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Discontent grows across public sector (451 words)

Pay and earnings statistics give the impression that public sector workers are beginning to catch-up with their counterparts in the private sector. But workers ...

Labour Research Department three monthly pay figures (220 words)

Percentage increases on lowest basic rates (by agreements covered) ...

Prices (59 words)

April 173.1 1.8 2.0 ...

Other pay analysts (30 words)

Confederation of British Industry (manufacturing) (three months to April 2002) 2.7% ...

Average earnings (150 words)

Whole economy % annual rise ...

Inflation forecasts (41 words)

RPI forecasts (and underlying inflation - ...

Latest figures for full-time weekly average earnings (43 words)

all workers £443.50 ...

'Contribution' pay under review at British Waterways (343 words)

British Waterways ...

Inflation-plus three year deal at Barclays Bank (330 words)

Barclays Bank ...

Pay Deals in Brief (531 words)

Agreement % increase date number covered hours holidays ...

Employers resist union calls for more childcare provision (2834 words)

To mark the first ever national childcare month, Bargaining Report has carried out a survey of employer provision of childcare assistance. The results show ...

Negotiated deals mean very few equal pay cases get to tribunal (3288 words)

With the slow progress in closing the gender pay gap through the legal route, unions have been increasingly turning their energies to achieving equal ...

Latest developments in sex, race, disability and other discrimination law (1112 words)

Discrimination law is constantly being updated and revised as the tribunals and the courts interpret both UK and European law on equal treatment. Bargaining ...

Holiday pay (80 words)

An Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) ruling means that the only way to ensure that the Working Time Regulations are adhered to is to pay ...

Trade union rights (188 words)

Employees have the right not to be victimised on the grounds of their trade union duties and activities. Selecting an employee for redundancy on ...

Post-employment victimisation (73 words)

The Court of Appeal has ruled that employees cannot make claims of post-employment victimisation based on past health and safety duties. Individuals whose ex-employers ...

Minimum wage (66 words)

The EAT has ruled that a live-in carer without any fixed hours of work but actively working around a third of the day could ...

TUC wants compulsory contributions and membership to tackle crisis (389 words)

The TUC wants to see compulsory employer pension contributions and a return to compulsory employee membership in the light of further evidence of the ...

Early retirement victory for privatised workers (172 words)

A ruling earlier this month on redundancy and early retirement by the European Court of Justice is set to benefit workers in the NHS, ...

Union challenges contractors over school meal workers' pensions (159 words)

The GMB general union is accusing Islington council in north London of sex discrimination in its treatment of school meals workers. ...

Survey reveals extent of health problems in call centres (349 words)

Three out of four call-centre staff are suffering from stress and nearly two thirds have pain in their hands, wrists or back. This is ...

Consultation on greater protection for young workers (165 words)

The government has this month announced a consultation on proposals to introduce greater protection for young people in the workplace. ...

Union-backed safety partnership projects win government funding (216 words)

Seven health and safety projects involving unions have received funding from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Partnership Fund. The Partnership Fund "provides ...

TUC says safety reps are not getting the training they need (260 words)

Less than half of safety reps are completing the TUC health and safety training they are entitled to, according to a new TUC report. ...

Online support against bullying for publishers' employees (136 words)

The GPMU print and media union has launched support websites for employees of two Oxford-based publishers in response to a growing number of complaints ...

Dutch unions get inflation plus (431 words)

Recent weeks have produced a rush of settlements in the Netherlands. However, most are fairly close to current levels of inflation (3.3% in May), ...

Warning strikes and ballots show continuing conflict in German pay round (672 words)

The key settlements in the metalworking and chemicals industries, reported in Bargaining Report last month, seem to have set a pattern for most other ...

Minimum wage increases in Luxembourg (94 words)

The minimum wage for unskilled workers in Luxembourg went up by 2.5% at the start of June to €1,322.47 a month based on a ...