Workplace Report October 2020

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: This pay round, Aug-Aug
2019 Sept Oct Nov Dec 2020 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug
All agreements 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.7
Private sector 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.3 1.5
Public sector 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.8 2.8 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.5 2.5 4.8
Manual 3.0 2.9 3.0 2.9 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.o
Non-manual 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.1 2.5 3.5
All industries 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.3 1.5
All services 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.5 2.5 4.0

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.

For the twelve months up to and including:
Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug
By agreements 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6
By workers covered 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.2 2.8

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