1.   But some warned that the impact of higher mortgage rates on wage negotiations risked increased pressure on prices in the months ahead.

2.   Most measures to formalize wage negotiations have so far been very successful.

3.   This will increase the bargaining power of management in wage negotiations.

4.   It was more for wage negotiations and various other conditions of service, general conditions of service, not individual.

5.   And while many companies expect sales to slow during the April-June quarter, many offered better-than-expected pay increases during recent wage negotiations.

6.   And while many companies expect sales to slow during the April-June quarter, many offered better-than-expected pay increases during the spring wage negotiations.

7.   Attention will also focus on the fall wage negotiations with the labor unions, for higher wages will also fuel inflation.

8.   Accelerating inflation is pushing salaries higher, because wage negotiations are based on an annual comparison of inflation rates.

9.   Central bank officials said the main inflation risk is wage growth as employers and employees prepare for the next round of wage negotiations.

10.   He also said they would complicate annual wage negotiations scheduled for March.