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INCENTIVE PAY [19 records]

Record 1 2021-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remuneration (Personnel Management)
  • Military Administration
DEF

The prescribed rate of pay, determined by qualifying time, or incentive credit awarded on enrolment, in accordance with the table to QR&O [Queen's Regulations and Orders] 204. 305. [49-5) AL 6/78]

OBS

incentive pay category; IPC : term and abbreviation officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rémunération (Gestion du personnel)
  • Administration militaire
DEF

[...] taux de solde établi, déterminé par la période de service y ouvrant droit ou l'ancienneté accordée à l'enrôlement aux fins de la prime de rendement, conformément aux dispositions du tableau ajouté à l'article 204.305 des ORFC [Ordonnances et règlements royaux applicables aux Forces canadiennes] [49-5)Mod. 6/78]

OBS

catégorie de prime de rendement; CPR : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Scholarships and Research Grants
OBS

The Apprenticeship Incentive Grant for Women(AIG-W) helps … pay for expenses while [women] train as … [apprentices] in a designated Red Seal Trade where women are underrepresented.

OBS

Employment and Social Development Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Bourses d'études et subventions de recherche
OBS

La Subvention incitative aux apprentis pour les femmes (SIA-F) […] aide à assumer les dépenses liées à la formation d'apprenti dans un métier désigné Sceau rouge au sein duquel les femmes sont sous-représentées.

OBS

Emploi et Développement social Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de programas federales (Gobierno canadiense)
  • Becas de estudios y subvenciones para la investigación
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Record 3 2016-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Law
  • Industrial Techniques and Processes
CONT

... the term "state of technology"(a standard term used in licences) is a dynamic concept and both the availability and the economic feasibility of the technology become issues. Dr. Rainer HAMM(Rechtsanwalt)(defence attorney) commented that there is a sensitive major tax on waste water. Those who have a licence to use a river to pollute have to pay a fee depending on the degree of pollution. The waste water effluent fees are quite effective to minimize pollution.... Large corporations also have high incentive to develop technology. It is they who develop technology. While universities can and do develop standards, they cannot build technology and compare standards. That can only be done by industry itself. Thus it is the industry which makes the law by defining the standards of technology. They are motivated to do so by the new device, popular in the United States, known as "technology forcing. "Dr. HAMM was however sceptical of using criminal law to pursue dynamic concepts. If you include a state of technology that can change any time and then punish someone for not having fulfilled the state of technology, then you blur the distinction between what is criminal and what is not criminal.

CONT

... technology forcing (i.e. development of more cost-effective approaches in response to regulations); ...

OBS

technology forcing: This expression (hyphenated) is also used as an adjective, as in "technology-forcing emission limits," "technology-forcing regulations," "technology-forcing standards."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit environnemental
  • Techniques industrielles
CONT

[...] forçage de la technologie (c.-à-d. élaboration d'approches plus rentables en réaction aux règlements); [...]

CONT

Les exigences fédérales américaines sont en place depuis 1998. Par conséquent, la reformulation des produits permettant de se conformer aux limites de contenu ne devrait pas constituer un forçage technologique.

OBS

forçage : Le fait de soumettre (quelqu'un) à une pression, à une contrainte.

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remuneration (Personnel Management)
  • Working Practices and Conditions
CONT

... the appointment of an employee to a position for which a performance pay range has been established with the individual progressing through the salary range by a series of variable increases related to the employee’s assessed level of performance ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rémunération (Gestion du personnel)
  • Régimes et conditions de travail
DEF

Rémunération proportionnelle à la production du salarié, visant à stimuler le rendement de celui-ci.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Remuneración (Gestión del personal)
  • Prácticas y condiciones de trabajo
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Record 5 2014-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remuneration (Personnel Management)
  • Economics
  • Taxation
DEF

A reward system to encourage someone to do something.

CONT

For example, if the government wants the public to save more, it can make interest on savings income-tax free;... if it wants industry to speed up investment plans, it can introduce an investment tax credit; if it wants industry to increase research and development, it can let industry write off the costs at a faster rate.... Direct grants can also be used as incentives. Likewise, companies can provide an incentive for employees through pay increases based on merit, rewards for sales, and profit sharing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rémunération (Gestion du personnel)
  • Économique
  • Fiscalité
DEF

Moyen utilisé pour encourager une personne à agir dans un sens déterminé, par exemple les subventions publiques, les divers encouragements fiscaux et les primes de rendement versées au personnel en vue d'augmenter le dynamisme et la productivité de celui-ci.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Remuneración (Gestión del personal)
  • Economía
  • Sistema tributario
DEF

Fórmula de retribución que de modo complementario se asigna a una persona, caracterizada fundamentalmente porque su importe depende directamente de que la actuación de aquélla resulte más o menos eficaz.

