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ATB
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6 [7 c+ k/ C% r0 T) L1 `* C2 H) _反而发大笔的奖金8 M) g5 d; W* |$ x- t0 P
被政府调查质询
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" z3 {! t# n8 E! E) e) B* o% Y07-08财政年度净收入只有3千万,( T9 G6 F' E) K1 j# J
却用2600万给员工发奖金4 i% `* _, _) h% Z; Z
而原计划的净收入目标是2亿6千万7 |% t7 ?1 q1 Z$ s: e8 B
06-07财政年度的净收入是2亿七千万9 j u9 y* j( e1 a
$ p4 T% |/ ]+ j+ F, d$ z- A" CEdmonton — Alberta Treasury Branch officials will have to explain why more than $26 million in bonuses were handed out to staff after a year of dismal performance last year, says the head of the province’s public accounts committee.
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; O% m% b, U4 x, q/ bLiberal MLA Hugh MacDonald, who chairs the 17-member, all-party committee, told Sun Media, “I expect they will have some very direct questions” when representatives of the taxpayer-owned bank appear before them on Wednesday.' |9 i3 d7 G( D1 p
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Auditor General Fred Dunn questioned the massive bonuses, given that the bank fell short of its net income goal by nearly 90% in the 2007-08 year.
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2 T- v$ z% Y: p l4 D! V: V7 MDunn’s annual report, released last week, said ATB earned a net income of $30 million in the 2007-08 fiscal year, a fraction of its $262 million target.
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/ f1 I& K& d' [) DIn the 2006-07 fiscal year, the bank earned a net income of more than $270 million.
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Dunn said management overrode ATB’s policy that bonuses are tied to achieving or exceeding set targets.
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The reason given for breaking the rule, Dunn said, was that “staff morale and retention” were at stake.( u" t. G9 n% D1 g8 m( d
/ q! p: I6 q5 }7 @ ~The bank’s rocky ride began last summer, when the market in asset backed commercial paper, a form of short-term financing for business, collapsed.
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3 N! K& h5 D8 l% C- i, X; x) y9 dATB’s global financial markets department was dealing heavily in the paper at the time the market went south.
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“If there are no consequences for not achieving objectives, then individuals in GFM are being rewarded for not achieving corporate objectives,” Dunn wrote.
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1 `9 \, @! D) w& O( O% [MacDonald said that when a government-owned corporation performs poorly, ultimately it’s taxpayers who suffer.
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* r+ `* W8 c9 C% C' Y; C RThe whole purpose of bonuses is to motivate people to exceed expectations, he said, and giving bonuses when people fail completely defeats that.
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. H k0 C# ^# G& c; t, H“We have to make sure our state-owned bank is managed in an efficient and prudent way,” MacDonald said.6 B/ J1 w$ l3 x8 E3 u
! \0 w# Q9 K6 JMacDonald said he’s also worried about Dunn’s finding that criminal background checks on new employees are taking up to three weeks after they’ve been hired.4 C, q% |! ]& _: R
7 z8 ?6 v' J2 n) ZATB, a Crown corporation, has 660,000 customers across Alberta and more than $24 billion in assets. |
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