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7 W% q' d8 l" H反而发大笔的奖金+ s V4 I4 j$ G4 H, Q1 a! V. z
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# D$ E, o' R/ o* Z1 }, g9 E/ O4 p07-08财政年度净收入只有3千万，
9 d% a# `+ w, ?; r* k却用2600万给员工发奖金
A8 M2 T* \1 A$ [+ r4 X而原计划的净收入目标是2亿6千万: j7 J0 |8 S- t9 D2 I- D
06-07财政年度的净收入是2亿七千万
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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.# `1 [% I- g6 D' S9 O) U
: A: ^* m. S+ _5 N8 @% m6 X ?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.
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0 F" ^1 K2 E/ M- ?) rAuditor 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.# ?3 a! k* n% C( B) ]0 p# _
* k3 B* R3 o8 T* S: _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 $262 million target.% }2 d* O! w, l: S7 x' H3 y8 d
! [7 B! i z$ \% s+ a% AIn the 2006-07 fiscal year, the bank earned a net income of more than $270 million.
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. q3 l% N6 v( A, LDunn said management overrode ATB’s policy that bonuses are tied to achieving or exceeding set targets.! N h% \& t: J
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The reason given for breaking the rule, Dunn said, was that “staff morale and retention” were at stake.* a* a, ^. }3 `1 K: }6 u$ Y
& M D5 l' z% W0 ?9 I @- q8 EThe 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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% t: }: K4 W6 yATB’s global financial markets department was dealing heavily in the paper at the time the market went south.1 `& E* t- O) D
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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./ L- Q1 _; y3 ?2 v1 b9 Z3 T2 j1 S
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MacDonald said that when a government-owned corporation performs poorly, ultimately it’s taxpayers who suffer.1 b+ m* X* Z0 @4 M& f: z0 m
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The whole purpose of bonuses is to motivate people to exceed expectations, he said, and giving bonuses when people fail completely defeats that.4 q1 W5 S- \; f" p) X
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“We have to make sure our state-owned bank is managed in an efficient and prudent way,” MacDonald said.: A2 [2 z. g, J( J
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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.0 h# f5 W2 k% S% I* [
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ATB, a Crown corporation, has 660,000 customers across Alberta and more than $24 billion in assets. |
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