Public-sector pay freeze enters second year

The public-sector pay review bodies cover around 2.5 million employees, including prison officers, the armed forces and NHS workers. These groups entered the second year of the two-year public-sector pay freeze in 2012, with the Government following the same approach as in the first year and asking for pay recommendations only for those earning a full-time-equivalent salary of £21,000 per year or less. 

• Public-sector pay review bodies 2012: pay freeze enters second year HR & Compliance Centre examines the pay recommendations made for those in the armed forces, prison officers and NHS workers covered by the Agenda for Change agreement earning £21,000 per year or less. 

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Public-sector pay 2011: pay freeze sets in The HR & Compliance Centre round-up of public-sector pay awards in the year to December 2011, when the Government's public-sector pay policy saw the pay freeze spread across numerous bargaining groups and the median award fall to nil. 

Another year of pay restraint forecast by private-sector employers The slow economic recovery means that many organisations continue to face challenges when it comes to awarding pay rises - our pay forecast survey finds that private-sector employers are anticipating a median pay award of just 2% during 2012.