In the end, the coalition compromised by increasing the mileage allowance ( " Kilometergeld " ) and the commuter lump sum payment ( " Pendlerpauschale " ) and by lowering the unemployed contribution ( " Arbeitslosenbeitr�ge " ) for those who earn least.
12.
Membership in the legislature is best regarded as being a full-time job during the session and a part-time job the rest of the year due to committee meetings and hearings ( for which legislators are reimbursed their expenses and receive a mileage allowance ).
13.
The union has agreed to wage cuts and increased working hours equating to an hourly pay decrease of 17 per cent, layoffs of a third of unionized staff, a cap on severance pay, reductions in vacation time and mileage allowance, a 25 per cent lower starting wage, and elimination of the defined benefit pension plan founded by Graham Dennis.
