Can a Cost of living adjustment be used for anything besides salaries? Can it also be used for incentives?
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It can also be used to purchase taffy.
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I usually put my rate of pay on my resume for each job.  That way, if the company hiring is offering $8/hr and you are currently making $12/hr, they won't waste your time or theirs on an interview for an employee they can't afford.
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Well that would be possible but this question is to vague to answer in reality. There is rent, employee wages, goods, insurance, etc that need to be considered. Good Luck
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It would help if you define what you mean by 'supplemental wages'. It sounds to me as though that's a term used outside the US
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I don't think so. Many companies give incentives to employees and their friends and families to refer business. As long as you're not doing anything unethical, its fine.
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Entitled to, yes, it's called London Weighting and is something you should already be getting if you work in London. However, some employers don't do it but merely make the salary reflect that fact. Either way, your employer is obligated to make the necessary adjustments.
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No you won't get penalized.  It is like giving an interest free loan to the IRS but a good way o trick yourself into saving money.  $100 might make too big of a difference in you paycheck try $50.
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Yes you can but usually there are extra costs associated with it.
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Go to www.shrm.org (Society of Human Resource Management).  This sight has a lot of idea of how to establish worker incentive programs.
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It made a few papers, but probably not front page.\nIt's an automatic cost of living adjustment.  The only way they do not receive it is if they vote against it. \n\nHere is the small story from The Seattle Times, concerning the COLA\nI wonder if Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah, was beaten up during "recess". LOL\n______________________\n____________________\nHouse lawmakers take $3,300 pay raise\n\n\nWASHINGTON — Despite record low approval ratings, House lawmakers Tuesday embraced a $3,300 pay raise that would increase their salaries to $168,500.\n\nThe 2 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) would be the seventh straight for members of the House and Senate. Lawmakers easily squelched an attempt by Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah, to get a direct vote to block the increase, which is automatically awarded unless lawmakers vote to block it.\n\nIn the early days of GOP control of Congress, lawmakers routinely denied themselves the annual COLA.
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No, but an increase in wages would increase the costs of many goods and services depending on how labor intensive they are. So that would offset the increase by a good portion. I personally think that increasing it based on personal preformance is a better adjustment to make.
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Yes, but your individual workers must know about the arrangement. They will give you your money appropriately. Just as you can work while on SSI also. There is a limit so you should ask your worker about it too. Hope this helps.
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You mean your retired and living on a government check?\n\nIf your living in private housing... They can raise the rent all they want.  Unless your local has rent control laws. \n\nIts called business.
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Probably the same as the government rate. Call a government agency and ask them.
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i would suggest using www.homefair.com.   they provide info on cost of living comparisions and school comparisions.  For example if you make 30k where you live it may tell you you need 35 in your new city to be at the same level
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Yes.  An employer can set any training requirements or continuing education requirements for any position.  Unless you have a contract that says otherwise they are under no obligation to pay for the training itself or for the time you spend in training.
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Depends on several factors.  One, are you making the same or less as your permement counterparts with the same amount of seniority (i.e. new).\n\nTwo, did they provide you with a comprehensive benefits package?  If so, include that into your salary as a raise.\n\nIf you make less then your equals, I would question it.