TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady said: "This survey reveals the degree to which opportunistic employers have used the recession as an excuse to
hold back pay.
ECONOMIC slowdown may have driven corporate India to
hold back pay rises, but indulgent parents gave their little ones 39 per cent more pocket money this year as compared to 2008.
They often
hold back pay to prevent unsatisfied workers from switching jobs.
He said: "They have adopted the same pay policy as Westminster - to
hold back pay increases to two per cent with inflation running at 4.
Given that, some might wonder whether the council is in a position to be telling the manager to
hold back pay raises for his people.
However, this is such gross insensitivity it makes even me gasp and wonder why, at a time when Prime Minister Brown wants to
hold back pay to council workers.
