Some nursing home executives said, however, that when union givebacks on benefits were included, compensation rose by 2.2percentto3.2percentcent a year.
They included compensation for the relatives of 10 Turkish activists killed by Israeli naval commandos on a flotilla bound for Gaza, and a promise by Turkey to expel a senior Hamas figure.
The same day that Mr. Harding said he would depart, regulatory filings showed that Rebekah Brooks, a former chief executive of News International, had received a $17.6 million severance package that included "compensation for loss of office" and "various ongoing benefits".
The rights of inventors were recognized, an incentive mechanism was included, compensation for infringement was established, and a term limit on inventors' rights was imposed.
They included compensation to selected manufacturers and exporters, reform of income tax thresholds and family tax benefits such as a clean energy advance, clean energy supplement and single income family supplement.
That included compensation paid by Total to Gulf.
