Pay settlements
Pay awards overtaken by inflation
The recent jump in the retail prices index (RPI) to 3% means that pay awards are falling slightly behind inflation,...
Court of Appeal to hear unlawful inducements case
An employer that was found to have breached trade union regulations by directly approaching workers with a pay deal and...
RMT union secures two-year pay deal with Network Rail
The RMT Union has won an above-inflation pay deal with Network Rail and has written to the track and infrastructure...
Two in five employers train existing staff to fill jobs
Forty-three per cent of employers are upskilling existing staff to plug hard-to-fill vacancies and a similar proportion (41%) say it has become more difficult to recruit in the past year.
Pay awards edge above inflation in wages boost
Pay awards have edged just above inflation, with the median basic pay award in the three months to March at...
Pay awards will remain stable at 2.5% for 2019
Employers predict that pay awards for 2019 will remain at the same level as in 2018, according to analysis by...
Pay awards ahead of RPI for first time since 2016
Pay awards reached a 10-year high in the three months to the end of January, according to analysis by XpertHR,...
Pay award expectations at record high
Pay award expectations in the private sector have increased to 2.5% after years where 2% has been the norm, as employers plan to increase salaries to attract talent.
Thirtysomething workers’ pay most affected by financial crisis
Workers in their 30s are still feeling the effect of the financial crisis on their pay packets, with typical pay...
Pay awards for 2019 moving in a “very positive direction”
Pay awards could be set to rise despite uncertainty over Brexit, according to analysis from XpertHR.
While the headline measure...
Pay awards drop to pre-2018 levels
Pay awards have fallen back to the level they were at a year ago, after almost 12 months where they...
‘Wages worth third less in some areas than decade ago’: TUC
The TUC has found that the average worker has lost £11,800 in real earnings since 2008
Foreign Office faces Brexit recruitment challenge
MPs have urged the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to ensure it has the skills needed for diplomacy after Brexit, by...
Average pay awards drop to 2.3% in autumn
There was a slight dip in the median basic pay award in the three months to the end of October,...
Wage growth will slow down in 2019 as Brexit bites
Private sector employers expect to see slower wage growth in 2019, according to analysis from XpertHR.
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