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Workplace Report December 2022
PAY AND PRICES BARGAINING Crunch time for NHS Minimum wage to rise Glasgow win marks positive start to strike wave Civil servants vote yes Cost of living boost
EQUALITY One in five experience discrimination Union hails ‘industry-leading’ trans policy
LEARNING AND TRAINING Labour promises union role in education and training
RECRUITMENT AND ORGANISATION Delivering victory
EUROPE Metalworkers get 8.5% plus anti-inflation bonus
LAW AT WORK; Employment law — the latest cases
HEALTH AND SAFETY; Safety issues prompt strikes; Website advises how to eliminate toxic substances; HSE issues guidance on support for disabled workers; Advice on keeping new starters safe;
TERMS AND CONDITIONS: A YEAR OF WINS FOR UNIONS This has been a year of industrial action unprecedented in recent decades. We showcase what has been won in the field of terms and conditions
BENCHMARKING EARNINGS In this high-inflation, high-vacancy climate, employers have to pay enough to recruit and retain staff, while unions need all available levers to help drive up pay. We examine how the latest earnings data can help
Pay and prices
Private sector pay deals remain high (118 words)
RPI has crept even higher this month at 14.2%, the highest it’s been for over 40 years. Meanwhile, the median pay rise achieved by unions over the ...
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Labour Research Department’s Payline database (193 words)
Percentage increases on lowest basic rates (by agreements covered) ... Open access
Average weekly earnings (AWE) (239 words)
(r) revised, (p) provisional ... Open access
Full-time weekly average earnings (33 words)
... Open access
XpertHR (21 words)
Median increases for three months to end of October 2022 ... Open access
Prices (65 words)
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Bargaining news
Strong earnings growth still not enough (586 words)
In the year to September we saw the “strongest growth in regular pay seen outside of the coronavirus pandemic period”, according to the Office ...
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Minimum wage to rise (359 words)
In November’s autumn statement, the government announced it will be following the recommendation from the Low Pay Commission and increasing the ... Subscribers only
Crunch time for NHS (489 words)
In the next few weeks, we will know if there is a mandate for the largest strike action ever across the NHS. Following the pay review body’s ... Subscribers only
Civil servants vote yes (262 words)
More public sector disruption is on the cards this winter as 100,000 civil servants, members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union, have ... Subscribers only
Glasgow win marks positive start to strike wave (388 words)
Workers at the University of Glasgow have voted to accept a much improved landmark pay deal that will see overall pay rises between 6% and 12.9% this ... Subscribers only
Multi-site deal reached at major food manufacturer (373 words)
Food and drinks manufacturer Princes has agreed to engage with Unite at a national level in respect of pay in 2023, and is expected to commence ... Subscribers only
Pay and leave bundle (99 words)
Telecoms and broadband workers at VMO2 have accepted a significantly improved pay settlement for 2022 worth 10% in cash terms (dependent on grade) ... Open access
Cost of living boost (90 words)
Old Bushmills Distillery (Casa Cuervo) applied a 4.5% increase from 1 August 2022, under the second stage of a three-year deal based on RPI + 0.25% ... Open access
Night workers (84 words)
There is “no evidence of a ‘pay premium’ for people working overnight”, TUC research published at the end of October found, “despite the ... Open access
Equality news
One in five experience discrimination at work (205 words)
A fifth of employees experience discrimination at work or when applying for jobs, according to research from the Resolution Foundation, which has ... Open access
TUC urges government to tackle pay gap (195 words)
The TUC has called for urgent legislation to tackle the growing disability pay gap, following new analysis that shows non-disabled people typically ... Open access
Homophobia rife in medicine (200 words)
Fewer than half of doctors feel they can be open about their sexuality at work, while only a third are comfortable revealing their gender identity, ... Open access
Union hails ‘industry-leading’ trans policy (113 words)
The Communication Workers Union has welcomed an “industry-leading trans healthcare benefit” introduced by Virgin Media O2 as part of an enhanced ... Open access
Young women face pay gap penalty (163 words)
