Pay Intelligence March 2008: Pay awards continue to lag behind inflation

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On this page: Pay Intelligence is a regularly updated online resource. It brings together links to the latest pay settlement analysis and economic indicators from across the IRS and HR & Compliance Centre portfolio, providing everything you need to keep track of pay trends.

Summary of key pay data:

IRS headline measure of pay settlements: 3.5% in the three months to 29 February 2008.

Release date: 20 March 2008.

Next release date: 25 April 2008.

Summary: The median pay award has held firm at 3.5% over the three months to 29 February 2008, but pay settlements remain firmly parked below headline inflation, according to the latest IRS analysis.

Once a month, the latest trends analysis from IRS appears here, alongside links to the latest inflation and earnings data. Twice a month, we update the economic forecasts, colleed by IRS, and the pay review update table containing summaries of the latest pay settlements.

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