Jobs Bank, SUB Pay, supplemental

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用汽車公司(General Motors Corp., GM)將於下週一中止Jobs Bank計劃﹐成為美國三大汽車製造商中第二個於本週宣佈此項決定的公司。

大約有1,600名工人將被界定為失業﹐並必須申請州及聯邦政府的失業救濟。除了失業救濟金外﹐工人們還將獲得一些由通用汽車補貼的款項﹐意味著他們將繼續拿到相當於原先薪水72%的收入。

通用汽車發言人Tony Sapienza表示﹐公司還在與全美汽車工人聯合會(United Auto Workers, 簡稱UAW)就結束補充失業津貼(Sub Pay)繳款事宜進行談判。

(Supplemental Unemployment Benefit)

與克萊斯勒(Chrysler)一樣﹐去年年底時﹐為避免倒閉﹐通用汽車需要獲得聯邦政府的貸款﹐而結束Jobs Bank計劃則是該公司獲得政府貸款的條件之一。

按照之前與UAW簽署的合約﹐這些美國汽車製造商必須在減產之際進行員工儲備。即便是沒有崗位﹐進入Jobs Bank的工人也能通過領取各項福利及補充失業津貼的方式獲得相當於原有薪酬85%及以上的收入。

Definition

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noun [C]
1 something which is added to something else in order to improve it or complete it; something extra:
The doctor said she should be taking vitamin supplements.
The money I get from teaching evening classes provides a supplement to my main income.
We paid a supplement (= an extra amount of money) so that we could have a cabin on board the ship.

2 a part of a magazine or newspaper, either produced separately or as part of the magazine or newspaper:
The newspaper publishes a sports supplement every Monday.

3 A supplement to a book is an additional part of it, either produced separately or included at the end of the book, which contains information that was not available when the book was first produced:
There is a supplement to the dictionary containing new words.

supplement Hide phonetics
verb [T]
to add something to something to make it larger or better:
He supplements (= adds to) his income by working in a bar in the evening.
Some vegetarians like to supplement their diets with iron tablets.

supplementary Hide phonetics
adjective (US ALSO supplemental)
a supplementary income