Young women workers are facing an annual income pay gap of 21% compared to young men, according to a Young Women’s Trust analysis of gender pay gap ... Open access
Learning and training news
Labour promises union role in education and training (463 words)
Unions will be represented on a national skills taskforce alongside employers, central and local government and further and higher education ... Subscribers only
Recruitment and organisation news
Apple store workers in ‘historic’ win (312 words)
Apple retail workers in Glasgow have become the first to win trade union recognition at an Apple store, after two-thirds of the shop’s 100 staff ... Subscribers only
Delivering victory (108 words)
Members of the Unite general union have won union recognition at Yusen Logistics – the Wellingborough firm responsible for delivering Samsung ... Open access
European news
Germany: Metalworkers get 8.5% plus anti-inflation bonus (448 words)
After five rounds of negotiations and a series of warning strikes, IG Metall, Germany’s largest union, has reached agreement with the employers’ ... Subscribers only
Austria: Industry to pay 5.4% plus €75 a month (274 words)
PRO-GE and GPA, the two unions representing respectively manual and non-manual workers in the Austrian metalworking industry, have reached agreement ... Subscribers only
Spain’s main railway company signs deal (143 words)
RENFE, Spain’s principal railway company, has signed a three-year deal with the five representative unions in the company which will run from 1 ... Open access
Dutch union sets pay target (86 words)
FNV, the largest union grouping in the Netherlands, has set a pay target of 14.3% for its negotiators in 2023. This is in line with current ... Open access
Italian unions attack “pirate” deal (43 words)
Italy’s three largest union confederations, CGIL, CISL and UIL, have condemned an agreement for artisan craftworkers signed by the employers’ ... Open access
Employment law - Case reports
Selection pool of one was unfair (1,006 words)
Mrs Mogane was employed by an NHS Trust as a Band 6 nurse on a series of one-year fixed term contracts from 2016. She worked alongside another Band 6 ... Subscribers only
Claims of inadequate climate change reporting were not protected disclosures (1,018 words)
Carr’s whistleblowing claim relied on seven protected disclosures. They all related to his concerns from around the time of the Paris Climate ... Subscribers only
Fear of stigma did not justify failure to apply for jobs (1,126 words)
Mrs Harrington was employed as an HR manager by Hilco Capital Ltd, a financial services company that invested in underperforming businesses. She was ... Subscribers only
Dismissal vanishes on successful appeal (1,171 words)
Mrs Marangakis was employed as a part-time sales assistant by Iceland Foods Ltd at its Egham store from September 2013. She was dismissed for alleged ... Subscribers only
Health & safety news
Safety issues prompt strikes (374 words)
As well as discontent over pay, health and safety problems are also prompting strike action by workers across the economy. Last month, more than 70,00 ... Subscribers only
Website advises how to eliminate toxic substances (370 words)
A new Eliminating toxic exposures website provides workers and their trade union reps with one-stop shop access to information on how to reduce or ... Subscribers only
First WorldVentil8Day held (274 words)
The first ever World Ventil8 Day (#WorldVentil8Day) took place on 8 November 2022 with a series of in-person and online events around the world. A ... Subscribers only
Health & safety - HSE Monitor
HSE issues guidance on support for disabled workers (411 words)
The HSE health and safety regulator has issued new guidance on what employers should do to support disabled workers and those with long-term health ... Subscribers only
Advice on keeping new starters safe (283 words)
Workers are as likely to have an accident in their first six months at work as during the whole of the rest of their working life, says the HSE. With ... Subscribers only
HSE ‘should play greater role in regulating AI’ (286 words)
The cross-party DCMS digital, culture, media and sport committee inquiry, Connected tech: smart or sinister?, which is examining the impacts of smart ... Subscribers only
Features
Terms and conditions: a year of wins for unions (3,354 words)
Working and non-working time (including the working week, paid leave, overtime, sick pay and so on) were addressed in 17% of settlements. The main ... Subscribers only
Benchmarking earnings (1,158 words)
We all know that inflation is rising much faster than pay and earnings (see page 3) but we also know employers have in excess of 1.2 million ... Subscribers only