EXCLUSIVE: TheBBCwants to overhaul how it awards salary rises to its highest-paid employees and presenters, Deadline understands.
Its quite a massive proposal, said a source familiar with the talks.
The unions have misgivings about taking people out of collective pay bargaining.
BBC Director General Tim DavieGetty
UK inflation currently stands at 3.4% and the government wants to drive it down further.
The change could potentially impact more than 1,000 employees.
The BBC has 124 senior leaders who earn between 50,000 and 150,000 a year.
Some 1,163 on-screen stars take home between 40,000 and 150,000.
BBC executive leaders and presenters who earn more than 178,000 are already exempt from automatic pay increases.
This includes Director GeneralTim Davie.
We want to ensure fair pay progression across the BBC, both now and in the future.
