There's talk of across-the-board pay freezes and even more social safety-net cuts, among other ideas.
Due to the bad economy my company has had hiring and pay freezes as well as layoffs.
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"Public sector workers will be shocked and angry that they are the innocent victims of job cuts and pay freezes".
For many, the round of cuts follows three years of pay freezes.
The issue of wages has dominated the conference, with unions voting unanimously on Tuesday to back co-ordinated strike action against public sector pay freezes.
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Ministers know that workers who've tolerated pay freezes, job cuts and much besides may baulk at working longer and paying more for their pensions.
He said doctors were helping save the NHS billions, were in the midst of reform in England and faced a fourth year of pay freezes.
Richard Lambert said a combination of pay freezes and job losses in the public sector with large City bonuses would be "toxic in the extreme".
There are, however, suggestions that public sector workers may protest on the day against the effects of government cuts, including pay freezes and job losses.
But pay freezes and wage cuts may soon change people's minds.
He defended the coalition's austerity measures, saying the programme of spending cuts, tax rises and pay freezes was already having the desired effect of reducing the deficit.
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The bill would pay for itself with a number of provisions including pay freezes for federal employees and the elimination of the child tax credit for illegal immigrants.
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If you scare the public sector into pay freezes with the implied job loss threats of austerity, you have in effect let inflation cut your overheads by a quarter.
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Under the terms of the rescue funds, Greece is having to agree to substantial spending cuts, such as redundancies and pay freezes in the public sector, and reduced pensions.
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Right then, George Bush, and later Barack Obama, should have been, as a minimum, proposing federal pay freezes to help mitigate what was sure to be a massive Federal deficit.
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Under the terms of its massive international bailout, the Greek government has had to accept substantial spending cuts, such as redundancies and pay freezes in the public sector, and reduced pensions.
What is apparent is that the wage largesse seen pre the credit crunch is unlikely to return and employees should expect their pay freezes to continue into next year if not beyond.
Additionally, the present political environment is demanding pay freezes, staffing reductions, and a smaller government footprint all of which raise questions about how the Division intends to accomplish its ambitious agenda.
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"Teachers are already suffering from pay freezes, job losses and increases in pension contributions - they now face pay cuts due to a policy based on ideology not evidence, " said National Union of Teachers' leader Christine Blower.
He has decided to embrace a Tory pay policy that hits millions of public service workers, particularly low-paid women - care workers, hospital cleaners and dinner ladies, who have already had two years of pay freezes and job losses.
Inflation, the rise in the cost of fuel and the increase in VAT means that the cost of living has risen at a time when most of us are experiencing pay freezes, pay cuts and, in some cases, unemployment.
Pay freezes, pay reductions and other corporate cost-cutting measures that began with the crash have now become the new norm, keeping many young employees in a holding pattern of low earning that I predicted would have serious implications for their long term earning potential.
How else can we explain cuts or freezes in salaries for workers and huge pay raises and bonuses for top executives?
This rigidity means that firms cut their labour costs through hiring freezes and by sacking temporary employees, rather than by reducing pay rates.
Inflation is starting to boost pay rises among major car manufacturers to as high as 5pc, following years of wage freezes and cuts, new figures showed.
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