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Workplace Report April 2025
Pay View: Cost of living News Bargaining: Pay Europe Skills Equality Law in Action: Discrimination, Unfair dismissal, Dismissal, Breach of contract. Features: Civil service pay: why reform can't wait. Halfway through 2024-25 pay round: is pay falling back.
Pay deals weaken (199 words)
Only about a third of deals submitted to Payline for January 2025 beat inflation. Last month, we reported on the increasing pressure wages face from ...
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Pay and prices
Pay deals stabilise around 3.4% – but not beating inflation (178 words)
Pay deals were averaging 3.4% for the lowest-paid in the three months to February 2025, with the public sector slightly higher at 3.7%. The median ... Open access
Payline: median pay deals (116 words)
Percentage increase for those on the lowest basic rates. Statistics based on 52 deals in the past three months. ... Open access
Average Weekly Earnings (110 words)
Source: ONS average weekly earnings monthly survey data ... Open access
Average Weekly Pay by Occupational Group (50 words)
Source: ONS: ASHE 2024 figures increased by average weekly rises in earnings ... Open access
News
Featured Payline Deals (293 words)
This month’s featured pay settlements highlight a wide range of results across different sectors. In logistics, DHL Inside Track, working with the ...
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Pay - Transport: Rail Union Defends TfL Pension Scheme (334 words)
London Underground workers have successfully defended their pensions against Transport for London’s long-standing plans to undermine the scheme. ... Subscribers only
Equality - Rail: New Report Shows Cuts Prevent Access (253 words)
Rail union RMT has welcomed the Transport Select Committee’s report, *Access Denied: Rights Versus Reality in Disabled People’s Access to ... Subscribers only
Pay: New Research Finds 1 in 6 Low-Paid Jobs (373 words)
New research by the Living Wage Foundation (LWF) has identified a rise in the number of low-paid jobs in the UK. Their latest report found that ... Subscribers only
Pay - Retail: Union Secures 5.2% Pay Rise at Retail Giant (236 words)
Following negotiations between retail trade union Usdaw and supermarket giant Tesco, staff pay will rise to £12.45 per hour in March and £12.64 in ... Open access
Europe - Finland: Unions Settle for 7.8% Pay Increase Over Three Years (288 words)
Finnish unions have successfully reached agreements across multiple industries, securing pay increases well above current inflation rates. A key ... Subscribers only
Pay - Outlook: More Redundancies and Lower Pay Rises (252 words)
A third of UK employers plan to reduce pay rises in 2025, and one in four intend to make redundancies due to measures introduced in the autumn Budget. ... Subscribers only
Europe - Germany: Rail and Post Settle, But Not Government (266 words)
Two major bargaining groups—192,000 workers at Germany’s main rail company, Deutsche Bahn, and 170,000 workers at postal company Deutsche ... Subscribers only
Skills - Just Transition: Government Must Recognise Role of Trade Unions (230 words)
The government launched a consultation on 5 March aimed at placing the North Sea—its communities, workers, businesses, and supply chains—at the ... Open access
Pay - Teachers: NEU Launches Indicative Ballot on Pay (363 words)
The National Education Union (NEU) launched a preliminary electronic ballot in early March, calling for a fully funded pay award to address the ... Subscribers only
Pay - Air Transport: Heathrow Pay Rise (169 words)
Unite members working as aircraft engineers for American Airlines at Heathrow Airport have secured a significant pay deal, with annual salaries ... Open access
Employment Law (410 words)
British national Mr. Davda sought to qualify as an actuary. In the UK, the qualifications body for actuaries is the Institute and Faculty of ... Subscribers only
Employment Law (454 words)
Mrs. Higgs, a pastoral administrator at Farmor’s School, was dismissed following a complaint about comments she had posted on her personal Facebook ... Subscribers only
Employment Law (425 words)
Mrs. Sritharan, of Sri Lankan origin, worked as a technical director at Deloitte for over three years. She was diagnosed with stress and anxiety in ... Subscribers only
Employment Law (442 words)
Ms. Korpysa was employed by Impact Recruitment Services Ltd (Impact), an employment agency, as a warehouse operative at Howdens. When the Covid ... Subscribers only
Employment Law (390 words)
Mr. Taylor, a bus driver for Metroline Travel Ltd, was accused of engaging in a physical altercation with another bus driver from a different company ... Subscribers only
Employment Law (491 words)
Marston (Holdings) Ltd (MHL), a national debt enforcement company, employed Ms. Perkins as head of enforcement in Lancashire. She was the primary ... Subscribers only
Employment Law (435 words)
Mr. Easton worked in various civil service departments from 1992. In 2016, he was dismissed for gross misconduct as a chief immigration officer at ... Subscribers only
Employment Law (471 words)
Vet Dr. McCormack joined Medivet Group Ltd in 2016 as regional director, later being promoted to director of clinical operations, reporting directly ... Subscribers only
Features
Civil Service Pay: Why Reform Can't Wait (1,335 words)
Civil servants are facing continued delays in receiving their pay remit guidance for 2025. Unions predict the offer will match the 2.8% recommended ... Subscribers only
Halfway Through the 2024-25 Pay Round: Is Pay Falling Behind Inflation? (1,053 words)
We are now halfway through the 2024-25 pay round, and the data shows a median pay rise of 4.0%. During the 2023-24 round, the median pay deal was 5.5% ... Subscribers only