VIDEO SHOT BOUNDARY DETECTION BASED ON COLOR HISTOGRAM

VIDEO SHOT BOUNDARY DETECTION BASED ON COLOR HISTOGRAM Part I - Setting the Stage for Strategic Compensation severance pay to meet financial obligations while they Search for employment. In the past, compa- nies commonly offered a year or more of severance pay. Severance benefits today tend to be less generous. For example, as part of Delta Airlines’s 2005 closure of its Boston reservation center, the company offered only 6 weeks of severance pay regardless of seniority with the company. Employees initiate voluntary terminations, most often to work for other cofiipanies or to retire. In the case of retirement, companies sponsor pension programs. Pension programs provide income to individuals throughout their retirement. Companies sometimes use early retirement programs to reduce workforce size and trim compensation expenditures. Early retirement programs contain incentives designed to encourage highly paid employees with substantial seniority to retire earlier than they had planned. These incentives expedite senior employees’ retirement eligibility and increase their retirement income. In addition, some compa- nies continue retirees’ rnedical benefits. .'i COMPENSATION AND LEGISLATION Employment laws establish bounds of both acceptable employment practices and employee rights.'Federal laws that apply to compensation practices are grouped according to four themes: Income continuity, safety, and work hours Pay discrimination Accommodating of disabilities and family needs Prevailing wage laws Table 1-3 lists for each theme some of the major laws that influence compensation practice. The federal government enacted income continuity, safety, and work hours laws (e.g., the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938) to stabilize individuals’ incomes when the individuals became TABLE 1-3 Laws that Influence Compensation income Continuity, Safety, and Work Hours Minimum wage laws-Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 Minimum wage Overtime provisions Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 Equal Pay Act of 1963 Child labor provisions Work Hours and Safety Standards Act of 1962 McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act of 1965 Pay Discrimination Equal Pay Act of 1963 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (2009) Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VII Bennett Amendment (1964) Executive Order 11246 (1965) Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (amended in 1978, 1986, and 1990) Executive Order 11141 (1964) Civil Rights Act of 1991 Accommodating Disabilities and Family Needs Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (amended in 2008) Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 Prevailing Wage Laws Davis-Bacon Act oi‘ 1931 Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act of 1936