Many only hold the shares for a matter of minutes and then move on - they could not care less about pay awards.

The test of real change is whether some restraint is imposed on top pay awards.

And, if you win and get a back pay award, the amount the lawyer gets is even bigger.

But she criticised high pay awards to some council chief officials.

Gordon Brown refused to accept any of the pay awards made by the independent salary review bodies.

In June 1990 during a strike of non-graduate teachers over their pay award, the government brought emergency regulations into force.

Nor is such a program limited to manpower analysis For instance, they can work out the consequences of various different levels of pay award.

Only two weeks ago they complained they could not afford to fund the teachers' pay award.

We've never given money directly for pay awards anyway, because if you do that, that's what the claim always is, you know.

The government has not always fully funded the nationally agreed pay awards, leaving health authorities to fund part of the increase from existing budgets.