Pay structures

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The Interim Olympic Development Authority (ODA) risks missing out on the best HR talent because it has undervalued the role of head of HR for the 2012 Games in London, senior HR figures have warned.

Pay reviews for non-executive directors are becoming more common practice, research by human capital consultants Watson Wyatt has revealed

Chancellor Gordon Brown has called for a 2% limit on public sector review body pay awards, to avoid exerting upward inflationary pressure on the economy

The proportion of bargaining groups expecting a lower pay award increase has risen from 12.5% last year to 19.7% for the year ahead, according to IRS Employment Review's annual pay prospects survey.

Michael Sissons, solicitor at Magrath & Co, answers this week's dilemma

Senior teachers are threatening to strike over the government's 'modernising' pay cuts.

UK staff unhappy with pay; Outsourcing deal scrapped; Building society rewarded

Half of workers are unhappy with their pay - with women less likely to be satisfied about their earnings

PCS members working for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs are set to strike today over widening pay gaps.

NHS Employers, the body responsible for NHS pay, is seeking a maximum 2.5% pay award for doctors, dentists, nurses and other healthcare professionals from April 2006.

Barristers who handle criminal cases in England and Wales are beginning protest action because of the amount they are paid to represent defendants.

Global salaries are expected to outstrip the rate of inflation by an average of 2.4% in 2006.

The Department of Health and unions have agreed a deal to extend next week’s deadline for NHS Trusts to switch staff to the Agenda for Change pay system.

Employers will have to appoint 'equality representatives' to ensure female staff are paid the same as men, under proposed recommendations.