Laing O'Rourke has a very clear policy of solely hiring staff on merit and capabilities, irrespective of their background".
As long as traditional finance firms offer only undifferentiated products at standard prices, an inventive niche firm such as Orix can do well.Meanwhile, Mr Miyauchi has been revamping Orix's management, introducing share options for executives and promoting staff on merit, rather than length of service.
A spokesperson for the firm confirmed that it had received a legal claim from Wainwright, adding: "As an ongoing legal process we cannot comment further, suffice to say that we have a very clear policy of solely hiring staff on merit and capabilities, irrespective of their background".
The union, the United Federation of Teachers, indicated over the last week that it would seriously consider a plan that awards all of a school's teachers and other staff members merit pay, perhaps as a one-time bonus, when the school's students show overall improvement on various measures, including standardized tests.
She had just run through a rehearsal of her speech onstage for the magazine's annual Women of the Year Awards due to start in a few hours, and was debating with a handful of her staff members the merits of using the word "Gaga-licious" in reference to the honoree Lady Gaga.
Physicians, nurses, and psychosocial staff recognize the merits of QOL assessments [ 26- 28].
The Crown Prosecution Service must realise by now that these prosecutions of Sun staff have little merit.
A modest across-the-board bonus is paid to all staff when conditions merit it".Risk" seems almost a swear word at Airdrie.
"Although the majority of the staff want a merit-based system, some divisions were more in favour of this approach than others," said the ITN chief executive, John Hardie, in an email to staff.
The group also considered the merits of staff tenure, a controversial notion given because it guarantees long-term employment for mainly male staff members.
