Pay and Benefits Bulletin archive 2007

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PABB 677, 21 December 2007
Public sector pay 2007/08, Pay awards weaken as
January approaches, What is HR's role in staff pensions?
Directors' pay rises by 3.5%, Pay rates in India set to soar,
Actuaries' salaries increase by 4.6%

PABB 676, 7 December 2007
ASHE 2007: Inflation outstrips earnings growth, Managing
benefits, bonuses and annual leave during maternity leave,
Civil service adopts bold pension solution, Occupational
pension scheme membership continues to fall

PABB 675, 16 November 2007
Pay awards fall back to 3.4%, One small step closer to pay
equality, Median HR salary is £30,000 a year, Employer group
delivers verdict on SSP, IT salaries soar as recruitment hits
five-year high, B&Q: 3.2% paybill increase

PABB 674, 2 November 2007
Summary: private sector pay 2006/07, Charities: Slight
increase in pay award levels, Chemicals: Settlement levels
on the rise, Construction: Settlements up to 4%, Electricity,
gas and water: Pace of bargaining picks up

PABB 673, 19 October 2007
Employers think higher pay rises will continue into 2008,
Economic outlook: Summer takes the heat out of UK economy,
PBR 2007: Growth down, borrowing up, Inflation boost keeps
pay deals high

PABB 672, 5 October 2007
Housing association pay 2007: Awards rise to 3.5%, How
the state pension system is due to change, IT professionals
gain average 3.2% pay award, Finance sector benefits: flex
takes off, company cars in decline

PABB 671, 21 September 2007
Pattern of higher pay awards continues, Flexible benefits:
moving online, New pension scheme for local authority
workers unveiled, Brown delivers tough TUC message
on public sector pay

PABB 670, 7 September 2007
Retail sector pay 2007: Pay awards rise to 3%, Maternity pay:
what are employers paying? Measuring short-term growth in
earnings: AEI or AWE? Online calculator for holiday increase
launched, IT salaries boom, Salary-sacrifice guide published

PABB 669, 17 August 2007
Pay awards back to 3.5%, Manufacturing sector takes
positive steps in 2007, Pensions Act receives royal
assent, Finance staff pay rises steady at 3%, Average
pay increase of 5.6% in Europe

PABB 668, 3 August 2007
Annual review of finance sector pay, employers fail to
promote benefits, growth in managers' earnings slows,
research and development salaries rise by 3.2%, settlements
at South West Water and Yorkshire Building Society

PABB 667, 20 July 2007
Inflation continues to outstrip pay deals, Economic outlook,
Job evaluation is thriving, US employers spend 38% of
payroll on benefits, Executive pay in leisure companies
not linked to profitability

PABB 666, 6 July 2007
Overtime survey 2007: rates and statistics, Linking pay
to company performance can increase productivity,
Details of Personal Accounts plan published, DBERR
reviews minimum wage for voluntary workers

PABB 665, 15 June 2007
Monthly review of pay trends, HR Prospects 2007: the
bigger picture on reward, new pay framework proposed
for school support staff, average 3.5% pay rise for
housing association staff, European pay news

PABB 664, 1 June 2007
Benchmarking travel, subsistence and other benefits,
managers’ salaries rise by 4.4%, pensions professionals
hit by earnings slowdown, pay boost for HR managers

PABB 663, 21 May 2007
Pay settlements down to 3%, free car parking is most
popular employee benefit, working hours down, holidays
up, average salary for HR directors is £90,678, operative
workers' pay rises by 4%

PABB 662, 4 May 2007
Pay equality at Devon County Council, sabbaticals and
extended leave, European pay news, electricity workers
plan strike over pay in Hungary, thermal insulation industry
rates rise by 5.26%

PABB 661, 20 April 2007
Pay settlement boost continues, public sector workers
get lowest pay awards for a decade, benefits top
reward agenda for agency staff; 4.9% pay boost for
actuaries

PABB 660, 5 April 2007
Budget 2007 analysis, final salary pensions: taking
stock, Low Pay Commission's national minimum wage
report, city HR salaries soar

PABB 659, 16 March 2007
Pay awards still at 3.5%, minimum wage survey: youth
rates, Government puts squeeze on public sector pay

PABB 658, 6 March 2007
Minimum wage survey, pay deals shoot up to 3.5%,
strategic reward top priority for 2007

PABB 657, 16 February 2007
Health benefits, next steps on the national minimum
wage, Bank of England governor's warning shot over pay

Newsflash, 16 February 2007
Pay awards hit eight-year high of 3.5%

PABB 656, 6 February 2007
Headline inflation holds the key for pay setters,
last year's pay deals close at 3%, HR salary growth

PABB 655, 23 January 2007
Pre-Budget report, ASHE 2006, graduate starting
salaries

Newsflash, 19 January 2007
Pay awards hold at 3%