Sentence examples for merit raised from inspiring English sources

Now, it appears that the Supreme Court will try once again to resolve the hard questions of race, history, privilege and merit raised by affirmative action.

It bans strikes and replaces automatic pay increases with merit raises or performance pay.

Ms. Ujueta received merit raises after three months, and more raises and responsibilities followed.

Her salary tops $35,000 a year, and she receives annual merit raises and bonuses.

The company already had said that salaried workers would not get merit raises this year.

Colleagues competing for the boss's attention — or merit raises and bonuses — are siblings in rivalry.

M AYOR Rudolph W. Giuliani of New York wants merit raises to reward teachers for higher test scores of students.

Most have opted for the latter; since most companies have formal pay scales that reward seniority over merit, raising the mandatory retirement age would be expensive.

Would the city have to withhold merit raises from employees for the third year in a row, and further demoralize valued workers?

Both sides had reached a tentative agreement on retirement benefits, and the remaining issue -- that of merit raises versus ordinary raises -- remained.

General Motors, the Ford Motor Company and DaimlerChrysler's Chrysler Group delayed merit raises and cut or eliminated 401(k) matching programs this year to save money as price wars eroded revenue.