Our company had multiple high salary positions open for months, without qualified applicants to fill them.

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Most important of all, final-salary schemes are still open to new members in the public sector.

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In BA's case its big final salary scheme will stay open to its 34, 000 contributing members, for which they are probably very grateful.

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But with recession-wary companies still pinching pennies and hesitant to open their wallets, your salary may be non-negotiable.

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This list is based on job titles with at least 500 open job listings and at least 50 salary reports shared by employees.

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Under its proposals, workers who are dismissed without just cause - a definition open to interpretation - would get two years' salary compensation but not their job back.

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He quit his job as director of the business-to-business segment at e-commerce software maker Open Market to launch PurchasingCenter, warning his wife to expect lean months with no salary.

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