1.   Public sector pay and the unpredictability of pay settlements have always posed a major threat to public expenditure control.

2.   The workers have called off their strike in expectation of a pay settlement.

3.   Public sector pay settlements have been limited to a maximum of one point five per cent.

4.   As the tax burden edged up, so did the gap widen between the sum that a pay settlement gave workers and what it cost employers.

5.   Kanther maintained that any pay settlement must not increase spending.

6.   Clarke said that if pay settlements did not adjust to lower levels of inflation, the delivery of services would be put at risk.

7.   Congress has not spelled out its preference, although it used the same terminology to describe back pay settlements for both benefits and taxes.

8.   He would give no details about the final pay settlement.

9.   The International Labor Organization told Libya workers are entitled to final pay settlements and social security payments without regard to their nationality.

10.   For his part, Dehaene has threatened to fix the pay settlements himself if the negotiations fail.