McDonald's noted that most of its restaurants were owned and operated by franchisees "who offer pay and benefits competitive within the" industry.
Union leaders defend the proposed pension changes, saying they would give retirees a better standard of living and make their benefits competitive with those approved recently for transit workers and other government employees.
His remuneration package was outlined in a proxy statement to the US securities and exchange commission, and emerged a day after Mr Mulally said Ford must do "whatever it takes" to make its cost structure, including the 17-18% of budget comprising wages and benefits, competitive.
Their site, www.alpineaccess.com/superhero/, offers the opportunity to apply to a work-from-home job with benefits, competitive wages, and the opportunity to talk about video games.
Non-union workers benefited, too, because their employers had to keep wages and benefits competitive to attract and retain staff.
Employers have an interest in keeping their wages and benefits competitive with their competitors — if they don't, they'll lose skilled employees to companies that are more generous.
So Apple could stand to benefit with competitive machines and prices, plus the company's traditional message that the Macintosh system makes computing easier.
A lot of relationships in sports benefit from competitive tension, and it isn't that the Bryans are immune to sibling rivalry.
In 2007, further written evidence to the Select Committee on Health, House of Lords, by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, stated that "there is an international race for benefit and competitive advantage in research where the UK could have a significant Unique Selling Point (USP)." By 2008, a major legislative programme to secure this competitive advantage was well under way.
Companies that implement emerging web technologies can find efficiencies and benefit from competitive advantages.
