wage-freeze policy

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• wage freeze — An attempt by a government to counter inflation by fixing wages at their existing level for a specified period. For various reasons, including the use of overtime and bonuses to defeat the measure, this is no longer considered an effective policy …   Big dictionary of business and management

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• pay freeze — also wage freeze ➔ freeze2 * * * pay freeze UK US noun [C] (also salary freeze, wage freeze) ► HR, WORKPLACE a situation in which a company stops increasing employees pay because of financial difficulties …   Financial and business terms

• prices and income policy — A government policy to curb inflation by directly imposing wage restraint (see wage freeze) and price controls …   Big dictionary of business and management

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• 1952 steel strike — on essentially the same terms the union had proposed four months earlier. [Marcus, Truman and the Steel Seizure Case: The Limits of Presidential Power, 1977, p. 253.] Wage control policy during the Korean WarOn February 9, 1950, Senator Joseph… …   Wikipedia

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