Pay and Benefits Bulletin archive 2009
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PABB 725, 18 December
2009
Pay awards hold at 1.2% as 2010 approaches, the Walker review: what
it
means for HR, final-salary scheme closures gather pace, distribution
awards
buck recessionary trend, says CELRE, health and safety professionals'
salaries
suffer in 2009, decline in labour market slows, says ONS
PABB 724, 4 December
2009
ASHE: weekly earnings rise by 2% while gender pay gap narrows,
opting out
of Agenda for Change: Southend University Hospital's story, case
study:
Abbey focuses on defined-benefit pension risk reduction, HR staff see
basic
pay rise by 3.8%, marketing pay up 3.3%
PABB 723, 20 November
2009
Pay awards lifted as minimum wage rise takes effect, graduate
recruitment: the
2009/10 IRS survey, gender pay gap narrows, ASHE 2009
shows, voluntary
sector employers predict low pay rises in 2010, housing
association staff
receive 3.8% basic pay rise, basic salary for managers
rises by 2.3%
PABB 722, 6 November
2009
IRS annual review of pay trends 2008/09: private sector pay,
chemicals,
pharmaceuticals and oil: one-third of reviews are a pay freeze,
construction:
median award dips sharply to nil, electricity, gas and water:
settlements worth
2% at the midpoint, engineering and metals: median award
is a pay freeze
PABB 721, 23 October
2009
Annual review 2009: pay freezes dominate, performance-pay budgets
hold up
despite recession, the annual pay bargaining calendar, IRS pay
databank: the
full findings, pay prospects survey: employers forecast pay
rises of 2% in 2010,
economic outlook 2009/10: growth may resume
PABB 720, 9 October
2009
Trade union pay bargaining agendas 2009/10, Agenda for Change
pay
structure in the NHS: five years on, CIMA members see gender pay
differential
of 33%, women earn 80% less merit pay than men in finance
sector, IT staff:
South-West pays the highest rates, pay up by 6.6%
across Europe
PABB 719, 25 September
2009
Pay awards remain weak, performance-related pay: the 2009 IRS
survey, merit
pay can improve performance - despite failing to motivate
staff, London web
developers earn an average £33,700 a year, four in 10
gardening businesses
freeze pay in 2009, pay review update: 25 September
2009
PABB 718, 4 September
2009
Case study: Reward and corporate responsibility at Aviva, paying for
shift work:
the 2009 IRS survey, paying for shift work: the 2009 IRS survey,
sales
professionals' pay is up by 3.2%, transport and distribution:
management and
clerical salaries up by 3.2%, government set to scrap default
retirement age
PABB 717, 21 August
2009
Pay awards fall further to 1%, retail pay 2008/09: awards at 3% but
more firms
freeze pay, progress is stalling on closing the gender pay gap,
report says,
Hay survey assesses future of reward strategies, electronics
industry employees
earn median £33,550 a year, pay review update: 21 August
2009
PABB 716, 7 August
2009
Manufacturing pay awards down to 2.5% in uncertain economic climate,
finance
sector pay 2009: pay awards dip as recession bites, Walker review
proposes
shake-up of banks' pay practices, accountants' salaries rise by 6%,
pay review
update: 7 August 2009, Sellafield: 1% in first year of two-year
deal
PABB 715, 24 July
2009
Pay awards running at 1.3%, benefits and allowances 2009: childcare,
pensions
and other benefits, salary prospects for graduates are bleak, says
AGR, impact
of pension reform on saving may be limited, chief executives see
7% rise in total
remuneration, pay review update: 24 July 2009, statistics
and forecasts
PABB 714, 10 July
2009
Benefits and allowances 2009: travel and subsistence benefits,
alternatives,
to financial motivation, IT staff pay growth slumps to 40-year
low as recession
bites, CBI says 55% of UK employers plan to freeze pay,
finance professionals
enjoy inflation-busting pay rises in 2009, pay review
update: 10 July 2009
PABB 713, 26
June 2009
Pay settlements at record low, benefits and allowances
2009: health benefits
and allowances, pensions law is detrimental to
employers, says CBI, half of all
workers suffer cuts to hours, pay or
benefits, DAS: 3.47% paybill increase,
pay review update: 26 June 2009
PABB 712, 12
June 2009
Benefits and allowances 2009: survey overview, average
annual HR salary is
£30,917 in 2009, Forestry Commission: 4% average
earnings increase,
one in 10 surveyors had pay cut in 2008, public
sector; pay review bodies 2009:
the NHS, papermaking industry: minimum
rates up by 3.95%
PABB 711, 29
May 2009
Pay awards plunge to historic low of 1.5%, economic
outlook: the depths of
recession, minimum wage to increase by just 7p per
hour from October 2009,
environmental concerns move up the company car
agenda, managers' pay
shows slight increase, UK 2009 pay rises among lowest
in the world
PABB 710, 8
May 2009
Budget Report 2009: no silver lining, public sector pay
review bodies 2009:
Government imposes pay restraint on senior staff,
finance sector gender pay
gap is double that of whole economy, pay review
update: 8 May 2009,
statistics and forecasts, PM seeks review of MPs'
pensions
PABB 709, 24
April 2009
IRS bonuses and incentives survey: employers keep the
faith in bonuses, pay
awards: the calm before the April fall, video:
Managers' pay growth slows to
five-year low as recession bites, publishing
salaries rise by 4.7%, migrant
workers keep wage pressures and unemployment
down
PABB 708, 3
April 2009
IRS pay databank: 25 years on, operative staff enjoy 4%
pay rise, pay for
general practice nurses falls behind NHS rates, North West
Evening Mail: 3.25%
inflation-linked increase for NUJ grades, pensions
professionals: recession-
busting pay rises in prospect, pay review update: 3
April 2009
PABB 707, 20 March
2009
Pay awards fall to a six-year low, graduates face pay freeze in
2009, real
earnings growth is negative for UK workers, managers' salaries
increase by up
to 7.7%,pay review update: 20 March 2009, professional
qualifications attract
37% wage premium, Germany: minimum wage laws
passed
PABB 706, 6 March
2009
Conducting an equal pay audit, equal pay: a minimum statement of
grievance
satisfies the statutory requirements, CIPD forecasts "dramatic
falls in pay
growth", pay freeze plan risks public sector unrest, bonus
backlash as sexism
rears its head, engineering construction industry: 5.5%
basic pay rise
PABB 705, 20
February 2009
Pay awards drop to 3% as 2009 gets under way, case
study: total reward
at Arup, reward agenda 2009: time to get a grip on reward
spend, alternatives
to redundancy, pay review update: 20 February 2009,
statistics and forecasts,
UK unemployment rises to just shy of two
million
PABB 704, 6
February 2009
The national minimum wage 10 years on: employers'
views, growing trend in
pensions from defined-benefit to defined-contribution
plans, huge gender pay
gap for benefits professionals, High Court salaries
are too low to attract recruits,
Friends Provident: 3.25% increase to
paybill, pay review update: 6 Feb 2009
PABB 703, 23
January 2009
Case study: Making team bonuses pay at Fenner Dunlop,
pay awards hold
steady before the fall, UK workers have low expectations for
2009 pay awards,
charity employers are turning to performance-related pay,
Sellafield: 2% pay
rise over 10 months, pay review update: 23 January
2009
PABB 702, 9
January 2009
HR & Compliance Centre pay figures: the guide, the Employment Act
2008, HR professionals
can expect above-inflation pay awards in 2009, UK
managers lack spending
power, global survey reveals, statutory maternity,
paternity and adoption
pay increase (5 April 2009), pay review update: 9
January 2009
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