Pay settlements

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

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.