Workplace Report January 2001

Teleworking - the extent of teleworking; who does it; the pros and cons Stakeholder pensions - what they are and how they work; union initiatives

Pay and prices

Pay and prices (419 words)

Labour Research Department three monthly pay figures ...

Features

Pay deals in brief (758 words)

Agreement % increase hours holidays ...

BT workers get new pay structure and cut in hours (431 words)

An entirely new pay and grading structure for non-management staff at BT, was agreed last September. Over 100 grades were replaced by four new ...

Land Registry £550 minimum for 2000 (133 words)

Subject to a satisfactory performance assessment, full- time staff at the Land Registry received a minimum pay rise of £550, under a package worth ...

3% on Unichem wage bill (192 words)

Pharmaceutical wholesale staff saw their pay rise from 5 January under a deal worth 3% on the total wage bill. There are two sets ...

Discrimination law round-up (2570 words)

The law guaranteeing equal treatment covers discrimination based on pregnancy, sex, race, disability and transsexuality. In this growing area of employment law Bargaining Report ...

Survey finds employers are complacent about equal pay (536 words)

Employers are not doing enough to ensure equal pay for men and women, nor do they have strategies in place for implementing equal opportunities ...

Jobless figures reveal continuing labour market discrimination (238 words)

The latest government figures on the participation of different ethnic groups in the labour market show that ethnic minorities continue to be nearly two ...

Unions win £320m in injury compensation (450 words)

Unions won £320 million in compensation for their members who were victims of illness and injury in 1999 according to a TUC survey published ...

New regulations on worker consultation (317 words)

The Health and Safety Commission (HSC) has announced a new package of measures on employers' consultation with workers on health and safety matters. The ...

Guide on young workers' safety (88 words)

Updated guidance for employers of under 18s, which will also be helpful for parents, guardians, teachers and people who organise work experience has been ...

Who wants to telework? (3264 words)

Despite a large rise in the number of teleworkers last year they still make up a very small proportion of those in work. The ...

Unions set to take full advantage of stakeholder pensions (1661 words)

Recent surveys of employees and small employers reveal that few know very much about stakeholder pensions. However, trade unions are ahead of the game ...

National minimum wage rates increase across Europe (658 words)

This month saw increases in the minimum wage rates in four European Union (EU) states, Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal and Greece, ranging from 2.0% ...

Four-year deal at privatised Italian post office (109 words)

After lengthy negotiation unions and employers have reached a four-year deal covering 170,000 workers in the Italian post office., the first since privatisation. In ...

Strikes and increases in France (133 words)

Dissatisfaction with pay increases which have fallen behind inflation (see Bargaining Report December 2000) has led to a rash of small disputes over pay ...

Scottish teachers offered 23.1% (759 words)

Teachers in Scotland are considering a headline-grabbing 23.1% staged increase in pay, allied to important changes in conditions of service. The offer is the ...

Pensions company crisis hits AVCs (217 words)

A crisis at the Equitable Life pensions company has called into question the level of returns investors are likely to get from the company's ...

Survey reveals few major changes to scheme benefits (446 words)

The latest survey by the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) found most schemes were too concerned about future changes to pensions regulations to ...