31.   Wages have risen less than inflation for most of the past three years, and many union leaders say wage rises are long overdue.

32.   Wage rises reached through enterprise bargaining lurched into the spotlight when the conservative national government won power in March.

33.   But the government has agreed to suspend the wage rises due to the deepening economic crisis.

34.   Currency fluctuations and wage rises had also made some eastern European nations less competitive, it said.

35.   Currency fluctuations and wage rises have also made some eastern European nations less competitive, it said.

36.   He said the financial crisis had dampened inflation, property prices and wage rises in Hong Kong, making the territory more competitive.

37.   In the investment of retirement scheme assets, Ms Denning said the main objective must be to obtain a return which exceeded the rate of wage rises.

38.   Investors have been largely nervous about negotiations between Qantas and The Australian Services Union over wage rises.

39.   Taiwan has retained the foreign workers for fear that if they go and wages rise, businesses will relocate overseas in places where they can operate more cheaply.

40.   The Dutch top the EU list of lowest wage rises and least number of hours lost through strikes.