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Pay & benefits
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The national minimum wage is to rise by 30p - nearly 6% - from £5.05 to £5.35 an hour from October 2006.
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A sharp rise in share prices has pushed pensions deficits in FTSE 100 companies to their lowest level for three years.
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Employers should be allowed to change pensions promises made to staff, according to a leading pensions expert.
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The TUC has welcomed a European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling that effectively puts an end to the practice of paying rolled-up holiday pay, where an employer agrees with workers that their pay for annual leave be included in their hourly remuneration.
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The Royal Mail is to make customers pay for its pensions black hole, by putting up the cost of posting a letter.
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Council workers vote to strike over removal of ‘rule of 85’ retirement benefit
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryBiggest walkout since general strike looms after council workers vote with their feet on issue of 'rule of 85'.
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The Transport and General Workers Union has confirmed its members in the Local Government Pension Scheme have voted to strike in the row over pension rights.
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Ombudsman calls on DWP to pay compensation to 85,000 over pensions losses
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryReport finds government department guilty of maladministration.
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Harrods has hit back at union claims that it is refusing to negotiate over the closure of its final salary pension scheme.
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How the employee benefits landscape is changing
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More than three quarters of finance professionals are actively looking for a new job, according to a survey by online recruitment firm, eFinancialCareers.com.
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The National Pensions Saving Scheme (NPSS) - which is favoured by the government to help solve the looming pensions crisis - could do “lethal damage” to existing pension funds, according to a pensions expert.
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London's Harrods department store is facing a strike in a row over changes to its pension scheme.