Cold weather allowance - cold weather allowance

…When a company has multiple business locations, a small additional benefit is paid to workers working at business locations in a specific region to adjust the disparity in real wages caused by regional differences in prices and lifestyles. It is also called a regional allowance, or city allowance, remote area allowance, or cold area allowance, depending on the characteristics of the location. It may be determined by a monetary amount or a percentage, but many companies determine it by a percentage, and when the place of work and the place of residence are different, many companies adopt the principle of place of work. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "cold weather allowance" are listed below.

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…同一企業に複数の事業所がある場合，特定地域所在の事業所に勤務する労働者に対し，物価や生活様式の地域差による実質賃金の不均衡を調整するために支給される若干の付加給付。地域手当ともいうほか，所在地の特性に応じて都市手当，僻地（へきち）手当，寒冷地手当などとも呼ぶ。金額で決める場合と率で決める場合があるが，率で決める企業が多く，また勤務地と居住地が異なる場合は勤務地主義を採る企業が多い。…

※「寒冷地手当」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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