Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,898,244,063 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

Salary Freeze
(redirected from Salary Freezes)

    0.01 sec.
Salary freeze
A temporary halt to increases in salary due to financial difficulties experienced by a company.

Salary Freeze
A temporary policy in which a company refrains from giving any workers, or a certain subset of workers, any increases in salary or wages. Salary freezes are most common in companies that ordinarily give raises at regular intervals. The policy is adopted when a company is experiencing financial difficulties and wishes to avoid layoffs, if possible. See also: Cutting Hours.


Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Feedback
Add definition
Mentioned in?  References in periodicals archive?   Financial browser?   Full browser?
No references found
 
TRADE union officials have been angered by claims that bosses at a biscuit factory claimed huge pay increases while workers endured years of salary freezes.
Byline: LAURA JONES THREAT: The Burton''s factory site in Moreton which faces closing with the loss of 342 jobs TRADE union officials are furious after learning bosses at closure threatened biscuit factory Burtons were taking huge pay increases while staff endured years of salary freezes.
98% Companies that plan to award base pay increases in 2011 2% Companies that plan across-the-board salary freezes for 2011 2.
 
 
 
Financial Dictionary
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Advertise with Us | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.