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XpertHR survey of pay prospects 2014: subdued settlement levels to continue

Author: Sheila Attwood

The long-running trend for pay settlements is for employers to award annual increases of between 3% and 3.5%. Since the start of the recession in late 2008, XpertHR's reported median pay rise has been firmly below this level, and employers in the private sector are predicting another year of the same, according to our research.