21.   With layoffs behind them, companies also are looking for ways to reward workers who stuck it out through the tough times.

22.   Barclays says there has been no pay freeze, but that workers will be rewarded based on their productivity.

23.   Barclays wants to introduce a new compensation plan that would reward workers based on productivity rather than years of service.

24.   For the past several years, Fujitsu has been trying to reward workers for efficiency and performance.

25.   In the beginning it was a commercial term that rewarded workers when the enterprise did well in churning out profits.

26.   Minority advocates say promotion incentives meant to reward ambitious workers are sometimes abused by managers to favor white men.

27.   Rewarding workers according to their productivity is still a relatively new concept in many Japanese companies.

28.   But he stressed that such development must adequately reward entrepreneurs, fairly reward workers that create wealth, sustainably serve communities and help all nations prosper.