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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Alice Weightman

Cost of living crisis: how to ask for a pay rise and get paid what you deserve

Inflation and the rising cost of living has brought conversations around pay to the forefront in recent months. What is ‘adequate pay’? What should constitute a ‘living wage’? Who should drive these conversations — employer or employee?

Steep economic downturn with more uncertainty on the horizon isn’t the only factor. During the pandemic, many companies put a freeze on pay reviews until things “got back to normal”. The problem is, two and a half years later, some employees are asking when that will be.

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