The employers want a wage freeze in January.

雇主企图冻结一月份的工资。

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Jiangsu province began the trend in February when, after a two-year freeze, it raised the officially mandated monthly minimum wage 13 per cent to Rmb960 ($140).

江苏省在工资经过一两年的冻结后，于今年2月份就开始了要求增加工资的趋向，提高了官方强制执行的月最低工资960元（140美元）的13%。

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The bank instituted a wage freeze.

银行实行了工资冻结。

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"While we are pleased that government has rejected the siren calls of some employers to freeze the minimum wage for adult workers and apprentices, these increases are still far below inflation and will leave the lowest paid facing a real terms cut, " said the TUC.

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The TUC has issued its own economic plan, which contains measures including cutting VAT, reversing the public sector wage freeze and giving a one-off increase in child benefits before Christmas.

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Over the past year, Europe's sovereign-debt storm has forced Rome to introduce emergency measures including an unpopular new property tax, a public-sector wage freeze and raising the retirement age to 68 from 65.

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