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How will companies provide incentives for employees and the union while cutting the cost of labor? Can this idea work independently of the outsourcing that is planned?

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Companies can provide incentives for employees and the union under the situation of labor cost cutting by linking incentives to individual, group and organizational performance.

For example: Major portion (65%) of the incentive should be linked to organizational performance, next major portion (20%) of the incentive can be linked to the group or departmental performance and the rest (15%) of the incentive can be linked to ...

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