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Source: IRS Employment Review

Issue: 904

Date: 29/08/2008

Publisher: IRS

Pay awards drop further behind inflation

TOPICS:

recruitment	labour market and economy
pay and benefits	pay levels and awards pay-related incentives/awards

AUTHOR: Rachel Sharp

The median pay award has risen to 3.5% in the three months to the end of July, but the gap between pay settlements and retail prices index inflation has widened to 1.5 percentage points.

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