Workplace Report March 2019

Pay and prices

Labour Research Department’s Payline Database 


Percentage increases on lowest basic rates (by agreements covered)


For the three months up to and including: 


For the three months up to and including: This pay round, Aug-Feb
2018
 Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec 2019 
Jan Feb
All agreements 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.7 3.0 3.5 3.5 2.8 2.8 3.0
Private sector 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.8 3.0 3.3 3.5 2.8 2.8 2.8
Public sector 3.9 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.2 2.1 2.4 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.0 2.9 3.0
Manual 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.8 3.4 3.5 3.5 2.8 2.8 3.0
Non-manual 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.6 2.5 2.5 3.0 3.5 3.5 2.8 2.8 3.0
All industries 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.7
All services 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.2 2.9 2.7 2.8 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.0 3.0 3.0
For the twelve months up to and including:
Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
By agreements 2.5 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
By workers covered 2.4 4.4 5.9 6.0 5.9 6.4 6.6 6.4 6.6 6.7 6.7 6.8

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

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