UK companies put pay awards on hold as COVID-19 hits - XpertHR

LONDON (Reuters) - Half of large British employers are thinking of freezing pay or delaying annual increases for staff as the coronavirus shutdown hammers the economy, a survey published on Thursday showed.Some 51% of the 400 organisations surveyed by XpertHR, a human resources data provider, said pay deals would be hit by the crisis, either via a freeze or by postponing the annual pay review until later in the year.A further 33% were unsure what the impact would be and only 16% said there would..