Salary hikes “sustainable”

July 17th, 2007

An SVP for Kelly Services Asia-Pacific says that the current wage increases are “sustainable”, although they are rising at “a much faster rate than five years ago”.

“They have not reached critical points as yet. I don’t see huge spikes in salaries over the next 12 to 18 months.”

This is reported in the Business Times.

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