新闻热词：调薪

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　　麦当劳(中国)公司要向员工“大派红包”了!据悉，从9月1日起，在中国内地815家麦当劳餐厅供职的95%全职、兼职员工将全面上调工资。
　　请看外电相关报道：U.S. fast food giant McDonald's Corp said on Tuesday it would give its Chinese employees their first across-the-board pay rise.
　　McDonald's became embroiled in a public controversy in April, when Chinese newspapers reported it was paying some part-timers far below local minimums. "The wage issue partly helped us accelerate salary adjustments in China," McDonald's China spokesman George Gu said.
　　报道说，麦当劳(中国)公司发言人George Gu承认，今年四月份麦当劳违规用工事件是加速此次调薪的一个原因。
　　报道中的“salary adjustment ”指的就是“调薪”。“Adjustment”可用来形容对价格、薪金方面的调整，如：to make minor adjustments in oil prices(对石油价格略做调整)，to make an adjustment in sb’s salary(对某人的薪金做以调整)。
　　此外，员工们渴盼的“加薪”表述方式也相当多，可以说成是pay rise，或是pay increase，或是pay raise，或者是pay boost等等。