Word: paycheck
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...perhaps prodded by his wife, is taking a more active interest in women's issues than any other Soviet leader since Lenin. His concern may be largely pragmatic. He knows that Soviet women, despite their subordinate status, generally control the household purse strings, taking charge of the husband's paycheck and handing him back a small weekly allowance. If Gorbachev is to introduce price reforms and alter spending habits, he will need the cooperation of women. He has already eased in some reforms that should make life easier. The average minimum wage has been raised from $317 to $336 monthly...
...message of the NEWTR was presented in a 30-minute slide presentation entitled "More Than A Paycheck...
Matsuoka, 46, is back in Japan now and, like most Japanese, is busy saving to ensure that in retirement he will enjoy something like the comfort his Belgian friend had. Every month 10% of Matsuoka's after-tax paycheck is automatically deducted and put into a company savings program. But Matsuoka's wife, who, like most Japanese wives, handles the family finances, is unsatisfied. She salts away even more cash from Matsuoka's twice-yearly bonuses...
Certainly not for the paycheck. K-Mart employees make more than...
Alexander couldn't even look forward to a fat paycheck to allay the boredom--six days a week, 18 hours a day. "I was paid atrociously--about $1.70 an hour," he says. To make matters worse, he adds, "All the lighting cable I worked with was asbestos...