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Workplace Report September 2025
Pay and prices Pay View Cost of living – News Bargaining Pay Europe Equality – Law in action Disability Discrimination Redundancy Employment status State immunity – Features A deep dive into sick leave Interview: Union work in the rail industry
Inflation overtakes pay (259 words)
UK inflation accelerated more than expected to 3.8% (CPI) in July on the back of higher food prices and airfares. The figure was the highest since ...
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Pay and prices
Inflation overtakes pay deals in July (334 words)
Pay deals reported to LRD Payline were averaging 3.5% for the lowest paid in the three months to July 2025. The public sector fared slightly better ... Subscribers only
Payline: Median Pay Deals (130 words)
Source: LRD Payline. Percentage increase for those on the lowest basic rates. Statistics based on 53 deals in the past three months. Workplace Report ...
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Average Weekly Earnings (110 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 (424 words)
With inflation at 4.8% (RPI), several settlements are exceeding the cost-of-living rise, though the gap between pay growth and price rises is ... Subscribers only
Pay: Nurses Reject Pay Award (460 words)
Nurses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have overwhelmingly rejected the government's proposed 3.6% pay award in a consultation by the Royal ... Subscribers only
Equality: Strike Over Two-Tier Workforce (361 words)
Airedale hospital GMB workers have voted to strike in anger at the two-tier workforce structure. Porters, domestics, catering and security staff will ... Subscribers only
Europe: Joint Body Delivers Increases for Low Paid Workers (303 words)
This month childcare workers in Ireland will see their pay increase by 10%, well above the current rate of inflation, which was 1.7% in July. ... Subscribers only
Pay: Local Government Unions Accept Deal (391 words)
The 2025–26 local government pay settlement for staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland has been agreed after two out of three unions ... Subscribers only
Pay: Resident Doctors Strike for Pay Restoration (367 words)
Resident doctors took five days of strike action at the end of July over pay. The British Medical Association (BMA) ballot of resident doctors ... Subscribers only
Pensions Equality: TUC Warns of Gender Pension Gap (239 words)
The TUC has warned that the gender pension gap in the UK means that retired women effectively go over four months each year without receiving a ... Open access
Europe: Negotiations Restart on Metalworkers' Deal (318 words)
This month, negotiators from employers and the three main metalworking union federations — FIOM, FIM, and UILM — are meeting to reach a new ... Subscribers only
Pay: Electricians Establish Deal (283 words)
From January 2026, electricians will commence a three-year pay deal worth 14% in total over the period. Nearly 10,000 electricians employed by about 5 ... Subscribers only
Pay: Employers Expect 3% Pay Rises and Low Recruitment (341 words)
Employers expect basic pay to increase by 3% over the next twelve months, according to the quarterly Labour Market Outlook survey by the Chartered ... Subscribers only
Pay: Unite Airports Campaign Gains Ground (276 words)
Unite the Union has secured significant pay deals at airports across Scotland, while disputes are ongoing in England. ... Subscribers only
Law in Action: A diagnosis is relevant in disability discrimination (521 words)
Haven Leisure Ltd operates holiday parks. Mr Stedman applied to them to work as an animation host. When the application was not successful, he made a ... Subscribers only
Law in Action: Redundancy dismissal unfair (694 words)
Mr Kennedy worked for car dealership the Hendy Group Ltd. He started in 2013 in sales and management roles before working within their training ... Subscribers only
Law in Action: Employment status prevented discrimination claim (525 words)
Mr Scully worked as a carer for his brother, S, who has a learning disability. Scully was paid for that work using sums provided by Northamptonshire ... Subscribers only
Law in Action: Discrimination claim of victimisation (488 words)
Mr Gad worked for UK Power Networks (UKPN) as a control engineer. In 2016 he made an ET claim of race discrimination against UKPN, which was settled ... Subscribers only
Law in Action: Extending time in discrimination case (574 words)
In April 2018 Mrs Chevalier-Firescu spoke to HSBC about getting a senior role with them and in May 2018 HSBC indicated that they were keen to hire ... Subscribers only
Law in Action: Employment status terms of entitlement (646 words)
Mr Lutz was a “contracted pilot” supplied to Ryanair by Storm Global Ltd, which had an agreement with the airline to provide pilots through ... Subscribers only
Law in Action: Disability discrimination and reasonable adjustments (780 words)
Mr Hindmarch worked for North East Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust as an ambulance driver. His role was to provide scheduled care to patients, ... Subscribers only
Law in Action: No state immunity for Embassy (658 words)
Ms Constantine was employed in the Cultural Bureau, part of the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia from 2010 until 2018. She is a Christian of Lebanese ... Subscribers only
A deep dive into sick leave (2,166 words)
While a majority of working adults have access to occupational sick pay (OSP) paid by their employer, many still have to rely only on statutory sick ... Subscribers only
Interview: Union work in the rail industry (1,697 words)
Steve Shaw has been a member for 30 years of Rail union RMT and has gained insights in how the rail industry operates by working as a conductor for ... Subscribers only