Pay and prices

Pay and prices (447 words)

Labour Research Department three monthly pay figures, BR July 00 ...

Bargaining news

Inflation up, unemployment down (433 words)

While inflation continued on a rising trend in June, the level of unemployment fell to a 20-year low according to figures published earlier this ...

Features

Pay deals (719 words)

Agreement % increase hours holidays ...

London weighting survey (5328 words)

This year's survey of London weighting and other allowances lists over 300 payments with the majority covering non-manual workers in inner and outer London. ...

Dismissal law developments (1435 words)

The law on dismissal has moved to centre stage. Figures to be published later this year are likely to show more than 50,000 unfair ...

Revised ballots code on the way (155 words)

From 18 September 2000 workers called on to take industrial action will get protection from being named to employers. At the same time the ...

Health and Safety Commission proposes tighter asbestos laws (380 words)

The Health and Safety Commission (HSC) is proposing a new duty on building owners to manage asbestos present in workplaces with a view to ...

Metalworking fluids guidance (211 words)

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced it is developing guidance on reducing the health risks to workers exposed to metalworking fluids, following ...

Delay for stress code of practice (254 words)

The Health and Safety Commission (HSC) has delayed a decision to publish an Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) on stress, following three years' consideration ...

Schemes now have to clarify ethical position (429 words)

Occupational pension schemes are now required to state whether or not they apply any socially responsible investment criteria when allocating their investments and what ...

New TUC asbestos guide for safety reps (185 words)

The TUC has published a new guide for safety reps on what they should do when asbestos is discovered, suspected or disturbed in the ...

3.5% for workers at Severn Trent Water (332 words)

Salaries at one of the biggest water companies, Severn Trent, rose by 3.5% from 1 July in a one-year pay deal for craft and ...

Discrimination in NHS performance pay (232 words)

The NHS performance-related pay scheme for health visitors and community nurses discriminates against black staff, according to a report by the Community Practitioners' and ...

Tips on flexible working for mothers returning to work (134 words)

The Maternity Alliance, a charity promoting the rights of pregnant women and new parents, has updated its guide to negotiating flexible working patterns for ...

Discrimination holds back young workers (143 words)

Young people are just as likely to experience age discrimination as older people, according to a report by the Employers' Forum on Age (EFA). ...

Commission wins first disability case (188 words)

The Disability Rights Commission has won its first case in the Court of Appeal, using powers to back individual cases granted when it was ...

France and Netherlands put up minimum wage rates (335 words)

Minimum wages in France and the Netherlands went up from the start of this month in line with the indexing arrangements in each country. ...

German coal and steel deals agreed but strikes hit retailers (313 words)

Last month's coal industry deal covers some 60,000 employees and runs for 14 months from 1 July with a lump sum payment of Euro ...

Two-year deal in Dutch metal industry (192 words)

Unions and employers in the Netherlands have signed a key agreement covering 180,000 engineering employees. The two-year deal runs from 1 July 2000 and ...

Pay and mobility deal at BAe Systems Marine's three shipyards (462 words)

A new pay and mobility agreement for non-management staff at BAE Systems Marine came into force in April. It covers three shipyards, the ex-Kvaerner ...

Racal Telecom settles at 3% (178 words)

Negotiations covering clerical and telecoms grades at Racal Services (Communications) resulted in an agreed 3% increase in all salaries effective from 1 April. In ...

Improvements for part timers at Argos (163 words)

The latest deal at retailer Argos (3 April) represented 3.08% on the pay bill. This is made up of 2.3% on basic rates, allowances ...

Single status at Chloride Industrial Batteries (243 words)

The April pay deal at Chloride Industrial Batteries (Clifton) secured single status for all hourly paid employees with holiday pay and sick pay to ...

Keeping negotiators up-to-date (1297 words)

Bargaining Report aims to provide union negotiators with a range of information covering prices, pay deals, and developments in other areas of collective bargaining ...

Correction (29 words)

A pay deal at Nestle (Tutbury) was wrongly reported last month (Bargaining Report 206, June 2000, page 5) and had not, at time of ...