Whatever the final figure is -- high, low, or somewhere in between -- it will set a new benchmark for pay throughout the industry.
It then serves as a benchmark for rates paid by consumers and businesses on everything from mortgages to derivatives to student loans.
If a senior chose a costlier plan than the benchmark, he or she would be responsible for paying the difference.
But for Benchmark, "paying up" is more like paying a valuation in the hundreds of millions, not tens of billions.
The union has organized short strikes this year to force Amazon to accept collective bargaining agreements in the mail order and retail industry as benchmarks for workers' pay at Amazon's German distribution centers.
In a warning shot for next year's negotiations, Dave Prentis, UNISON's general secretary, has said that the consultants' new starting salary "raises the benchmark for NHS pay".
The retail price index measure of inflation, used as the benchmark for many pay deals, rose to 3.3% from 3.1% in May.
That opportunity in mobile let Quip raise $15 million in Series A funding led by Peter Fenton at Benchmark, which pays for its 12-person team.
That Greece may have to raise funds at such a high premium — comparable German bonds, the European benchmark for safety, currently pay 3.1 percent — underscores the severity of the crisis.
Hemodialysis in the frail elderly and others with multiple comorbidities is very costly and, depending on the societal benchmark for willingness to pay, may not constitute a wise use of resources.
The rise of public reporting, benchmarking, and pay for performance movements, however, has considerably changed the infection surveillance landscape in the 27 years since this study was published.
