[DOC] [TLE] How does a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) affect my salary ... [PAR] Dec 2, 2015 ... Cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, features are awarded at the discretion ... An 
example is an employee who receives a salary increase ... A company that does 
not offer salary adjustments to offset inflation ... Read Answer >>... [DOC] [TLE] How Does CPI Relate to Wage Increases? - HR Daily Advisor [PAR] Jun 11, 2015 ... In other words, it's a common way to measure inflation since it objectively 
measures increases in the cost of consumer goods and services. [DOC] [TLE] Employees Will Get The Biggest Salary Increase In Years In 2016 ... [PAR] Jan 11, 2016 ... Real wages, which are average increases adjusted for inflation, will hit ... in 
salaries in 2016 at 11.4%, the region's high 12.8% inflation rate .... While I can't 
provide the answer for every situation, I can tell you best practices. [DOC] [TLE] COLA vs. Salary Structure Adjustments - WorldatWork [PAR] Nov 26, 2007 ... You raise salary ranges on the basis of your own internal view as to whether your 
.... "This year's inflation rate drives next year's salary increase. .... 2008 article in 
Workspan "Why CPI-Based Pay Policies Are Not the Answer"... [DOC] [TLE] Salary Raises: Understanding Cost of Living vs. Merit Pay Increases [PAR] In this post, I'll cover what HR means by COLAs and merit raises, and then ... 
When inflation is 9 percent, a 5 percent pay increase is a real wage cut. ... of the 
market (at a high percentile) for his/her skills, then no raise is a reasonable 
answer. [DOC] [TLE] I feel insulted by my raise -- and I let my boss know it  Ask a Manager [PAR] Jan 11, 2016 ... I pointed out that this hardly even adjusts my salary for inflation and I said ... is 
such an adversarial response to a raise  to anything at work, really ... what you'
re earning compares to the market rate for the work in your area,... [DOC] [TLE] Forecasters See a 2.7% Increase in U.S. Salary Budgets for 2016 [PAR] Jun 22, 2015 ... U.S. companies' salary-increase budgets for 2016 are projected to ... tend to 
respond more slowly to changes in the cost of living, salary-increase ... below the 
3 percent rate that was typical before the Great Recession,... [DOC] [TLE] Salary Budgets Expected to Rise 3% in 2017 [PAR] Jul 27, 2016 ... Aon Hewitt, in its 2016 U.S. Salary Increase Survey released in ... findings from 
Hay Group's U.S PayNet database, with responses from more than 850 ... Great 
Recession in June 2009 the U.S. unemployment rate has fallen from a ... in the 
global economy and low rates of inflation," said Kerry Chou, senior... [DOC] [TLE] Pay Raises, Inflation and the Federal Workforce : FedSmith.com [PAR] Feb 8, 2015 ... President Obama wants a 1.3 percent pay raise in 2016 for federal ... federal pay 
increase and the rate of inflation (based on the average ..... professional 
engineering experience, you should answer "D" above rather than "G". [DOC] [TLE] It's Official: Retirees Will Not Receive a COLA in 2016 - Pay ... [PAR] Oct 15, 2015 ... Retirees received a 1.7 percent COLA increase for 2015, a 1.5 percent boost for 
2014, a 1.7 ... For a history of COLAs and federal employee pay raises going 
back to 1970, review this ... Now there's a good answer. .... He believes the CPI 
overstates inflation and has consistently been on record supporting... [DOC] [TLE] Minimum Wage Hikes Do Not Cause Inflation - Truthout [PAR] Jan 22, 2013 ... Reflecting on the 12-cent (1.6%) Florida minimum wage hike from ... This would 
raise, for example, the average annual inflation rate of 2.6... [DOC] [TLE] NIH Fiscal Policy Frequently Asked Questions [PAR] Jul 19, 2012 ... Can applicants still request such increases in competing grants? ... a salary 
increase that exceeds the legislatively mandated salary cap... [DOC] [TLE] Obama authorizes pay raise for federal employees in 2016

Question: A salary increase in response to inflation:COLA
Answer: a cost of living adjustment