Pay and prices

Labour Research Department three monthly pay figures (218 words)

Percentage increases on lowest basic rates (by agreements covered) ...

Prices (59 words)

February 172.0 2.7 1.9 ...

Other pay analysts (30 words)

Confederation of British Industry (manufacturing) (three months to Jan 2002) 2.3% ...

Average earnings indices (143 words)

January (r) 128.1 4.2 3.7 4.3 4.4 3.4 ...

Inflation forecasts (41 words)

RPI forecasts (and underlying inflation - excluding mortgage interest payments) ...

Latest figures for full-time weekly average earnings (38 words)

all workers £443.50 ...

Features

Manufacturing under pressure (398 words)

Despite very difficult times in manufacturing, the trend among pay settlements monitored on the LRD PayLine database remains above the underlying inflation rate. ...

Major pay overhaul for Engineering Construction (382 words)

Engineering Construction ...

Minimum wages rise in motor vehicle retail and repair (143 words)

Motor Vehicle Retail & Repair ...

15% for South Yorks drivers (204 words)

South Yorkshire Road Haulage JIC ...

Pay deals in brief (1124 words)

Agreement % increase date number covered hours holidays ...

Consultation “asteroid” to hit UK industrial relations? (811 words)

Over 100 delegates attended this year's Labour Research Department conference on the new rights to information and consultation. Speakers tried to put the European ...

Union structures establish best practice for new consultation rights (4124 words)

Key points ...

Latest cases reveal increasing complexity of law on transfer rights (878 words)

The government has yet to respond to the consultation over possible changes to the TUPE transfer regulations which ended last December. Without a firm ...

Equal pay claims (231 words)

The Advocate General, the European Court of Justice's legal adviser says that workers contracted out to the private sector cannot use equal pay law ...

Insolvency (110 words)

Where an employer is insolvent an employee who is owed money can usually make a claim to the Department for Trade and Industry. However, ...

Holiday pay (102 words)

Workers who have been denied the right to paid holidays, in breach of the Working Time Regulations can claim net unpaid wages for all ...

Taking different claims (95 words)

There is a general principle of law, known as estoppel, that if a claim is pursued in one court and a decision is reached ...

Jubilee day (246 words)

The Queen's golden jubilee has been declared as an extra bank holiday on Monday 3 June, but this does not necessarily bring with it ...

TUC report says low pay is "serious problem" for black workers (363 words)

Black and Asian workers continue to face wage inequality, according to a report launched at this month's TUC Black Workers' Conference. ...

Large pay rises for regraded medical secretaries (174 words)

Hundreds of women working as medical secretaries in the North East are to benefit from significant pay rises following industrial action by UNISON. ...

Government department takes work-life balance initiative (220 words)

One government department is putting into practice the government's commitment to flexible working. The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is this month setting ...

European Parliament agrees tighter asbestos rules (133 words)

The TUC has welcomed last month's European parliament vote to cut in half the maximum exposure for asbestos proposed by the European Commission in ...

Train drivers' union calls for cut in hours (203 words)

Train drivers' union Aslef is calling for urgent legislation to cap working hours. The union wants a limit on drivers' working time of 42 ...

World Asthma Day (104 words)

World Asthma Day 2002 is on 7 May and involves healthcare groups and asthma educators in raising awareness about asthma as a serious public ...

Stress and poor work design can contribute to heart disease (331 words)

New research sponsored by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) indicates that poor work design and a stressful working environment can lead to coronary ...

Vibration directive makes progress (252 words)

Agreement has now been reached between the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers on the text for the physical agents (vibration) directive which ...

Safety inspectors focus on new government targets (401 words)

This month the Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) Field Operations Directorate (FOD) is being reorganised in order to meet the government's health and safety ...

TUC attacks employers for final salary pension scheme cuts (450 words)

Employers who abandon their final salary pension schemes have been accused by the TUC of making the "first serious attempt to reduce pay and ...

Bank agrees deal on part timers (186 words)

The HSBC bank has agreed a deal with finance union UNIFI to help 2,000 current and former part-time workers get their pension benefits. ...

State pension rises and SERPS becomes S2P (166 words)

State benefits rates went up this month, with the basic pension going up from £72.50 a week to £75.50. ...

Warning strikes in Germany as bargaining reaches critical point (420 words)

The 2002 bargaining round in Germany had reached a critical stage as Bargaining Report went to press this month. ...

Commission proposes agency work directive (134 words)

The European Commission last month published its proposal for a directive regulating the use of temporary agency workers. This comes after last year's breakdown ...

Dutch settlements fall below inflation (273 words)

After a year when pay settlements more or less kept up with inflation, pay increases in the Netherlands this year are falling behind. ...