Pay and prices

Pay and prices (539 words)

Labour Research Department three monthly pay figures ...

Bargaining news

Employment prospects weaken (485 words)

Employment prospects weakened at the start of the New Year, according to the latest survey from the Manpower employment agency. Figures from the GMB ...

Features

Pay deals in brief (531 words)

Agreement % number ...

Key developments in discrimination law (2718 words)

Discrimination law continues to grow and develop both as a result of new legislation and through the case law. Bargaining Report looks at some ...

Councils drag their feet over job evaluation and new pay structures (2795 words)

Local authorities employ huge numbers of people and the terms and conditions of employment that they offer are an important influence on the wider ...

Employers are failing to comply with workstation assessment regulations (3110 words)

Employers have a legal duty to assess the health and safety risks of computer workstations. A Bargaining Report survey of over 130 workplaces found ...

Pay deals (607 words)

Cider firm's new deal ...

Tackling racism course gets underway (184 words)

The TUC's new Tackling racism online course for union reps and learning reps is now underway with what the TUC describes as "a brilliant ...

Government consults over new discrimination law (205 words)

The government has published proposals for outlawing discrimination at work based on sexual orientation, religion and age. The proposals mark the start of a ...

Government changes parental leave rules (380 words)

parental leave rules were amended earlier this month, following the TUC's successful legal challenge to the government last year. ...

New call-centre safety guidance emerges from in-depth study (465 words)

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued new advice to call centre inspectors and employers following an in-depth study of working practices in ...

Union issues safety advice on dealing with contractors (179 words)

The GMB general union has issued a guide on contractors and health and safety. It is aimed both at workers employed by contractors and ...

Report argues that worker consultation improves safety (313 words)

New research by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) shows that taking workers' advice seriously can improve health and safety at work. ...

Union urges shopworkers not to challenge shoplifters (103 words)

Shopworkers' union USDAW is telling its members "Don't have a go", after a supermarket worker in Derbyshire was stabbed and seriously injured by a ...

Survey looks at trend away from defined benefit schemes (272 words)

The move away from defined benefit (final salary) pension schemes has increased in pace and is now a "brisk trot" according to the Pensions ...

Minimum wages rise in Spain, Netherlands and Portugal (535 words)

Minimum wages have gone up in three European Union states this month, Spain, the Netherlands and Portugal. The increases range from 2.0% in Spain ...

European pay co-ordination (152 words)

With wages now being paid in Euros in 12 of the 15 EU states the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) has just presented its ...

Spanish unions agree wage moderation (208 words)

Spain's two main union confederations, the CCOO and the UGT, reached agreement with the principal employers' groupings last month on pay increases in 2002. ...