"hefty bonus" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to a large or generous bonus. For example: "The company offered its managers a hefty bonus as a reward for their hard work."
On the subject of hefty bonus pots, he is equally sanguine.
She needed five more years to retire with a hefty bonus.
He refused to comment on whether the company would face another shareholder revolt if it paid him a hefty bonus.
A current television advertisement shows former employees talking about the disparity between their losing their jobs and Ms. Fiorina drawing a hefty bonus.
The "Dragon Painter" disc includes, as a hefty bonus, the 1914 feature "The Wrath of the Gods," directed by Reginald Barker for the producer Thomas H. Ince.
In the months before the deal closed, Bank of America did not tell its shareholders about Merrill's hefty bonus payouts or the mounting losses that eventually led to a second government bailout of $20 billion.
Despite its losses, Morgan Stanley, like Goldman, is gearing up to pay out hefty bonuses once again.
But the return to big profits and hefty bonuses will raise questions for Washington policy makers.
As the City boom turns to bust, redundancies are becoming commonplace and hefty bonuses a distant dream.
Early in 2012, Mr. Necas sought to justify hefty bonuses for Ms. Nagyova, claiming that "she works like a horse".
This is hardly shocking, and certainly from a public-relations perspective, not handing out hefty bonuses makes sense.
