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LEAP-FROGGING WAGE SETTLEMENT [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collective Agreements and Bargaining
DEF

Process by which a successful pay claim by one group of employees tends to encourage pay claims by further groups, often on the grounds that pay differentials should be maintained.

OBS

The term is also used of the way in which increases in wages tend to push up prices, and vice versa, in terms of high inflation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conventions collectives et négociations
DEF

Situation qui se produit lorsqu'un même employeur, négociant séparément avec plusieurs syndicats, se voit, pour quelque raison que ce soit, obligé de briser le modèle et d'accorder au dernier avec lequel il a négocié des avantages supérieurs aux précédents, qui, à leur tour, exigent la parité. On joue ainsi à saute-mouton.

Spanish

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