Nearly three quarters (73%) said that a cash bonus would be among their top choices for employer-gifted holiday perks this year, followed by a salary raise (60%).

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If you pay your workers a salary they can raise a family on, they're going to feel more loyalty to your company.

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A. for pressuring Pujols into seeking a contract that will help raise the salary standards for all ball players.

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After the funeral expenses, her mother had to raise two kids on a meager salary.

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It goes so far as to smear the NCAA president for his handsome salary, noting that it constitutes a substantial raise over that of his predecessor.

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Areas under dispute have included pay and pensions, with the CWU saying a pay rise came with unacceptable strings attached, and the Royal Mail wanting to scrap its final salary pension scheme and raise the retirement age.

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