None of this means that adjusting to an ageing workforce will be easy. Companies will need to rethink the traditional career ladder that linked seniority to pay and power.

不过这些对雇主来说，都不代表着适应逐渐变老的劳动力会有多简单，公司方面需要重新考虑调整传统的与工作资历挂钩的升迁制度。

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Can't they afford to pay the staff decent wages. M: But we have a policy of paying according to seniority in the company, so new employees get quite low salary, no matter how excellent they have done.

M：但我们公司的体制是按照员工在公司的资历发工资的，所以不管干得怎样出色，新员工的工资都比较低。

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At South Korean companies, many employers pay workers based on seniority rather than merit to avoid controversies over fairness.

在韩国公司里，许多老板依据员工的资历而非才干来支付报酬，就是为了避免在公平与否的问题上引发争议。

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That means a talented early-30s engineer can easily out-earn a laggard several years his senior -- sacrilege under seniority pay plans.

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Older workers have traditionally earned more, reflecting the weight of seniority in pay scales, so the cost of providing final-salary pension benefits for them has been higher.

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In the car industry, Mitsubishi Motors wants to abolish its entire seniority-based pay structure this April.

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