Nearly 41 percent of listed companies have adopted merit-based annual pay systems, according to a survey by a nonprofit organization.
The Japan Productivity Center for Socio-Economic Development said Tuesday that 40.9 percent of the companies questioned determined pay for staff based on performance in 2002, up about 6 percentage points over the previous year.
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