Pay settlements

Median basic pay award in the three months to the end of May 2024 increased slightly to 4.6%, according to Brightmine.

Some senior doctors in England have accepted a pay deal that will see their wages increase by up to 19.4%.

Pay awards continue to run well above inflation in April 2024, but there are signs settlements are dropping.

Closing the gap between teachers' pay and average earnings is likely to improve teacher recruitment and retention, finds NFER.

Survey finds only 30% of employers are prepared to award above-inflation pay rises this year, despite perceived responsibility to support employees.

Firefighters and fire control employees receive maternity pay improvements and increases to basic and on-call pay.

The median basic pay award in the three months to the end of March dropped slightly to 4.8%, according to...

Under the new deal some consultants will receive a pay increase of nearly 20% for the financial year 2023-24.

Around 27,000 staff including community nurses and physios at non-NHS organisations will soon receive lump sums worth at least £1,655.

The average pay settlement has fallen to 4.8% – its lowest in 18 months – according to analysis of February 2024 pay deals.

Supermarket chain Aldi is to increase hourly pay for store assistants and deputy store managers from 1 June.

Wages will not return to 2008 levels for another two years, the Resolution Foundation claims.

John Lewis Partnership and the Co-op have become the latest major retailers to announce 2024 pay rises for frontline staff.

Tesco pay rises by 9.1% as it reaches agreement with the Usdaw union to take the supermarket's hourly pay above the 2024 ‘real’ Living Wage. 

Doctors' unions and government agree on improved pay offer for consultants in England after the previous proposal was narrowly rejected