Where the respondent's income comprises a base salary and discretionary bonus, the award can be equivalently divided, with needs of strict necessity met from base salary and
additional discretionary items met from the bonus on a capped percentage basis.
Moylan J made it clear that the wife in AR was entitled to have sufficient resources to enable her to spend on
additional discretionary items, which would vary from year to year and which were not reflected in her budget.
Not exact matches
Senate Republicans entered budget negotiations with a wish list of more than a dozen
items to benefit the charter school sector, but in the end they settled for $ 54 million in
additional funding for charter schools paid for by the state Senate out of its
discretionary fund and a renewal of some of the previous budget's pro-charter policies.
Basic salary and bonus — the award may be partitioned, with needs of strict necessity being met from the base salary and
additional,
discretionary,
items being met from the bonus on a capped percentage basis.
Since
discretionary spending — spending on things like a nice dinner out, a movie, or a luxury
item like a new television — dips when people have less money, the
additional taxes paid by Americans could presumable hurt business» ability to both hire new employees and be successful in the first place.