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In his autumn statement, he said this would be followed by a 1% cap on their pay rises for the two subsequent years.

A driver's health profile and blood pressure are among the other factors considered in determining pay rises, she said.

Without a resumption of economic activity, not to say generous and rapid pay rises, people could become restless.

Factories across South Africa closed as tens of thousands of workers in the chemical and other industries called for pay rises of up to 15%.

Lay down the law. Tell him pay rises and bonuses depend on him shaping up and watch his attitude change.

Paltry pay rises, as well as job losses, mean employment income is probably growing by less than 3%, well below the inflation rate.

While top-end pay rises were at close to or above retail price inflation, a large number of deals settled well below this level.

He lavished $36bn on his subjects, in pay rises and debt forgiveness, and to help them buy houses and start businesses.

Moreover, negotiated settlements have been modest. Actual pay rises, indeed, have lagged behind inflation for several years.

Separately, it has emerged that BA boss Willie Walsh and other executives will receive substantial pay rises after the two airlines merge.

This dates back to the era of post-war wage controls, when firms offered benefits instead of pay rises. Today's tax code sets it in stone.

The private sector did much of the work: enterprises restructured and trade unions accepted low pay rises and more flexible contracts.

For many years China's large pool of surplus labour held average pay rises below the rate of productivity growth.

Managers and other highly skilled staff often demand steep pay rises to move from sophisticated coastal cities to the boondocks.

Asking for a raise: Bosses are most receptive to requests for pay rises on Wednesdays, a survey of more than 1, 500 UK top brass shows.

now it is less than a tenth. Several Arab states have decreed hefty pay rises: 25% for public-sector workers in Syria, 30% in Egypt.

The Communist Party has decreed double- digit pay rises and firms are grumbling about a new labour law .

In the past decade its firms have modernised and their workers have accepted miserly pay rises, boosting their competitiveness.

In exchange for 35 hours of work per week, drivers enjoy a generous salary, above-inflation pay rises and a hefty pension.

But if workers expect permanently higher inflation, they are likely to press for faster pay rises.

But the middle class is squeezed between sluggish pay rises and the soaring costs of health care, college and petrol.

In the airports, protesters carried banners asking why politicians can get huge pay rises, but they cannot.

But some economists warned that sweeping pay rises would strain the exchequer.

Zhang said his pay rises were nothing compared to the rising prices of consumer goods.

The police are investigating some 660 "secret acts" passed since 1995 which have awarded jobs and pay rises to members of staff.

According to official statements, the focuswill be on pay rises for soldiers, as well as the modernization of equipmentand weapons.

My husband and I got pay rises of 8% and 10% respectively.

A rigidly centralised system of wage bargaining mandates annual pay rises, come what may.

She overheard the management discussing pay rises.

Now company after company is making massive concessions: pay rises of over 60 percent are being conceded.

Some clerks who have received automatic annual pay rises make more than the judges they serve.

People become cynical about their monikers (particularly when they are given in lieu of pay rises).

Moreover, many of the biggest producers have ample room to absorb pay rises.

Yet it is not unusual. Spain's centralised wage-bargaining system awarded real pay rises of3. 5% in May, the highest in a dozen years.

The government is promising pay rises but, to the union's disgust, it intends to link them to performance, not seniority.

This, in turn, will spur firms to cut costs and limit pay rises.

Expected income: $100-$2000 monthly. With higher volume and more responsibilities the pay rises accordingly.

give the pay rises only to the better .

Pay rises ran well ahead of efficiency gains in all these countries.

The idea is that those who devote lots of time to people-related matters are not disadvantaged as a result in pay rises and promotion.

The nurses and the miners received pay rises of 8 and 12 respectively.

Rigid salary structures in which pay rises with seniority (as in Japan) should also be replaced with more flexible ones.

By themselves, the pay rises mostly make up for ground lost last year.

Find out when your organisations have discussions about pay rises and who is involved in the decision.

The salesclerks and the teachers got pay rises of 6% and 9% respectively . [adv. ]