Not only did Mara end up exceeding his traditional salary ceiling, but he also agreed to the first multi-year contract in Giants' history.

It's a radical approach, but if implemented, there could be salary ceilings, roster structure and limits on luxuries.

A Ranger official close to Smith said Messier's contract also calls for a top salary ceiling in the vicinity of $3 million.

The wonderful owners are no longer demanding an artificial salary ceiling for every club, and isn't that why those jokers killed the World Series?

Arbitrators also take into account a jurisdiction's ability to pay, a factor that raises the salary ceiling in wealthy Nassau.

Although the 15 percent limit remains, the salary ceiling was raised to $160,000, which means that $24,000 can be contributed to profit-sharing and stock bonus plans.

He could have argued more strongly to raise the salary ceiling on Social Security taxes, which is now about $88,000 a year.

Other measures under consideration are limits on spending by municipalities and states and salary ceilings for government employees.

In cases such as these, the EU needs to bring its influence to bear, especially as regards the salary ceiling and civil service recruitment.

A salary ceiling has also been set for the maternity leave period, which again is intended to meet social security needs.