Workplace Report May 2014

Pay and prices

Labour Research Department three-monthly pay figures

Percentage increases on lowest basic rates (by agreements covered)

For the three months up to and including:

2013 May Jun July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec 2014 Jan Feb Mar Apr This pay round, Aug-Apr
All agreements 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.2 2.1 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5
Private sector 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.5
Public sector 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.8 1.0 1.0 1.0 4.0 0.0 2.5 1.8 1.0 1.0
Manual 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.5
Non-manual 2.2 2.2 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.0 2.0 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5
All industries 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.5
All services 2.0 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4

For the 12 months up to and including:

May Jun July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
By agreements 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5
By workers covered 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.8 2.0

The figures show median (midpoint) pay settlements among all the agreements monitored through the LRD Payline database. The weighted median (by number of workers covered) appears in the 12-monthly table.

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