Sentence examples for percentage raises from inspiring English sources

(Bonuses, of course, don't figure into future percentage raises).

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said he did not know whether a tax increase would be necessary if other unions were given the same percentage raises as the police.

He said that the clerical workers' union wanted annual percentage raises of 6, 6, 6.5 and 7percentt in the last four years of a six-year pact and that the janitors and dining hall workers' union wanted raises of 3.5, 4, 4.5 and 5percentt in years three, four, five and six.

As the H2 percentage raises to 10%, the surface gets slightly rougher.

If a class of people starts with a low base rate salary, even high percentage raises will not allow them to catch up with peers in other groups.

–Advancement: That first salary is the base from which percentage raises and bonuses are computed, and it's crucial that women learn to negotiate more assertively, aggressively and effectively for pay and promotion.

In the 1970's, after a long fight, the winemakers got the percentage raised to 75percentt.

In an unusual move, the panel broke with tradition by giving the police officers a larger percentage raise than firefighters had received over the same two-year period.

Richard Bean, chairman of the board of regents of the system, said the pay package was appropriate and added that Mr. McCall got the same percentage raise as members of the faculty.

At K = 2, the percentage of varieties classified as admixed was 13.7%, while for higher K values the percentage raised to over 43% (data not shown).

"That incremental negotiation you do at the front end continues to pay you back when it's time for a percentage raise," says Ball.