paid workers.

    Auto Makers Now Import Jobs Matthew Dolan 2011

  • For instance, Montclair's leaders nixed the idea of a community center but pushed for a $750,000 "beautification" of a downtown street, closed a library branch just weeks after spending $160,000 or so for a main branch re-carpeting that could have waited several years, and laid off lower-paid employees while continuing to fund six-figure salaries for too many officials.

    Dave Astor: A Town's Taxing Tax Troubles Dave Astor 2011

  • The government's numbers also show that it is higher-paid, more senior employees who tend to fall behind their counterparts at private companies, whereas lower-paid employees in government come out ahead.

    Federal salaries fall further behind public sector, new data show Lisa Rein 2010

  • But raising the proportion of lower-paid entry-level workers will help reduce unit costs, long Detroit's Achilles heel.

    Ford Labors Amid a Greek Tragedy Liam Denning 2011

  • The government's numbers also show that it is higher-paid, more senior employees who tend to fall behind their counterparts at private companies, whereas lower-paid employees in government come out ahead.

    Federal salaries fall further behind public sector, new data show Lisa Rein 2010

  • The government's numbers also show that it is higher-paid, more senior employees who tend to fall behind their counterparts at private companies, whereas lower-paid employees in government come out ahead.

    Federal salaries fall further behind public sector, new data show Lisa Rein 2010

  • The government's numbers also show that higher-paid, more senior employees tend to fall behind their counterparts at private companies, whereas lower-paid employees in government come out ahead.

    Federal salaries fall behind private sector, panel says Lisa Rein 2010

  • Some of these newcomers are high-paid, high-spending executives and investment bankers, but a far larger group consists of lower-paid, less-skilled construction workers, janitors, domestic helpers and the like.

    Polling Singapore 2011

  • The government's numbers also show that it is higher-paid, more senior employees who tend to fall behind their counterparts at private companies, whereas lower-paid employees in government come out ahead.

    Federal salaries fall further behind public sector, new data show Lisa Rein 2010

  • Higher-wage workers would get inducements to leave, paving the way for lower-paid hires, while lower-wage workers would get a bump.

    This Week: Fed Twists, Stocks Dive, H-P Taps a CEO 2011

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