wage increases
Higher hourly rates
Wage increases are rises in the amount workers are paid for their labor.
The phrase typically appears in discussions of employment negotiations, inflation, or economic policy: The union demanded wage increases to keep pace with the cost of living.
Wage increases may be across-the-board adjustments affecting all employees or merit-based raises for individuals.
- salaryFixed periodic employment payment
- pay raiseHigher compensation rate
- raiseLift or increase
- paycheckCompensation for labor
- take home payEarnings after all deductions
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- employee compensationsalary, pay, base pay, base salary, gross pay
- labor negotiationssalary talks, collective bargaining, union demands, union talks, labor contracts
- compensationpay, salary, income, bonus, payment
- labor unionsunion dues, trade union, union membership, labor union, union shops
wage increasespay cuts
Lowered employee compensation
benefit cuts · demotions · reduced hours · austerity measures · clawbacks
wage increaseswage stagnation
Pay not increasing over time
wage freeze · wage freezes · pay freezes · pay freeze · salary freeze
wage increaseslayoffs
Mass job eliminations
downsizing · job losses · furloughs · austerity measures · hiring freezes
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