There is a solution which is to have a cartel and then rigid pay constraints.

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Many of them are still dominated by rigid hierarchies and pay structures.

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The House of Commons education select committee has today published a report calling for more payment by results in teaching, so that incompetent teachers are not able to hide behind a "rigid and unfair" national pay structure that currently hands bonuses for excellence to more than 90% of teachers.

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Creating a world-class modern university needs flexibility in hiring, promotion and pay rather than the rigid rules that are traditional in the region.

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None of them argues with Labour's "fairness not favours" approach but many think the chancellor is being far too rigid and is threatening thousands of job losses while squeezing public sector pay.

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