Workplace Report January 2016

Pay and prices

Labour Research Department’s Payline Database 


Percentage increases on lowest basic rates (by agreements covered)


For the three months up to and including: 


2015 Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec This pay round, Aug-Dec
All agreements 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.5
Private sector 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.5
Public sector 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.7 1.7 2.0 2.3 1.4 2.4 2.1 2.7 2.5
Manual 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5
Non-manual 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.2 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.3 2.3
All industries 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.5
All services 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.3 2.3 2.5 2.4

For the 12 months up to and including:


Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
By agreements 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0
By workers covered 3.7 3.7 3.7 4.1 4.1 4.3 4.3 4.5 4.5 2.7 2.7 2.7

The figures show median (midpoint) pay settlements among all the agreements monitored through LRD’s Payline database. The weighted median (by number of workers covered) appears in the 12-monthly table.

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