remuneration variable

English translation: variable pay scheme ; variable remuneration

11:17 Jun 5, 2001

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Bus/Financial

French term or phrase: remuneration variable

De plus, en ce qui concerne le système de rémunération variable, et qui s’adresse principalement à la filière Management (Directeurs de Division, d’Agence et de Projets)...

CBG

English translation:variable pay scheme ; variable remuneration

Explanation:
I would go along entirely with Paola on her explanation, with perhaps one slight distinction :

a flexible pay scheme sounds more general, implying that not only the remuneration itself is subject to variation but also other related elements.

"variable pay" : indicates that just the pay is subject to variation.

Why not variable remuneration, after all.

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Summary of answers provided

flexible payments

Martyn Glenville-Sutherland (X)

flexible compensation

Parrot

flexible pay scheme/flexible pay system/variable pay systems

CLS Lexi-tech

performance-related pay

Buzzy

performance based pay/compensation

Victor Foster

variable pay scheme ; variable remuneration

Nikki Scott-Despaigne

variable remuneration system

Serge

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21 mins

flexible payments

Explanation:

variable is somewhat of a 'false friend'

Martyn Glenville-Sutherland (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:24
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English

30 mins

flexible compensation

Explanation:
I think this needs a slightly more formal register.

Parrot
Spain
Local time: 02:24
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 1861

1 hr

flexible pay scheme/flexible pay system/variable pay systems

Explanation:
Since the new flexible pay formulas are not divulged in company proxies, it is harder to ascertain what CEOs are actually getting paid for.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/n.rieck/docs/ceo_pay.html

This article uses both flexible and variable:
The main reason we are moving to a new variable, flexible pay plan linked to performance is that experience in industry -- and increasingly in government, as well -- clearly shows that flexible pay helps to increase productivity as well as sharpen customer focus. Variable pay systems linking pay to performance, both individual performance and organizational success, have long been a staple of the private sector. Increasingly, the trend among successful, high performing organizations has been to...
http://www.faa.gov/corecomp/admemo.htm

and many more sources it would be tedious to list

regards
paola l m

CLS Lexi-tech
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Italian
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1 hr

performance-related pay

Explanation:
As pointed out above, this is generally what "variable" means, it depends on your sales levels, achievement of objectives etc. "Performance-related" is a standard sort of phrase at least in British English.

own experience

Buzzy
Local time: 02:24
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English
PRO pts in pair: 377

5 hrs

performance based pay/compensation

Explanation:
a possibility.

Reference: http://www.mff.org/publications/publications.taf?page=284

Victor Foster
United States
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English
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20 hrs

variable pay scheme ; variable remuneration

Nikki Scott-Despaigne
Local time: 02:24
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English
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1 day 4 mins

variable remuneration system

Explanation:
Only!Compare:

Variable Reward Schemes

Variable reward strategies were reported by some 54% of call centres. Of these, the main focus was on individual and team performance. This emphasis was influenced by the presence of telesales staff in the sample, an area that has traditionally included some form of sales target related reward or bonus. Many call centres benefit from wider organisational variable reward schemes.

The advantage of a variable pay scheme lies in the fact that it does not become a permanent cost to the company, or an annuity to the employee. This allows control of the fixed portion of direct pay and employee costs while the variable portion changes from period to period depending on individual, work group, business unit or corporate performance.

Variable remuneration systems allow companies to pay on their capacity to pay rather than on external market pressures or other factors often unrelated to business performance. Further, variable remuneration allows companies to increase the flexible portion of the package to attract candidates when the market demand for such skills sets are high. Conversely, organisations are able to reduce the variable proportion when market demand for particular skill sets subsides.

http://www.callcentres.com.au/Hallis/hallis-6.htm

Hope it can help you.
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Serge

Serge
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