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Feb 24, 2006 22:08
18 yrs ago
English term

grandfathered + clock

English Bus/Financial Human Resources Compensation plan
• 2006 NAR clock is 12 months (plus month 0). Accounts closed in 2005 are grandfathered at a 13 month clock.

NAR stands for New Account Revenue

I do know what is a grandfather clause. But I still don't understand the meaning here.

Does clock mean "reference period"?

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thx

Discussion

Michel A. (asker) Feb 26, 2006:
@ Ray: your answer is fine, but I did mention that: "I do know what is a grandfather clause. But I still don't understand the meaning here."
Michel A. (asker) Feb 26, 2006:
I close the question wo grading, the point should have gone to Richard whose answer helped me to grasp a possible meaning of this weird piece of business american literature...
marybro Feb 25, 2006:
what industry is this? In some industries, especially retail, the fiscal year is divided into thirteen four-week periods, i.e., transactions are not reported on a calendar basis. "Clock" could refer to "fiscal year". Is there any more context?
Richard Benham Feb 25, 2006:
In this interpretation, "grandfathered" would mean they were kept in the system but only in an archival sense (in a fictitious month), and "clock" would appear to be a blunder for "calendar". Only thought of this while writing previous note; it's a guess!
Richard Benham Feb 25, 2006:
Hello Michel. I wish I could help you here, but this is terrible English. The only thing I can think of is that accounts closed last year are assigned to month 0. That is not really suggested by the words, but would seem the only sensible solution.

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an exception that allows an old rule to continue to apply to some existing situations, when a new ru

tr.v. grand·fa·thered, grand·fa·ther·ing, grand·fa·thers
To exempt (one involved in an activity or business) from new regulations: The new ordinance restricts the size of billboards, but it grandfathers those erected before 1997.

In American English, a grandfather clause, or grandfather rule, is an exception that allows an old rule to continue to apply to some existing situations, when a new rule will apply instead in all future situations. It is often used as a verb: to "grandfather in" means to grant such an exemption. For example, a "grandfathered power plant" may be exempt from tougher pollution laws.

Often, such a provision is used as a compromise, to effect new rules without upsetting a well-established physical or political situation. As well as being "grandfathered in" to avoid suffering new penalties, people may be "grandfathered in" to receive new benefits they are not otherwise entitled to. For example, if a company has a pension plan and then after a certain date the benefits get better but the already-retired get the benefits, then one might say they were "grandfathered in". This amounts to the same thing as being "retroactively applied".

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