Pay review update

CHEMICALS AND PHARMACEUTICALS

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Date

Period

(months)

Terms of latest award

Aesica Pharmaceuticals - clerical, admin., managerial, engineering, manufacturing and technical staff (155)

1.12.06

12

Individual performance-related awards give consolidated increases ranging from 0.5% to 5%, adding a total of 2.6% to paybill. Employees also eligible for non-consolidated bonuses worth between 0.5% and 14%. In total, the review adds 6.6% to paybill.

Cussons - head office staff (280)

1.1.07

12

All-merit review yielding increases averaging 3.6%.

International Paint - manuals and admin. grades (700)

1.10.06

12

Base rates increase by 4%.

Kodak, Harrow, Hemel Hempstead - production, clerical, technical and secretarial grades (700)

7.1.07

36

Second year of three-year deal: basic rates and ancillary allowances rise by 2%.

Millennium Chemicals - personal contract staff (180)

1.1.07

12

Individual performance-related increases averaging 3.5%.

CONSTRUCTION

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Date

Period

(months)

Terms of latest award

Electrical Contracting JIB - approved electricians, technicians and operatives (up to 50,000)

8.1.07

36

Third year of three-year deal: industry minimum rates rise by 5%.

Plumbing Mechanical Engineering Services JIB (England and Wales) - plumbers and gas fitters, apprentices and trainees (60,000)

2.1.07

24

Rates increased by 3.5% in second year of two-year deal.

ELECTRICITY, GAS AND WATER

Review group (nos. covered)

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Date

Period

(months)

Terms of latest award

Sutton and East Surrey Water - all (260)

1.7.06

12

Basic rates and allowances increased by 3.2%.

Tendering Hundred Water - all employees except senior management (59)

1.7.06

12

2.5% pay increase.

ENGINEERING AND METALS

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Date

Period

(months)

Terms of latest award

Assa Abloy - manuals (503)

1.1.07

12

3.9% basic increase.

B3 Cables - manuals (200)

1.1.07

12

4% across-the-board increase.

Brother Industries - manuals and staff (165)

1.10.06

12

3.6% across-the-board uplift.

Dana Spicer Axle - all (325)

1.1.07

48

Final stage of a four-year deal: 2.7% across-the-board increment.

Group 4 Technology- all (385)

1.1.07

12

3.5% across-the-board rise.

Ultra Electronics - manuals and staff (160)

1.1.07

24

Second stage of two-year deal gives 3.5% across-the-board increase.

FINANCE

Review group (nos. covered)

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Date

Period

(months)

Terms of latest award

AEGON UK - all staff (4,000)

1.1.07

12

3.8% merit pot, with awards linked to individual performance, ranging from nil to 20%.

Britannia Building Society - all (4,500)

1.1.07

12

All-merit increases from a 4% pay pot, ranging from nil to 17.5%.

Dunfermline Building Society - all staff (510)

1.1.07

12

4% merit pot, with awards linked to individual performance, ranging from nil to 7%. Average increase worth 4%.

Thomas Miller - all staff (550)

1.7.06

12

3.5% paybill increase, comprising 2.5% basic award and 1% pot for merit increases.

GENERAL MANUFACTURING

Review group (nos. covered)

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Date

Period

(months)

Terms of latest award

Bridgestone Firestone - weekly paid staff (160)
- head office support staff (80)

1.1.07

1.1.07

12

12

Increases ranging between 2.5% and 3%.

3.5% average pay award.

British Gypsum - white-collar staff (690)

1.1.07

12

All-merit rises distributed from 4% pay pot.

Cova Products - production staff (130)
- staff (65)

1.1.07

1.1.07

12

12

Base rates and shift premia rise by 4%, plus one-off non-consolidated bonus worth £400.
Annual salaries increase by 4%, plus one-off non-consolidated bonus worth £400.

GENERAL SERVICES

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Date

Period

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Terms of latest award

Channel 4 - all (950)

1.1.07

12

Annual salaries increased by 3.4%.

Society of London Theatre/ Musicians Union agreement - musicians (250)

1.10.06

24

Second year of two-year deal: minimum salaries and allowances rise in line with August 2006 RPI inflation (3.4%), plus an additional 1%, giving total increase of 4.4%.

