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Workplace Report June 2025
Pay and prices Pay View 04 Cost of living – News Bargaining - Pay - Europe - Equality – Law in action Victimisation - Disability - Practice and procedure- Human rights – Features Bargaining for gender equality - Information for bargaining: interview
Inflation Hits Hard (236 words)
This is despite some improvements in median pay deals as reported to LRD’s Payline. April marked the first month in some time that the median pay ...
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Pay and prices
Inflation Surge Leaves Pay Deals Behind (324 words)
Pay deals were averaging 3.8% for the lowest-paid in the three months to March 2025. The private sector saw slightly higher deals on average at 4.0%, ...
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Payline: Median Pay Deals (127 words)
Percentage increase for those on the lowest basic rates. Statistics based on median pay deals reported across sectors for the month of June 2025. ... Open access
Average Weekly Pay by Occupational Group (50 words)
Source: ONS average weekly earnings monthly survey data. ... Open access
News
Featured Payline Deals (368 words)
With RPI inflation rising to 4.5% this month as higher household bills and rising food costs kick in, there is good news for many workers as recent ... Subscribers only
Pay: Unions Recommend Rejection of Local Government Offer (372 words)
Unions are consulting council workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland on a pay offer of 3.2% from April 2025. The offer applies to council ... Subscribers only
Pay: Unions Issue Position Paper in Advance of Pay Talks (218 words)
Prospect and fellow Ministry of Defence (MoD) Civil Service Unions have submitted a position paper to MOD, paving the way for this year’s pay ... Open access
Equality: Lack of Reasonable Adjustments Holding People Back, Says TUC (356 words)
More than eight in ten disabled workers had to wait between four months and a year to have their agreed reasonable adjustments put in place. The ... Subscribers only
Organising: Amazon Workers Score a Legal Win (227 words)
A ruling during a preliminary hearing at London Central Employment Tribunal means Amazon staff will now have their full evidence heard about the ... Open access
Europe: Chemicals Deal Signed but Millions Wait (338 words)
Unions and employers have reached agreement on a new pay and conditions settlement for around 180,000 workers in the chemicals and pharmaceutical ... Subscribers only
Europe: EU Issues Warning About Discrimination and Harassment (231 words)
In a statement for an International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, the High Representative on behalf of the EU explains that ... Open access
Europe: Two-Thirds of Employees Covered by Company Negotiations (357 words)
Almost two-thirds (61.4%) of private sector employees in France were covered by company level negotiations in 2023, a slight decline on the 62.2% ... Subscribers only
Pay: Plans for Civil Service Reform "Lacks Substance" (267 words)
The FDA union has criticised the government’s rhetoric surrounding the announcement of a series of civil service reforms – on performance-based ... Subscribers only
Pay: Unite Secures Two-Year Pay Deal at Scotrail (401 words)
Unite members at Scotrail have backed a two-year deal. The deal is worth 3.6% in the first year from April 2025, and 3% or RPI (whichever is greater) ... Subscribers only
Pay: CWU Recommends Offer (200 words)
The CWU communications union is recommending that Capita members working on the BBC Audience Services contract accept an inflation-busting pay offer ... Open access
Law in Action: A complaint could be a "protected act" (533 words)
Ms Kokomane was employed by Boots Management Services Ltd from 2001 and was the only black member of full-time staff at their Sheerness store. ... Subscribers only
Law in Action: Supreme Court rules on definition of woman (744 words)
The Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018 contains an objective that 50% of non-executive members of public boards should be ... Subscribers only
Law in Action: Dismissal was justified (527 words)
Software developer Mr Duncan worked for Fujitsu Services Ltd (Fujitsu) for 4 years. Fujitsu was aware that he had Attention Deficit Hyperactivity ... Subscribers only
Law in Action: Statistics were not enough to reverse burden of proof (563 words)
Loomis employed Mr Islam as a driver/custodian at their Dunstable depot between 2014 and 2020. In 2020 there was a business downturn due to the ... Subscribers only
Law in Action: Tribunal entitled to award costs against employer (491 words)
An ET upheld Ms O’Keefe’s claims against Pandeli Ltd and Gold Panda Ltd for unfair dismissal, unlawful deductions and failure to inform and ... Subscribers only
Law in Action: Whistleblowing protection did not apply (665 words)
In 2019, Miss Sullivan attended two job interviews with Isle of Wight Council. Her applications were unsuccessful. ... Subscribers only
Law in Action: Dismissal breached human rights (619 words)
P was a teacher in a Polish secondary school. He is gay, and during 2012 he posted regularly under a pseudonym on a public blog. Many of the posts ... Subscribers only
Law in Action: No entitlement to overtime pay without contract (597 words)
Mr Hudek was employed by Brake Brothers Ltd as a lorry driver. His contract of employment entitled him to a salary and required him to work five ... Subscribers only
Bargaining for gender equality (2,326 words)
The gender pay gap still persists, and new data shows that three quarters of employers pay men more than women. How can unions close the gap? ... Subscribers only
Information for bargaining: rising costs and the question of affordability (1,774 words)
Bargaining for pay is a two-way process and for trade union negotiators, how do they assess and make decisions in a dynamic environment that is ... Subscribers only