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8 t1 k9 x' y% I6 {* O" k& D; j07-08财政年度净收入只有3千万，
- A4 t# g% G! t3 Y2 c( B- x/ {& S却用2600万给员工发奖金, @1 [2 ]+ _0 K5 a; d( x( e3 d
而原计划的净收入目标是2亿6千万9 S1 d2 ?9 W2 f* d* x
06-07财政年度的净收入是2亿七千万+ I0 }) o, ~2 q) i1 [ j
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Edmonton — 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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Liberal 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.5 c* p( B. d P% a; l% K
% U. t& [ E+ _7 dAuditor 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.% _) h! B, Q/ [, ]2 f# h; n
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Dunn’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.2 b' `) A' ?+ k" {, @
$ N. a& H/ U! Q2 rIn the 2006-07 fiscal year, the bank earned a net income of more than $270 million.
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1 z/ A3 i/ @) {2 i/ ~Dunn said management overrode ATB’s policy that bonuses are tied to achieving or exceeding set targets., u; M! e. R7 t; ]
5 g# C# j# E) |* `+ }The reason given for breaking the rule, Dunn said, was that “staff morale and retention” were at stake.* M" z; T" T2 j# K ]9 b+ k/ w
9 L p. Q' Q! S2 TThe 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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ATB’s global financial markets department was dealing heavily in the paper at the time the market went south. m5 j+ O0 u6 Q3 g3 H. L+ e
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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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8 D- R" A, J4 v6 YMacDonald said that when a government-owned corporation performs poorly, ultimately it’s taxpayers who suffer.5 q9 U1 a* \3 E7 g
$ B3 t: u& }8 Y1 K5 b) S; m% K. {+ mThe 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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“We have to make sure our state-owned bank is managed in an efficient and prudent way,” MacDonald said.: ~- y4 Q3 X) o4 E
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MacDonald 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.' X) f/ h! R- ^/ L/ F5 Q4 `
. D$ }% _+ i1 o2 P5 ?ATB, a Crown corporation, has 660,000 customers across Alberta and more than $24 billion in assets. |
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