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SUELDO PROMEDIO [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2009-05-22
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Remuneration (Personnel Management)
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- average salary
1, record 1, English, average%20salary
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- average wage 2, record 1, English, average%20wage
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The average annual salary received or deemed to have been received by the contributor during the period of five successive years of pensionable service during which his salary was highest. 3, record 1, English, - average%20salary
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
For the purposes of the revised system of tax assistance for retirement saving, the average wage in a year will be the sum of the average weekly earnings levels in each month of the twelve-month period ending on June 30th of the immediately preceding year. (Statistics Canada, Catalogue 72-002, Table 2.1, Average Weekly Earnings for All Employees, Industrial Aggregate). 4, record 1, English, - average%20salary
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Term applied to the public service. 5, record 1, English, - average%20salary
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Rémunération (Gestion du personnel)
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- salaire moyen
1, record 1, French, salaire%20moyen
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- traitement moyen 2, record 1, French, traitement%20moyen
correct, see observation, masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Traitement annuel moyen que le cotisant a reçu ou est réputé avoir reçu durant les cinq années successives de service ouvrant droit à pension où son traitement fut le plus élevé. 3, record 1, French, - salaire%20moyen
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Aux fins du système révisé d'aide fiscale à l'épargne-retraite, somme de la moyenne des gains hebdomadaires pour chaque mois de la période de douze mois qui se termine le 30 juin de l'année précédente. (Statistique Canada, catalogue 72-002, tableau 2.1, Rémunération hebdomadaire moyenne des salariés par activité économique). 4, record 1, French, - salaire%20moyen
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
traitement moyen : terme applicable à la fonction publique. 5, record 1, French, - salaire%20moyen
Record 1, Key term(s)
- gains moyens
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Remuneración (Gestión del personal)
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- salario promedio
1, record 1, Spanish, salario%20promedio
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
- sueldo promedio 2, record 1, Spanish, sueldo%20promedio
proposal, masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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