UK Wages: Over Half of Firms Plan Pay Rises in 2014

[super jumbe]

Britain's squeeze on wages will ease in 2014 as more than half of UK businesses plan to increase workers' pay during the year, according to a survey.

The Barclays Employers Survey 2014, which polled 684 firms, found 57% of respondents said they would lift wages in the coming year. A further 39% said the whole workforce would be in for a pay rise.

Wages are at the centre of a political debate around what the opposition Labour party has dubbed the "cost of living crisis". For several years after the financial crisis, pay growth has been slower than consumer price inflation ? meaning a real terms fall in wages.

"After an extended period of wage freezes, which have been tough for employees, it's good to see that so many employers will be increasing wages in the coming year," said Kevin Wall, co-head of corporate banking origination at Barclays.

"This can only have a positive impact on employee morale. However, it will increase inflationary pressure as the year progresses."

Signs that wages will rise more quickly are welcome in the eyes of the Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government.

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[Snowy79]

Some people who get the wage rise are going to get a shock once they realise they go above the limit to claim certain benefits. My ex wife deliberately reduces her hours she works for this reason. Hope she gets a wake up call ;-) Others will try to drop their hours more and employers may not allow it. I think it will just create a whole new load of problems for some.

[DOUGALMCD]

A survey is only any good if it's done properly and who is getting a rise the top tier no users who get rewarded for bad results. The british workers rights and wages have been getting decimated for the last two decades.

[Meat-Head]

Ok close your eyes hold your nose back to 1974. Bread milk beer tv etc Dodd all and sod all wages. But people were happy

if your bills were cut in half and your wages would you be happy?

ishit

[rds60h]

Ok close your eyes hold your nose back to 1974. Bread milk beer tv etc Dodd all and sod all wages. But people were happy

if your bills were cut in half and your wages would you be happy?

ishit

The majority of ordinary working people would be better off financially if their wages were halved and their bills were halved.

[Meat-Head]

Really how?

im thinking more why take wheelbarrow full of coins to buy loaf of bread when one will do ?

[super jumbe]

Ok close your eyes hold your nose back to 1974. Bread milk beer tv etc Dodd all and sod all wages. But people were happy

if your bills were cut in half and your wages would you be happy?

ishit

Ya the good old days that was the bom year now the end year KAPUT!!!!

[Meat-Head]

Oh yes rumor states theres was a sprog boom that year, intresting maybee whoosh back to 1970 (H regestration)

[Lainie]

we will b lucky to get 1%

[GastonJ]

In a survey of 100 company directors who were going to give out payrises 100 said they would be giving payrises to those workers who deserved it....... director level and above.

[Meat-Head]

Can somebody explains what a director does and why they esrn so much

did watch on tv some drain in botswarna full of raw sewage got blocked up.

so somebody got suited up, that guy is welcome to a massive wage

director and footballer, they can unblock seerwer in their suits

[GastonJ]

They direct and apportion blame to everyone else when things don't go the way their tiny minds expected it to of course. That's why they take the big buck, they take the blame..... and pass it on to everyone else. Thought you'd have learnt by now

The less you do
The less you are needed
The less income you generate

The more money you get in a company. Thought everyone knew that *shrug*

[Lainie]

basically meat they make decisions they know **** all about as they dont do the bloody work! they take a huge salary and expenses are through the roof. they get company car, eat out constantly (and no i dont mean subway). they know nothing about how work on ground level is actually done. but then again they dont need to be directors for that. our "high heid ones" havent a scooby. they bring in all these changes saying its for the better when it clearly isnt. sorry again im limited to what i can say

[Canker_Canison]

basically meat they make decisions they know **** all about as they dont do the bloody work! they take a huge salary and expenses are through the roof. they get company car, eat out constantly (and no i dont mean subway). they know nothing about how work on ground level is actually done. but then again they dont need to be directors for that. our "high heid ones" havent a scooby. they bring in all these changes saying its for the better when it clearly isnt. sorry again im limited to what i can say

It's even better when looking at the public sector management. They are told to cut overheads & red tape so things move quicker & are more efficient. So what do they do? Create a new department to look into it while adding more red tape by directing decisions through this new department. Then they have to set up another department to handle the complaints & appeals caused by the new department making decisions they're not qualified to make. Then they cut front line staff who actually do the work.

[GastonJ]

Sounds like a government initiative.