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* s* H8 W8 \9 v0 H# [07-08财政年度净收入只有3千万，% L6 m+ x, T$ e3 G% @
却用2600万给员工发奖金9 N2 f- q1 J; Q8 z2 v& e
而原计划的净收入目标是2亿6千万
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Edmonton — Alberta Treasury Branch officials will have to explain why more than $26 million in bonuses were handed out to staff after a year of dismal performance last year, says the head of the province’s public accounts committee.
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Liberal MLA Hugh MacDonald, who chairs the 17-member, all-party committee, told Sun Media, “I expect they will have some very direct questions” when representatives of the taxpayer-owned bank appear before them on Wednesday.0 q7 A, K% D( E# z" L# a
u+ X$ `+ ]/ H' w; x: PAuditor 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.+ Q) H& r6 V" B/ l- w
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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.
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In the 2006-07 fiscal year, the bank earned a net income of more than $270 million.
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) [. O4 L5 s% B6 V; X* WDunn 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.. j, i) ?& k7 S5 ^9 g5 O; \) w
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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 Q z# b" f+ ~! Y. M8 PATB’s global financial markets department was dealing heavily in the paper at the time the market went south.1 N0 X# s( l- L/ u8 V9 H
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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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MacDonald said that when a government-owned corporation performs poorly, ultimately it’s taxpayers who suffer.
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" p. x. n2 U' j: K4 u5 T6 q3 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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“We have to make sure our state-owned bank is managed in an efficient and prudent way,” MacDonald said.! b2 T. \* W- o2 r# s6 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.$ [2 r8 `8 Z' }" V9 l: K/ E
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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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