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Workplace Report July 2025
Pay and prices Pay View Cost of living – News Bargaining - Pay - Europe - Equality – Law in action Indirect Discrimination - Practice and Procedure - Part-time workers - Whistleblowing – Features Special leave: too partial to be fair - Collective bargaining: still key for pay
Ingrained Inflation (232 words)
UK inflation remained well above the Bank of England’s official target, an outlook further complicated by conflict in the Middle East, which risks ...
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Pay and prices
Pay Deals Rally to 4% Median (325 words)
Pay deals were averaging 4.0% for the lowest-paid in the three months to May 2025. The private sector saw deals average 4.0%, while the public sector ...
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Payline: Median Pay Deals (111 words)
Source: ONS average weekly earnings monthly survey data ... Open access
Average Weekly Pay by Occupational Group (54 words)
Source: ONS: ASHE 2024 figures increased by average weekly rises in earnings. ... Open access
News
Featured Payline Deals (393 words)
With price rises still increasing at a rate of 4.3% on the year, several inflation-busting pay deals are featured this month, with some workers ... Subscribers only
Pay: Hundreds of HGV Drivers to Strike Over Pay (347 words)
Nearly 200 HGV drivers across the country are to take strike action after their employer, Wincanton, failed to make an acceptable pay offer. ... Subscribers only
Pay: Union Secures £2 Million Payout for 10,000 Wilko Workers (187 words)
Almost 10,000 Wilko workers will share a payout of £2 million after GMB won a legal case. ... Open access
Equality: Union Raises Formal Failure to Agree with Babcock Over Pensions Reform (329 words)
Prospect has written to David Lockwood, chief executive of Babcock International Group, to raise a formal Failure to Agree following unsuccessful ... Subscribers only
Pay: Sixth Form College Workers Launch Indicative Ballot (262 words)
National Education Union members who teach in sixth form colleges will on Monday 9 June commence an indicative ballot in support of their 2025/26 pay ... Subscribers only
Europe: Minimum Wage Decision Close (363 words)
Germany’s minimum wage is next set to change in January 2026. However, the country’s minimum wage commission is due to make its recommendation on ... Subscribers only
Pay: Union Welcomes 2025/26 Pay Offer for Prison Officers (209 words)
Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood MP has announced a 4% pay rise for prison officers in 2025-2026. In her statement, the Minister said: "Having ... Open access
Europe: LGBT Clauses Start to Be Added to Agreements (321 words)
Employers and unions in Spain are starting to add new sections to their agreements protecting the rights of LGBT workers, in line with legislation ... Subscribers only
Pay: Sub-Inflationary Pay Offer Angers Doctors (259 words)
The British Medical Association union (BMA) has slammed the Government’s endorsement of a ‘wholly inadequate’ pay uplift recommendation by the ... Subscribers only
Equality: Data Shows Workers Have Unequal Access to Hybrid Working (662 words)
More than a quarter (28%) of working adults in Great Britain now follow a hybrid work pattern, with fewer workers commuting full time and hybrid ... Subscribers only
Law in Action: Indirect discrimination claim could not be made (533 words)
OCS Ltd has a contract with the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) to provide it with a facilities management (FM) service. Ms Djalo was employed by OCS Ltd ... Subscribers only
Law in Action: Face mask not a protected belief (669 words)
AB was a claims adjuster at insurance company CD Ltd. He started working for the company in 2018 and was based in its Ipswich office. In March 2020, ... Subscribers only
Law in Action: Extension of probation period (536 words)
James Blair was employed by the Scottish government for a fixed term of 23 months. Their employment ended on the expiry of the fixed term in October 2 ... Subscribers only
Law in Action: Anonymity orders justified (532 words)
XY made ET claims for sex discrimination against her former employer, a city bank, and against AB, a senior director at the bank. The claims were ... Subscribers only
Law in Action: Refusal of overtime claim (720 words)
Mr Mireku was employed by London Underground (LU) as a customer service supervisor at Paddington. He worked part-time on a job share with another ... Subscribers only
Law in Action: Part-time status must be sole cause (626 words)
Mr Augustine was a private hire driver for Data Cars Ltd (DCL). Drivers had to pay DCL a flat rate “circuit fee” of £148 per week, irrespective ... Subscribers only
Law in Action: Consultants not liable (599 words)
Mr Handa was a director and employee of The Station Hotel (Newcastle) Ltd. He made disclosures alleging financial impropriety, after which several ... Subscribers only
Law in Action: Injury to third party (455 words)
ABC was an in-patient at a hospital owned and operated by Huntercombe (No.12) Ltd. She brought a claim for personal injury in the High Court, ... Subscribers only
Special leave: too partial to be fair (2,178 words)
Special leave is a general term for types of leave entitlement that employees might take that don’t fit into other categories, from dealing with a ... Subscribers only
Collective bargaining: still key for pay (1,461 words)
The proportion of the workforce covered by collective bargaining increased slightly last year, reinforcing the role of unions in setting workers’ ... Subscribers only