Pay settlements

Aldi has increased starting pay for all store assistants to £11 an hour, exceeding the voluntary Living Wage.

Union members vote to strike over pay, conditions and pensions at universities. Vice chancellors are urged to get to the negotiation table.

Median pay rises are set to reach 5% in the 12 months to the end of August 2023, a level not seen since 1992, a report from XpertHR has forecast.

Inflation in the year to September 2022 rose by 10.1%, up from August’s figure of 9.9%, continuing the pay challenge for employers.

Criminal barristers in England and Wales have voted to end strike action after accepting a government pay offer of a 15% pay rise.

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has launched its biggest ever strike ballot, as nurses complain their departments are ‘understaffed, undervalued, underpaid‘.

PCS Union launches strike ballot for civil service members in 214 government departments in dispute over pay, pensions and job cuts.

Pay awards continued to lag severely behind inflation in August 2022, according to XpertHR analysis.

Unemployment in the UK reaches its lowest since 1974 and the number of job vacancies has fallen.

Rail workers whose union claimed Virgin Trains bypassed collective bargaining negotiations when the company made a pay offer directly to the workforce are in line to receive compensation totalling £4.8m.

Employers’ ability to match the cost of living in pay settlements has suffered another blow as the investment bank Goldman...

With the cost of living crisis set to worsen amid fast rising energy prices, many are predicting that employers will...

Barristers have voted to strike over pay for an indefinite period, while a university union threatens strike action.

FTSE 100 chief executives’ pay rose by 39% to a median of £3.4 million in 2021, according to research by...

Royal Mail workers have voted to enter into a formal dispute with its management over pay and conditions, paving the way for further strikes.