Society of London Theatre/Equity agreement - theatre performers and stage management (600)

8.1.07

72

Sixth year of six-year deal: minimum salaries and allowances rise by 3.9%, in line with November 2006 RPI.

HOTELS AND CATERING

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Date

Period

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Terms of latest award

Royal Garden Hotel - hotel staff (350)

1.10.06

12

Base rates increased by 3%.

NOT-FOR-PROFIT

Review group (nos. covered)

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Date

Period

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Terms of latest award

The Blue Cross - all staff (450)

1.1.07

12

3.6% across-the-board increase. Some additional incremental increases linked to individual performance.

Cambridgeshire Housing Society - all (300)

1.10.06

12

2.9% basic increase.

Girlguiding UK - all staff (160)

1.1.07

12

2.85% merit pot, with increases ranging from 2.5% to 6%.

PAPER AND PRINTING

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Date

Period

(months)

Terms of latest award

Association of Newspaper and Magazine Wholesalers - clerical, counter and warehouse staff (9,100)

1.1.07

12

2.25% uplift to Monday to Saturday rates only, increasing the paybill by 2%.

Corrugated packaging industry - manual grades (12,000)

4.9.06

12

Minimum earnings levels rise by 3%.

Reed Business Information - senior management staff, excluding board members (435)

1.10.06

12

Annual salaries increase by 3%.

PUBLIC SERVICES

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Date

Period

(months)

Terms of latest award

Department for Communities and Local Government - all except senior civil servants (2,000)

1.8.06

12

A 2.5% increase consisting of a 2% across-the-board rise and 0.5% dependent on satisfactory performance, or £625, whichever is the greater.

Driving Standards Agency - all except senior civil servants (1,700)

1.8.06

12

1.9% increase to all existing pay points plus a pay progression award of one pay step for all satisfactory performers. Holiday entitlement increased by one day (from 29 to 30 days). All allowances increased by 2% as result of an inflation review, with London allowance now worth £3,675 per annum.

Forestry Commission - all except senior civil servants (3,200)

1.10.06

12

Award increases average earnings by 3.5%. It includes progression-related increases, a 3% increase to pay band maxima and performance bonuses for top performers.

Highways Agency - all except senior civil servants (3,400)

1.8.06

12

A performance-related increase of 3% or £500 for those rated satisfactory or excellent. Those rated excellent also receive a lump-sum payment of between £400 and £800.

Local authorities - chief, deputy chief and assistant chief fire officers (191)

1.1.06

24

An agreement reached in December 2006 gives a basic increase of 2.5% plus a further 1.2% basic increase in recognition of a revised scheme of conditions of service. From 1 January 2007, the agreement applies an increase of 2% plus a further 0.3% in recognition of the revised scheme of conditions of service.

Police support staff, England and Wales - all (50,000)

1.9.06

12

3% basic increase awarded, following arbitration. Standby allowance increased to £25.23. Annual salary for minimum grade now £11,841.

Waverley Borough Council - all (500)

1.1.07

12

Basic increase of 3.7%.

RETAIL AND WHOLESALE

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Date

Period

(months)

Terms of latest award

Booker - branch assistants (6,500)




- supervisors (700)

1.10.06




1.10.06

12




12

Rates increased by 3.3% (linked with June 2006 RPI) in second year of two-year deal. A 15p differential maintained between standard rate starting wage and the national minimum wage.
Rates increased by 3.8% (June 2006 RPI of 3.3%, plus 0.5%) in second year of two-year deal.

Magnet - monthly paid managerial, admin., sales and support staff (1,100); hourly paid operations, manufacturing and warehouse staff (650)

1.1.07

12

3% basic increase.

Wilkinson - customer services assistants (19,400); distribution staff (2,200); and head office staff (400)

1.10.06

12

2.8% across-the-board increase.

TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS

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Date

Period

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Terms of latest award

Eurostar - all (1,600)

31.10.06

12

Award worth 4.6%, based on September 2006 RPI plus 1%.

Chester City Transport - all (140)

1.1.07

12

3.4% basic increase.