freeze (one's) wages

freeze (one's) wages

Of a business, to maintain an employee's pay at its current rate. Is it true that the company is going to freeze our wages this year? I was hoping for a raise. I bet employee retention would be better if corporate didn't freeze our wages like this. I don't want to freeze employees' wages either, but would you rather company go bankrupt?

See also: freeze, wage

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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.

See also: freeze, wage

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