Pay settlements

The CIPD's spring 2023 labour market outlook suggests public sector pay is set to increase at a record rate.

NHS Staff Council accepts the government's pay deal after all but four unions voted in favour of a 5% increase for 2023-24.

XpertHR data for the three months to March 2023 showed a median pay increase of 6% for the third consecutive quarter.

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has revealed the terms of its agreement with Royal Mail Group.

ASCL strike ballot could see secondary school heads and college leaders take industrial action in the autumn term.

Inflation dropped off slightly in the year to March 2023, to 10.1% at the consumer prices index measure.

NHS workers in England who are members of the Unison union have accepted the government's pay deal.

Rail union RMT is considering an updated offer from the Rail Delivery Group, which could mean an end to months of strikes and travel disruption.

The average FTSE 100 CEO pay package increased by 12% last year, but increases in salary are likely to be more subdued in 2023.

The NASUWT has rejected the government’s pay offer and will ballot members in England for industrial action.

CWU points to double standards as Royal Mail manager apologises for "tone-deaf" April Fool's prank at the weekend.

The National Education Union has rejected the government’s pay offer and called further teachers’ strikes in England for April and May 2023.

Teachers union urges members to reject government's March 2023 pay offer after two weeks of negotiations.

Amazon workers in the UK are set for further industrial action after a salary increase for warehouse workers, of 50p an hour, was described as ‘insulting’.

In the three months to the end of February 2023 the median pay settlement was 6% – remaining at a 32-year high.