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FRINGE BENEFITS

"FRINGE BENEFITS" is a plural of: fringe benefit.


Specialty Definition: FRINGE BENEFITS

DomainDefinition

Labor

Extra items given by a company to workers in addition to a salary. Source: European Union. (references)

Public Administration

An employment benefit granted by an employer that involves a money cost without affecting basic wage rates. Source: European Union. (references)

Statistics

Vacations, holidays, insurance, medical benefits, pensions, and other economic benefits that are given to employees under the union contract in addition to direct wages. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: FRINGE BENEFITS

Synonym: Employee benefits. (additional references)

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Crosswords: FRINGE BENEFITS

English words defined with "FRINGE BENEFITS": fringe benefitperk, perquisite. (references)
Specialty definitions using "FRINGE BENEFITS": Total compensation. (references)

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Modern Usage: FRINGE BENEFITS

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Fringe Benefits (1974)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: FRINGE BENEFITS

DomainTitle

Books

  • Employee Compensation in Texas/1990 Survey of Nonexempt Compensation in Texas,1990 Survey of Fringe Benefits,1990 Survey of Exempt Compensation (reference)

  • Compensation 83: An Annual Report on Local Government Executive Salaries and Fringe Benefits (reference)

  • Compensation: An Annual Report on Local Government Salaries and Fringe Benefits (reference)

  • International salaries & fringe benefits, 1969/70 (reference)

  • Report of 1985 Survey on Employment Characteristics, Salaries, and Additional Fringe Benefits in Assessment Administration (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: FRINGE BENEFITS

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

In practice, however only a small number of workers with high technical skills can negotiate effectively on salary and fringe benefits. (references)

Economic History

Taiwan

Fringe benefits often include meals, transportation and dormitory housing. (references)

Austria

Collective bargaining revolves mainly around wage adjustments, fringe benefits, and reduction of the work week. (references)

Ghana

There are no statutory requirements for profit sharing, but fringe benefits in the form of year-end bonuses and retirement benefits are generally included in collective bargaining agreements. (references)

Political Economy

BOLIVIA

The 2001 minimum wage was established at Bs 400 per month (approximately $60), including bonuses and fringe benefits. (references)

TURKEY

In recent years, fringe benefits have accounted for as much as two-thirds of total remuneration in the industrial sector. (references)

EGYPT

Base pay is supplemented by a complex system of fringe benefits and bonuses that may double or triple a worker's take-home pay. (references)

Worker Rights

United Kingdom

Previously it was legal for employers to withhold fringe benefits otherwise available to nonunion employees. (references)

Gabon

All companies in the modern wage sector pay competitive wages and grant generous fringe benefits required by law, including maternity leave and 6 weeks of annual paid vacation. (references)

Bolivia

In conformity with the law, the minimum wage is subject to annual renegotiation and increased in January by almost 9 percent to approximately $59 (400 bolivianos) per month, plus bonuses and fringe benefits. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expression: FRINGE BENEFITS

Expression using "FRINGE BENEFITS": Salaries and Fringe Benefits. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: FRINGE BENEFITS

Language Translations for "FRINGE BENEFITS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

frynsegode, tillægsydelse, tillæg til lønnen (wage supplements). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

toeslagen (additions, wage supplements), sociale voordelen op ondernemingsniveau, secundaire arbeidsvoorwaarden, premies (premium, wage supplements), extralegale sociale voordelen, bovenwettelijke sociale voorzieningen, bijkomende voordelen. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

palkanlisä (bonus, incentive earning, premium, wage supplements). (various references)

   

French

  

sursalaire, avantages accessoires, accessoires du salaire. (various references)

   

German

  

zusätzliche Leistungen, Lohnzuschläge (wage supplements), Lohnzulagen (wage supplements), betriebliche Sozialleistungen. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

επιδόματα (allowances, bonuses, extra pay, grants). (various references)

   

Italian

  

trattamenti integrali aziendali, Prestazioni integrative, complementi del salario (wage supplements). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

frynsegoder. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ingefray enefitsbay

   

Portuguese

  

prestações acessórias (wage supplements), benefícios extras. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

дополнительные льготы (fringes). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

prestaciones sociales complementarias, complementos salariales (wage supplements), beneficios complementarios. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

lönetillägg (wage supplements). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: FRINGE BENEFITS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-e-e-e-f-f-g-i-i-n-n-r-s-t"

-4 letters: benefiters, benefiting, engineries, eternising, gentrifies, stiffening.

-5 letters: befingers, befringes, beginners, benefiter, briefings, efferents, engineers, enserfing, festering, fringiest, greeniest, infesting, infringes, inserting, internees, niffering, reignites, renesting, resenting, resifting, retinenes, sintering, stiffener.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Expressions
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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