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- Type:
- Editor's choice
Updated to include new benchmarking survey data on HR and line management.
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- Type:
- International
Updated to reflect changes to the minimum wage rates in Argentina, Australia and the Netherlands effective from 1 July 2025 and to include additional information on rates in Austria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Indonesia, Jersey, Malaysia, Norway and Poland.
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- Type:
- Legal timetable
Updated to reflect the publication of the Government's Employment Rights Bill implementation roadmap.
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- Type:
- Editor's choice
Updated to promote our upcoming webinar on changes to probationary periods in the Employment Rights Bill.
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- Type:
- Economic data
Updated to include the Brightmine pay settlement data for the three months to the end of May 2025. Brightmine will publish the next pay figures on 23 July 2025.
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- Date:
- 25 June 2025
- Type:
- Survey analysis
Pay awards are firmly settled at a median 3%, with no change in the Brightmine headline measure for six rolling quarters. Above-average awards in the public sector keep the sector firmly ahead of the private sector.
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- Type:
- Economic data
Updated to include official earnings data from the ONS for April 2025. The next ONS release date is 17 July 2025.
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- Date:
- 21 May 2025
- Type:
- Survey analysis
The latest Brightmine analysis shows no change in the direction of pay awards in 2025. With April being the busiest month of the year for pay awards, the pattern of pay deals is becoming clear for 2025.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
Updated with information on the Low Pay Commission's consultation on national minimum wage rates from April 2026.
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- Date:
- 23 April 2025
- Type:
- Survey analysis
Pay settlement levels remain stable across the first quarter of the year, with more of the same predicted as we head into the most common month of the year for pay awards to take effect.