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freeze wages |
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freeze someone's wages Fig. to hold someone's pay at its current level. The company froze everyone's wages as soon as the economy went sour. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The two sides have locked horns over two issues, primarily: a disagreement about how much the county should have to pay for medical benefits, and the county's attempt to freeze wages for the union's 167 workers. announced late last month that it would cut some jobs, freeze wages and asked workers to take an unpaid five-day furlough before the end of the year. The sequential step drill is to cut all discretionary expenses (including UID registrations), freeze wages, then cut wages across the board, lay off people in proportion to the decline in sales, and finally continue to hibernate until warmer economic conditions definitely arrive. |
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