Pay review update: 23 March 2012
The table contained in this article summarises the latest pay settlements monitored by XpertHR.
For each pay award, the entry shows the employer, the employee group covered, the effective date, the length of the pay award and details of the main changes. Use our pay awards by industry page to find all recent pay awards published for each industry.
Chemicals and pharmaceuticals |
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| Organisation - employee group (nos. covered) | Effective date | Period (months) | Terms of latest award |
| Synthomer, Batley - industrial workers (33); staff (15) | 1.1.12 | 12 | 2.6% increase. |
| Synthomer, Ossett - industrial workers (4); staff (17) | 1.1.12 | 12 | All rates rise by 2.6%. |
| Yara UK - clerical, managerial, professional and technical staff (278) | 1.1.12 | 12 | Individual performance-related awards distributed from a pot worth 3.8% of paybill. |
| View all chemical, pharmaceutical and oil awards | |||
Electricity, gas and water |
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| Organisation - employee group (nos. covered) | Effective date | Period (months) | Terms of latest award |
| Scottish and Southern Electricity - personal contract holders (3,000) | 1.4.12 | 12 | Individual performance-related increases adding 3.5% to paybill. |
| Veolia Water East - all employees except senior management (59) | 1.7.11 | 12 | 3% increase. |
| View all electricity, gas and water awards | |||
Engineering and metals |
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| Organisation - employee group (nos. covered) | Effective date | Period (months) | Terms of latest award |
| Abacus Lighting - all employees (165) | 1.1.12 | 12 | 12-month pay freeze. |
| Special Metals, Wiggin - manual workers (400); staff (250) | 1.11.11 | 12 | 4% across-the-board pay rise. |
| Toyota Material Handling (formerly BT Rolatruc) - manual workers (545); staff (334) | 1.7.11 | 12 | 3% across-the-board increase. |
| View all engineering and metals awards | |||
Food, drink and tobacco |
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| Organisation - employee group (nos. covered) | Effective date | Period (months) | Terms of latest award |
| Arla Foods - negotiated distribution staff (1,000) | 1.4.11 | 12 | 2.8% basic increase. |
| Arla Foods - negotiated production staff (1,000) | 1.4.11 | 12 | 2.8% basic increase. |
| Arla Foods - non-negotiated staff (1,000) | 1.1.12 | 12 | 3% merit pot allocated for individual rises ranging from nil to 10%. |
| View all food, drink and tobacco awards | |||
General manufacturing |
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| Organisation - employee group (nos. covered) | Effective date | Period (months) | Terms of latest award |
| AGA Rangemaster, Leamington - manual workers (500) | 1.1.12 | 12 | 2.5% basic pay rise from 1 January with an additional 0.5% payable from 1 July. Deal worth a total of 2.75% on an annualised basis. |
| AGA Rangemaster, Leamington - staff (150) | 1.1.12 | 12 | Annual salaries rise by 2.5% from 1 January with an additional 0.5% payable from 1 July. Review worth a total of 2.75% on an annualised basis. |
| Carpenter - hourly paid staff (275) | 1.1.12 | 12 | 2.2% increase. |
| Carpenter - white-collar staff (100) | 1.1.12 | 12 | Annual salaries rise by 2.5%. |
| Tarmac - central services (450) | 1.1.12 | 12 | 3.5% across-the-board pay increase. |
| View all general manufacturing awards | |||
General services |
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| Organisation - employee group (nos. covered) | Effective date | Period (months) | Terms of latest award |
| Computacenter (ex-BT terms and conditions) - management and professional grades (19) | 1.1.12 | 12 | Increases adding a total of 2% of paybill are agreed - this follows a recommendation to accept a final offer and a ballot. Resulting rises to be distributed as a 1.8% flat-rate rise, with the remaining 0.2% used to bring those on the lowest salaries to a new range minimum of £36,950.42 per year. |
| ITV - BECTU, NUJ and Unite grades (5,200) | 1.1.12 | 12 | 3% increase on base salaries for employees paid up to £60,000 per year, with other employees covered by the collective agreement also receiving the 3% pay rise. All employees receive a "thank you" bonus of £250, and an additional day's leave. |
| STV Group - clerical grades, journalists, engineering and technical staff (370); managers (40) | 1.1.12 | 12 | 2.5% basic pay rise. |
Not-for-profit |
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| Organisation - employee group (nos. covered) | Effective date | Period (months) | Terms of latest award |
| Greenpeace - all staff (82) | 1.1.12 | 12 | 2% basic increase. |
| Religious Society of Friends - all staff (136) | 1.1.12 | 12 | 2.98% across-the-board increase. |
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Paper and printing |
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| Organisation - employee group (nos. covered) | Effective date | Period (months) | Terms of latest award |
| Hallmark Cards - manufacturing and distribution workers (600) | 1.1.12 | 14 | 2.33% pay rise over 14 months, worth 2% on an annualised basis. Anniversary date moves to 1 March on a permanent basis from 2013. |
| Howard Smith - distribution staff (57) | 1.1.12 | 12 | Base rates rise by 2.5%. |
| Howard Smith - workers (108) | 1.1.12 | 12 | Individual performance-related awards averaging 2.5%. |
| View all paper and printing awards | |||
Public services |
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| Organisation - employee group (nos. covered) | Effective date | Period (months) | Terms of latest award |
| Identity and Passport Service - all below senior civil service (3,700) | 1.8.11 | 12 | Second year of two-year public sector pay freeze. No pay progression. All satisfactory performers with a full-time-equivalent salary of £21,000 or below have full-time-equivalent salary increased by £250, with some staff earning slightly above this threshold given an increase to prevent leapfrogging. Spot rates for the two lowest grades, and the minimum and maximum for the national grade above this, increased by £250; all other rates frozen. |
| National Probation Service - chief officer grade staff excluding chief executives (300) | 1.4.11 | 12 | No change to pay points. Eligible employees receive pay progression of one point. |
| National Probation Service - probation officers, probation services' officers, middle managers and administrative and clerical staff (19,000) | 1.4.11 | 12 | Eligible employees in the lowest two pay bands, 1 and 2, receive pay progression of two points, with the top of the bands extended to ensure those earning a full-time-equivalent salary of £21,000 or less receive an increase of at least £250. Those in higher bands receive one point progression. The minimum of bands 1 to 4 raised by one pay point, no change to other pay points. |
| Welsh Government - all staff below senior civil service (5,400) | 1.4.11 | 12 | Incremental progression for staff in all grades below their pay scale maximum, subject to satisfactory performance. Those earning a full-time-equivalent salary of £21,000 per year or less receive an increase of at least £250 either through progression or through an increase of £250 to the maximum of the lowest grade. The bottom point of the next pay scale up is removed to maintain the differential; all other scale points are frozen. The award will be implemented in March 2012, backdated to the April 2011 review date. |
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Retail and wholesale |
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| Organisation - employee group (nos. covered) | Effective date | Period (months) | Terms of latest award |
| Matches - all employees (sales staff, management and head office employees) (270) | 1.12.11 | - | Continued indefinite pay freeze. |
| Musgrave Retail Partners Northern Ireland - clerical and managerial staff (162) | 1.1.12 | 12 | 12-month pay freeze. Some exceptional increases awarded for individual performance and benchmarking, ranging from 2% to 7%. |
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