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Record 6 2013-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remuneration (Personnel Management)
  • Social Security and Employment Insurance
CONT

Voluntary separation incentive pay-VSIPs(also know as buyouts) are payments of up to $25, 000 paid to encourage permanent employees to resign or retire. Eligible employees may separate from service voluntarily(either by retirement or resignation) to avoid or minimize the need for involuntary separations due to RIF or workforce restructuring.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rémunération (Gestion du personnel)
  • Sécurité sociale et assurance-emploi
DEF

Montant forfaitaire offert par un employeur à tous les salariés permanents qui remplissent les conditions d'âge ou de service, s'ils acceptent de prendre leur retraite avant terme pour quitter définitivement leur emploi.

Spanish

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Record 7 2012-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Networks
  • Road Traffic
  • Pricing (Road Transport)
  • Transport Tolls and Rates
CONT

High Occupancy Toll(HOT) lanes are High Occupancy Vehicle(HOV) lanes that also allow use by a limited number of low occupancy vehicles if they pay a toll... This allows more vehicles to use HOV lanes while maintaining an incentive for mode shifting, and raises revenue. HOT lanes are often proposed as a compromise between HOV lanes and road pricing.

OBS

high-occupancy toll lane: term recommended by the Terminology Committee and standardized by the Validation Committee of the Sustainable Mobility Glossary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réseaux routiers
  • Circulation routière
  • Tarification (Transport routier)
  • Péage
DEF

Voie réservée aux véhicules multioccupants dont l'accès est offert aux véhicules à occupant unique ou aux véhicules à faible taux d'occupation en échange d'un péage.

OBS

voie réservée aux véhicules multioccupants à accès spécial tarifé : terme recommandé par le Comité de terminologie et normalisé par le Comité de validation du Lexique de la mobilité durable.

Key term(s)
  • voie réservée aux véhicules multi-occupants à accès spécial tarifé

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Redes viales
  • Tránsito vial
  • Tarificación (Transporte por carretera)
  • Peaje
OBS

[…] carriles de tránsito abiertos solamente a los vehículos de alta ocupación […] y a los vehículos por los cuales es abonado un peaje. Los peajes son cobrados electrónicamente, y los importes debitados de las cuentas de los usuarios de la carretera sin que los vehículos deban detenerse.

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Record 8 2010-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remuneration (Personnel Management)
  • Working Practices and Conditions
OBS

incentive pay; IP : term and abbreviation officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rémunération (Gestion du personnel)
  • Régimes et conditions de travail
OBS

prime de rendement; PR : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 9 2009-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Security
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
DEF

In law, a formal written agreement by which a person undertakes to perform a certain act (e.g., appearing in court or fulfilling the obligations of a contract).

CONT

Failure to perform the act obligates the person to pay a sum of money or to forfeit money on deposit. A bond is an incentive to fulfill an obligation; it also provides reassurance that compensation is available if the duty is not fulfilled. A surety usually is involved, and the bond makes the surety responsible for the consequences of the obligated person's behaviour.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des sûretés
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
DEF

Pour un créancier, garantie fournie par une personne [...] pour l'exécution d'une obligation [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de cauciones
  • Derecho de obligaciones (derecho civil)
DEF

Depósito o entrega de dinero o de un bien que se lleva a cabo como garantía del cumplimiento de una obligación.

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Record 10 2002-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Working Practices and Conditions
DEF

Work done during the day, i.e. not at night, or according to a system involving shiftworking.

OBS

In some instances, the opposite of piecework, e. g. to work daywork; to work at dayworker's(or at timeworker's) fixed rated of pay, and hence at a time worker's pace rather than an incentive pace.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Régimes et conditions de travail

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Prácticas y condiciones de trabajo
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Record 11 2001-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remuneration (Personnel Management)
OBS

Source(s): Memorandum dated April 14, 1998.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rémunération (Gestion du personnel)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Remuneración (Gestión del personal)
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Record 12 1998-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Production Management
  • Work and Production
DEF

Periods where an employee on an incentive pay basis is prevented from continuing his work because of factors beyond his control such as material shortages, mechanical breakdowns, power shortage or other unavoidable delays.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion de la production
  • Travail et production
DEF

En gestion de la production, temps improductif non imputable à la volonté du travailleur.

Spanish

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Record 13 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Finance
  • Accounting
OBS

Mechanism which aims to provide an incentive for private landowners to encourage them to keep their land under forest cover or reforest it; those who do receive a tax credit against their general tax obligations, and smallholders who do not pay taxes can sell their credits to wealthier people who do.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Finances
  • Comptabilité

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Silvicultura
  • Finanzas
  • Contabilidad
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Record 14 1997-01-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remuneration (Personnel Management)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rémunération (Gestion du personnel)
OBS

Source(s) : Glossaire des sigles utilisés par Revenu Canada, Impôt.

