Pay review update: 9 January 2009
The table summarises the latest pay awards monitored by the IRS pay databank. For each pay award, the entry shows the name and size of the review group, the effective date and length of the review, together with brief details of the main changes.
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Pay review update: 9 January 2009 |
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Organisation - employee group (nos. covered) |
Effective date |
Period (months) |
Terms of latest award |
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Cussons - head office (250) |
1.6.08 |
12 |
5% across-the-board increase to coincide with permanent change of anniversary date. |
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Cussons, Kersal Vale - production grades (52) |
1.6.08 |
36 |
First year of three-year deal: 3.4% increase to base rates. Implementation date brought forward by one month, from July to June. |
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Organisation - employee group (nos. covered) |
Effective date |
Period (months) |
Terms of latest award |
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CE Electric - DJB (technical) staff (255) |
1.4.08 |
24 |
First year of two-year deal: 4.7% increase to basic rates. |
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CE Electric - DJIC (industrial) staff (673) |
1.4.08 |
36 |
First year of three-year deal: 5% increase to basic rates. |
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Magnox Electric - technical, industrial, administrative and clerical staff (3,500) |
1.4.08 |
12 |
Staged award, comprising a 2% increase effective from 1 April 2008, plus a further 1.8% from 1 October 2008. The latter stage to be applied to 31 March 2008 rates. The deal is worth approximately 2.9% on an annualised basis. |
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Sutton and East Surrey Water - all (250) |
1.7.08 |
12 |
4% increase to basic rates and allowances. |
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Organisation - employee group (nos. covered) |
Effective date |
Period (months) |
Terms of latest award |
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CommonTime - all employees (40) |
1.4.08 |
12 |
4% basic increase, plus individual merit awards ranging from 3% to 13%. |
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Inco Europe - manuals and staff (250 in Swansea, 120 in London) |
1.8.08 |
12 |
3.5% basic increase. |
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Organisation - employee group (nos. covered) |
Effective date |
Period (months) |
Terms of latest award |
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Dalepak Foods - monthly paid employees (59) |
1.4.08 |
12 |
2.5% basic increase. |
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Fox's Biscuits, Batley & Kirkham - weekly paid employees (1,500); monthly paid employees (300) |
1.4.08 |
12 |
3% basic increase. |
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KP Ashby - engineers (23) |
1.4.08 |
12 |
Merit rises, ranging from 2.5% to 4.7%, with an average rise of 3.5%. |
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KP Ashby - operatives (380) |
1.4.08 |
12 |
4% basic increase. |
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The Pizza Factory - weekly paid employees (350) |
1.4.08 |
12 |
3% basic increase. |
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Walter Hollands - weekly paid employees (310) |
13.8.08 |
12 |
Pay freeze this year for all staff. |
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Organisation - employee group (nos. covered) |
Effective date |
Period (months) |
Terms of latest award |
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Epson UK - Europe responsibility staff (87) |
1.4.08 |
12 |
3% basic increase. Additional, one-off, non-consolidated bonus worth 3% of individual salary paid in June 2008. |
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Epson UK - UK responsibility staff (178) |
1.4.08 |
12 |
2.25% increase to basic rates. Additional, one-off, non-consolidated bonus worth 3% of individual salary paid in June 2008. |
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Ineos Nova - banded staff (103) |
1.3.08 |
12 |
3% basic increase plus merit awards from a 5% pot (merit awards paid in April 2008). |
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Ineos Nova - non-banded staff (561) |
1.3.08 |
12 |
3% basic increase. |
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Organisation - employee group (nos. covered) |
Effective date |
Period (months) |
Terms of latest award |
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Ulster Television - all (100) |
1.7.08 |
12 |
3% basic increase. |
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Wilson James - BBC security staff (300) |
1.7.08 |
12 |
3.8% basic increase. |
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Organisation - employee group (nos. covered) |
Effective date |
Period (months) |
Terms of latest award |
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Sanctuary Housing Association - care, home care and extra care staff (1,908) |
13.10.08 |
12 |
3% basic increase to maintain national minimum wage differentials. |
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Sanctuary Housing Association - housing and Sanctuary Management Services (SMS) staff (2,195) |
1.4.08 |
12 |
Market-linked increases ranging between nil and 7.5%, averaging 3%. |
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Sanctuary Housing Association - TUPE-transferred care staff (417) |
13.12.08 |
12 |
3% basic increase for those within 15% of market rate; 1% basic increase for all others. |
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Organisation - employee group (nos. covered) |
Effective date |
Period (months) |
Terms of latest award |
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South Oxfordshire District Council - office-based staff (283) |
1.4.08 |
12 |
4.1% across-the-board increase. |
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Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council - all (447) |
1.4.08 |
12 |
2.5% basic increase. |
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Organisation - employee group (nos. covered) |
Effective date |
Period (months) |
Terms of latest award |
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Halfords - head office staff (518) |
1.4.08 |
12 |
3% basic increase, plus additional merit awards ranging from nil to 5%. |
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Halfords - national distribution centre staff (187) |
1.4.08 |
12 |
3% basic increase. |
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Halfords - store managers (685) |
1.4.08 |
12 |
Merit awards ranging from nil to 5%. |
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Iceland Frozen Foods - home delivery drivers (1,274) |
1.10.08 |
12 |
6.12% basic increase. |
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Iceland Frozen Foods - store managers (677) |
1.4.08 |
12 |
Merit awards from a 3.5% pot, ranging from nil to 10%. |
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Iceland Frozen Foods - store staff (14,073) |
1.10.08 |
12 |
6% basic increase. |
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Organisation - employee group (nos. covered) |
Effective date |
Period (months) |
Terms of latest award |
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John Smedley - non-management staff (330) |
1.4.08 |
12 |
2.5% across-the-board increase. |
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Scottish woollen industry - manuals (750) |
1.7.08 |
24 |
Second year of two-year pay award: 4.19% basic increase. |
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Wool spinning and weaving industry (West Yorkshire) - manuals (12,000) |
1.5.08 |
12 |
2.5% basic increase. |
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Organisation - employee group (nos. covered) |
Effective date |
Period (months) |
Terms of latest award |
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Amey Rail - rail workers (450) |
1.4.08 |
12 |
4% across-the-board increase. |
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First Capital Connect - drivers (650) |
6.4.08 |
24 |
Second year of two-year deal: 4.1% minimum increase to bring drivers' pay to £38,000, in line with rates for former Thameslink drivers. |
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Scotrail - management grades (200), drivers (900), engineering, clerical, ticketing, supervisory, platform and sleeper staff (3,000) |
1.4.08 |
24 |
First year of two-year deal: 5% across-the-board increase. Year two will be the greater of 3% or February 2009 RPI inflation. |
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