Pay settlements

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

Amazon could be forced to recognise trade union for first time in UK, after the GMB submitted a second formal bid to the Central Arbitration Committee.

Asda has announced that its hourly-paid store employees will see an 8.4% increase in their pay effective 1 July.

Currys has implemented a 9.5% increase in base pay for all of its hourly-paid store colleagues, to £11.50, for 2024.

Trade unions representing health and social care staff ask members to vote on a new 2023-24 pay offer from the Northern Ireland Executive.

According to the latest monthly jobs market data from Adzuna, vacancies fell below 900,000 in January for the first time since April 2021.

The decline in inflation, which stood at 10% in January last year compared with 4% this year, was seen as a key driver in the fall in pay awards.

Pay growth barely continued to outpace inflation at the end of 2023, February 2024 labour market figures have shown.

One in five HR professionals expect significant problems with filling vacancies in early 2024, the CIPD finds.

The High Court has ruled that a decision by Dominic Raab to increase defence solicitors’ pay by less than he had been advised broke the law.

British Medical Association’s consultant members reject the pay offer negotiated between the union and government.

More than half of pay deals are expected to be lower than 2023, with early data for January suggesting the median has fallen.

Sainsbury’s will increase minimum pay for employees outside London to £12 an hour, with wages for staff inside the M25 increasing to £13.15 an hour.

The government has told public sector pay review bodies it is vital they consider the 'historic' pay awards that were made this year.

Inflation in November dropped more than expected to 3.9%, the Office for National Statistics has said.