Spanish

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Record 15 1996-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military (General)
  • Military Administration
OBS

The amount of qualifying time awarded to a member on enrollment and determines the initial incentive pay category as prescribed in the table to QR&O 204. 30. [49-4) AL 3/79)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Militaire (Généralités)
  • Administration militaire
OBS

La période d'ancienneté accordée à un militaire qui s'enrôle et servant à établir sa catégorie de prime de rendement conformément au tableau présenté à l'article 204. 30 des ORFC. [49-4)Mod. 3/79)

Spanish

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Record 16 1995-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Program Titles (Armed Forces)
OBS

This plan offers young men and women with an electronic background the opportunity to join the Canadian Forces. Those applicants who are selected will be awarded incentive pay credits and time credited towards promotion upon enrolment in military occupations for non-commissioned members; related to that field.

Key term(s)
  • Skilled Trades Entry Plan

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes (Forces armées)
OBS

Ce Programme offre aux jeunes hommes et aux jeunes femmes qui ont des compétences en électronique l'occasion de se joindre aux Forces canadiennes. Les candidats choisis se verront attribuer une catégorie de prime de rendement et des crédits d'ancienneté comptant pour l'avancement au moment de leur enrôlement dans un des métiers militaires (non-officiers); reliés à ce domaine

OBS

Définitions anglaise et française trouvées dans un dépliant tête-bêche traitant de ce programme.

Spanish

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Record 17 1995-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade
  • Sales (Marketing)
CONT

In the sales profession, a draw is an incentive paid in advance of performance, such as a draw against future earnings, that typically is used to help salespeople through slow periods. A recoverable draw requires the sales representative to return an unearned amount of the draw or carry forward the unearned amount as a deficit if actual performance results in an earned incentive that is less than the draw provided. Nonrecoverable draws, also known as guarantees because they provide a certain level of incentive pay by the employer, are not expected to be returned, nor is the unearned amount carried forward.(Using Draws Wisely in Your Compensation Plan, Sales & Marketing Management(SAL) ISSN : 0163-7517 Vol : 142, Iss : 9, Aug 1990, p : 92-93.)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce
  • Vente
OBS

Que l'employeur peut récupérer dans certains cas.

Spanish

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Record 18 1995-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade
  • Sales (Marketing)
CONT

In the sales profession, a draw is an incentive paid in advance of performance, such as a draw against future earnings, that typically is used to help salespeople through slow periods. A recoverable draw requires the sales representative to return an unearned amount of the draw or carry forward the unearned amount as a deficit if actual performance results in an earned incentive that is less than the draw provided. Nonrecoverable draws, also known as guarantees because they promise a certain level of incentive pay by the employer, are not expected to be returned, nor is the unearned amount carried forward.(Using Draws Wisely in Your Compensation Plan, Sales & Marketing Management(SAL) ISSN : 0163-7517 Vol : 142, Iss : 9, Aug 1990, p : 92-93.)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce
  • Vente
OBS

Commission payable d'avance et non recouvrable.

Spanish

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Record 19 1992-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Pricing (Rail Transport)
  • Freight Service (Rail Transport)
OBS

Within the Transportation Department, a section whose primary function is the administration of the car hire account. The car hire account includes the payment(a) of all car hire earned including reclaims and incentive car hire to foreign roads for the use of their equipment operating on line;(b) of all private car mileage earned to car owners for covered hoppers, refrigerator cars, tank cars(including the maintenance of the equalization account), etc. ;(c) of rental charges on all the equipment leased on a long or short term basis. In addition, Car Accounting ensures that foreign lines pay the home road the car hire due on its equipment. Car Accounting also issues the bills against individual firms for car hire expenses when the equipment is used for in-plant service or other purposes, as the use of scale test cars for private scale testing. Car Accounting provides running records on request, processes claims, etc.

OBS

Term officially approved by Canadian Pacific Ltd.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Tarification (Transport par rail)
  • Trafic marchandises (Transport par rail)
OBS

Au sein du service Transport, section dont la fonction essentielle est d'administrer le compte des redevances d'utilisation et de location des wagons. Ce compte inclut le paiement (a) de toutes les redevances d'utilisation de wagons, des remboursements et des tarifs d'encouragement aux réseaux étrangers pour l'usage de leurs wagons sur un autre réseau; (b) des redevances de parcours de wagons de particuliers aux propriétaires de wagons-trémies couverts, de wagons frigorifiques ou réfrigérants, de wagons-citernes (y compris la tenue du compte de régularisation), etc.; (c) des redevances de location pour le matériel pris à bail à court ou à long terme. De plus, la Comptabilité des wagons s'occupe de percevoir des réseaux étrangers les redevances d'utilisation de wagons dont son propre réseau est propriétaire ou locataire. Elle impute également des redevances d'utilisation aux entreprises privées qui emploient des wagons de son réseau pour leur service interne ou à d'autres fins, comme l'étalonnage des ponts-bascules privés par des véhicules-étalons. La Comptabilité des wagons fournit des rapports courants sur demande, traite les réclamations, etc.

OBS

Terme uniformisé par Canadien Pacifique Ltée.

Spanish

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