| 单词 | earnings drift |
| 释义 | > as lemmasearnings drift earnings drift n. the tendency for earnings to rise above national or negotiated rates through local overtime and other agreements; the extent of this increase; cf. wage drift n. at wage n. Compounds 3b. ΚΠ 1960 Econ. Jrnl. 70 548 If the whole of the earnings drift were the result of over-award payments it could be said that some 77% of the increase in wage-rates paid was due to changes in award rates. 1976 Financial Times 24 Nov. 1/4 Anticipated earnings drift of up to 2 per cent..is attributed entirely to cyclical factors: higher overtime and some move to better-paid jobs. 2009 L. Dickens & M. Hall in W. Brown et al. Evol. Mod. Workplace (2010) xiv. 334 By the 1960s..legal intervention was increasingly advocated..to address..abuse of union power and the inflationary consequences of earnings drift. < as lemmas |
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