German term (edited): Entgeltbestandteil

(drop the terminal s in the German, it's genitive)

variabler Entgeltbestandteil = variable component of the compensation

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Note added at 3 hrs 11 mins (2005-06-19 21:10:13 GMT)
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*variable pay element* is another option

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Note added at 5 hrs 0 min (2005-06-19 22:59:04 GMT)
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www.bba.org.uk/content/1/c4/37/76/181381.pdf

Finally, a variable pay element of 10 per cent is part of the system. The size of ... It had also introduced a three per cent variable pay element. In the ...
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component of the compensation of the Senior Officers, the Committee should consider
the. Company’s performance and relative stockholder return, ...
www.oceaneering.com/PDF/ Charter-Comp%20Committee-2.04.1-Final.pdf

component of the compensation of the Chief Executive Officer, the Committee shall.
consider the Company’s performance and relative stockholder return, ...
www.macromedia.com/macromedia/ir/macr/corp/pdf/charter_comp...

Compensation theory suggests that firms would generally prefer to increase the variable component of the compensation package during difficult times in ...
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