0 an increase in the amount of money you earn for doing your job
1 an increase in the amount of money you earn for doing your job:
Civil servants were given a major pay rise just before the 1992 elections, an action which pushed the budget into deficit.
The issue is whether to forgo a pay rise in order to spend the money thereby saved on introducing a workplace safety measure: perhaps a guard against electrocution.
Consider the case of the worker-owners who have to decide on whether to forego a pay rise in order to purchase a device for guarding against the danger of electrocution.
However, many of us would receive a large pay rise, which would be totally unjustified.
The minimum wage will give 2 million people in this country a pay rise and put a floor beneath their wages.
That is why we have agreed the biggest real-terms pay rise for nurses for 10 years, and why we are paying it in full.
The head of a typical secondary school will see his or her pay rise by more than £3,600 to more than £32,000.
Some feel that they are entitled to a pay rise as of right, regardless of performance.
