81.   The trend reflects hiring freezes that turn away young workers.

82.   These actions include smaller pay increases, overtime cutbacks, hiring freezes and increasing hours worked instead of hiring additional staff.

83.   They have instituted hiring freezes, kept wages down and in some cases, introduced new work rules to increase productivity.

84.   They have trimmed travel and dining budgets, delayed capital improvements, and instituted a hiring freeze.

85.   There were threats of layoffs and hiring freezes and a shutdown of the employee gym.

86.   Thursday, Pataki plans to announce several belt-tightening measures in Albany, including a hiring freeze, he said.

87.   To minimize the impact on Deutsche Bank employees affected by the consolidation, BankBoston Argentina has implemented a hiring freeze.

88.   UPS has enacted a hiring freeze and other cost-cutting measures.

89.   Usually before there are layoffs, there is a hiring freeze, and some jobs go unfilled because of attrition.

90.   Webster has a hiring freeze to keep some vacancies open for Derby Savings employees who lose their jobs in the merger.