Salaries set to rise less than inflation
Thursday 20 September 2012
Wages in the Netherlands are set to rise 1% this year, about half the rate of inflation, according to research by the consultancy Hay Group.
The figures are based on pay and conditions deals affecting 350,000 workers and 500 Dutch companies and organisations.
The Hay Group expects wages in the collective bargain sector to rise 0.9% next year, BNR radio said.
This, coupled with higher healthcare costs and tax increases, means spending power may well go down more than the 0.75% forecast by the government's planning agency CPB.
How much did your salary go up by this year? Use the comment box below to have your say.
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2010=0.5% 2011=0.5%.2012=1.0% not bad eh!
By J Tait | 21 September 2012 8:04 AM(A July 2007 Financial Times/Harris public opinion poll dramatically captured the growing European outrage over executive pay. Over 60 percent of those surveyed in the UK, France, Italy, and Spain, the poll found, would like to see their government set caps on top business executive pay. In Germany, a 47 percent plurality supports pay caps) Not bad eh!
http://www.fpif.org/articles/executive_pay_debate_raging_in_europe_and_the_united_states
By Highlander | 21 September 2012 3:10 PMFood. Travel. VAT going up 2%. Health care premiums going up 60%. I've a feeling a 1% inflation adjusted salary will reduce spending power by a hell of a lot more than 0.75% in 2013.
By eejit | 22 September 2012 8:56 AMI'm too embarrassed to tell, enough for a couple of beers, wow!
By The visitor | 22 September 2012 11:43 PMPfff, my salary has not budged at all in the past 3 years, while absolutely everything is constantly increasing in price. I'm afraid to get the email from my health insurance soon with the 2013 premiums. My spending power is stuck in a hopelessly downward spiral....
By Sedirea | 23 September 2012 8:16 PM