"payment scale" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It refers to a set of predetermined and structured pay levels or salary ranges within an organization. Example: The company has a fair and transparent payment scale, with clear criteria for advancement and salary increases based on performance.
"We're creating a minimum payment scale.
The permanent members' final draft calls for adjusting the payment scale for peacekeeping costs "in light of changed circumstances".
Reopening formal debate on a new payment scale will take a long time, diplomats said, because 189 countries will all have opinions to offer and limits to negotiate.
That is lamentable, but the payment scale -- which reflects the relative wealth of nations in 1973, when it was established -- does need modification.
Lindahl argued that not only would such a payment scale be just and fair, but it would also lead to the optimum levels of government provision.
Overall, businesses from 14th Street to the Battery could receive compensation for economic losses attributed to the attack, but the highest payment scale applied to businesses that had been in the trade center or close by.
For one, it does not take into account sliding payment scales for patients or reflect costs absorbed by insurance.
China does not object to reviewing payment scales, its representative said, but it did question how in today's economy the United States could ask for a reduction.
Mr. Holbrooke changed the terms of the debate, arguing that all nations should have their assessments revisited because the world had changed since payment scales were reviewed in the 1970's and changing economic realities had to be reflected.
In the report adopted yesterday, the commission said the state should change its Medicaid payment scales to benefit the hospitals that serve mostly uninsured and poor patients, to promote the development of primary care sites like outpatient clinics, and to discourage the "medical arms race" in which every hospital tries to acquire every expensive new service or device.
Based on the past performance of Turkers, an algorithm will place them higher or lower down the list of potential candidates for a job or adjust their payment scales.
