Opinion poll: employers expect rise in salaries and more new jobs in 2005

The opinion poll on the Labour Market Index was conducted among 115 employers and over 1,000 employees last November.

Two thirds of employers-respondents are intending to increase the number of their workers (which was a slight decrease in comparison to the previous opinion poll). 74 percent believe that they will have to raise salaries at the pace they have done over recent periods. This was a rise from 56.8 percent of employers, covered by the previous opinion poll, who said they were going to raise salaries.