Pay and prices

Pay and prices (413 words)

Labour Research Department three monthly pay figures ...

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Pay deals (1727 words)

Agreement % increase hours holidays date number ...

Redundancy law update (740 words)

The law on redundancy continues to develop as the courts give their rulings on cases concerning issues like consultation, alternative work offers and on ...

Report suggest that employers are waking up to workplace stress (513 words)

New research1 published by the Health and Safety Executive(HSE) shows that employers are beginning to take the issue of stress at work seriously. ...

Budget measures go some way towards union demands for working parents (542 words)

The TUC has welcomed the extension of maternity leave and new rights to paternity leave and adoption leave announced in this month's budget. However ...

Union takes up domestic violence as a workplace issue (271 words)

The GMB general union is highlighting domestic violence as an issue for workplace negotiations and training through the launch of a training manual and ...

Agreement for Italian domestic workers (243 words)

Italian collective bargaining covers domestic workers, although official estimates suggest that only 216,000 of the 1.4million people employed in this area have a proper ...

Survey shows that job cuts remain at top of German works councils' agenda (840 words)

An important new survey has been published this month on the work and views of German works council members. ...

More flexibility for Dutch workers (240 words)

Two deals signed at the end of February in the Netherlands give employees greater flexibility in how they organise their working time. ...

Why unions need to put equal pay at centre of bargaining agenda (2584 words)

Last month Bargaining Report highlighted the extent of the continuing pay gap between men and women with figures from the latest New Earnings Survey. ...

Statutory backing for learning reps puts unions at centre of workplace education (2517 words)

Trade unions are facing a busy and exciting time in the field of learning and education with several government initiatives about to become fully ...

£380 minimum for NHS admin staff (269 words)

The Administrative and Clerical Staffs Whitley Council negotiating body has agreed that from 1 April 2001 national salary scales increase by 3.7% or £380 ...

Government initiatives shape bargaining agenda (855 words)

Collective bargaining on key issues of low pay, maternity and paternity leave will be driven forward by separate government initiatives announced earlier this month. ...

Akzo Nobel International Coatings (Gateshead) (248 words)

Around 700 workers at the former Courtaulds Coatings plant received a 3.5% rise in grade salaries with effect from 1 October 2000, with new ...

Court thwarts rail union's strike plans (175 words)

A Court of Appeal ruling against the RMT railworkers' union represents a major attack on the ability of unions to engage in industrial action. ...

Employers can seek additional references (70 words)

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that there is no implied term in a contract which would prevent an employer from seeking references additional ...

No unfair dismissal rights for police (46 words)

Employees of the British Transport Police Force have the same status in law as members of the police force. This means that they have ...

Employers must ensure that workers understand health and safety instructions (126 words)

Employers must take particular care to ensure that workers understand health and safety instructions. This is particularly important when English is not their first ...

USDAW aims to revitalise safety rep network (129 words)

Shopworkers' union USDAW is planning to revitalise its safety rep network and raise the status of their safety reps. Part of its plans include ...

Research confirms need for ventilation for cooking fumes (232 words)

Recent research by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) on exposure of kitchen and factory workers to cooking fumes reinforces the importance of providing ...

Council fined over electrician's death (133 words)

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council has been fined £400,000 in the Doncaster Crown Court. The prosecution followed the death of an electrician working in one ...

TUC focuses on women in stakeholder push (464 words)

The TUC has published a new leaflet which emphasises how the new stakeholder pension could be of particular benefit to women. ...

Government sets out scheme funding proposals (325 words)

Earlier this month the government published its plans to change the legislation which regulates the funding of final salary (defined benefit) occupational pension schemes. ...

Employers not ready for stakeholder pensions (399 words)

A recent survey has revealed not only that many employers are not ready for stakeholder pensions but a significant proportion is saying that they ...