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Workers in East Midlands expect low pay

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​Employees across the East Midlands may be more confident in their job prospects than the national average, but aren’t as optimistic about their chances of a pay rise, according to the latest Robert Half Jobs Confidence Index (JCI) – an economic confidence tracker produced in partnership with the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr).

JCI data reveals that 61% of staff in the region are confident about their job prospects this year, however their optimism falls to 50% when they consider their career options in the next five years.  Despite this level of job optimism, employees across the East Midlands demonstrated below average expectations in salary increases with many expecting a pay rise of just 3% compared to the UK average of 3.8%.

“It’s interesting to note that despite the high levels of job confidence noted in the East Midlands, pay increase expectations are lower than we would expect.  This bucks many of the trends that we see in other regions, however it’s important that employers don’t allow this information to lead to complacency in terms of their employee attraction packages.  If staff see that peers in other locations are getting better salary increases and access to additional perks or benefits, firms could be at risk of losing some of their best people,” comments James Paget, Market Director – Midlands & Home Counties, Robert Half.

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