pay freeze
Wages held steady
A pay freeze is a period when an organization suspends salary increases for its employees.
Companies implement pay freezes during financial difficulties; governments may freeze public-sector wages as austerity measures.
The freeze may apply across the board or target specific groups: The university announced a pay freeze for all non-union staff.
- moratoriumTemporary prohibition or delay
- salary capMaximum team player spending
- cost-of-living adjustmentsWage hikes offsetting inflation
- austerity measuresPolicies reducing government spending
- belt tighteningReducing expenditures deliberately
job security · collective bargaining · contract negotiations · union contracts · wage stagnation · living wage · income inequality · employee benefits · salary adjustments · career progression · labor agreements · compensation package · wage disputes · stipends · deferred compensation · public sector · spending cuts · real wages
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- pay changesraise, wage increase, salary bump, wage hike, merit raise
- public paysalary, base salary, salary scales, salary structure, wage scales
- federal paygrade level, special rates, federal benefits, cola, cost of living adjustment
- cutbackscutback, cutbacks, decrease, layoff, reduction
- wageswage, salary, paycheck, income, earnings
pay freezepay raise
Higher compensation rate
salary increase · wage increase · pay rise · pay bump · cost-of-living adjustment
pay freezelayoff
Termination without cause
termination · workforce reduction · redundancy · hiring spree · firing
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