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- Date:
- 22 October 2025
- Type:
- Editor's choice
Available to all HR & Compliance Centre and Benchmarking - HR Metrics customers, the new benchmarker spreadsheets allow you to generate tailored insights for your organisation and see how you compare to other organisations on key metrics, from pay awards to holiday entitlement.
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- Date:
- 22 October 2025
- Type:
- Survey analysis
Pay awards have now held at 3% for much of 2025 - the new normal for UK pay settlements. The latest Brightmine analysis confirms another period of steady outcomes and limited change across sectors.
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- Date:
- 22 October 2025
- Type:
- Survey analysis
Pay awards have been stable throughout 2025, but lower than seen in the previous two years. We now take stock of the pay setting environment and look ahead to likely activity in 2026.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
Updated to reflect that the Employment Rights Bill received Royal Assent on 18 December 2025.
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- Date:
- 30 September 2025
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
The national minimum wage (NMW) is often seen as a simple legal requirement: as long as you pay your workers at least the statutory rate, you are meeting compliance requirements. However, the rules are nuanced, and misunderstandings can lead organisations to costly errors, enforcement action and reputational damage.
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- Date:
- 24 September 2025
- Type:
- Survey analysis
To help guide your 2026 pay award planning, explore when pay settlements typically take effect across the economy.
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- Date:
- 24 September 2025
- Type:
- Survey analysis
Pay awards have cooled in the last 12 months, with the majority of deals being lower than those given in the previous year. As organisations navigate tighter budgets and shifting market pressures, this report reflects on the pay awards delivered in the last year, as collected by Brightmine.
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- Date:
- 24 September 2025
- Type:
- Survey analysis
Pay awards show little sign of movement, as the median basic settlement stays fixed at 3% over the summer. The latest analysis highlights a continuation of the stability seen throughout 2025.
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- Date:
- 24 September 2025
- Type:
- Survey analysis
As inflation dipped in 2025, the value of pay awards followed suit. We look at our pay settlement data in detail to reveal the differences between sectors and industries over the past year.
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- Date:
- 15 August 2025
- Type:
- Survey analysis
Pay award levels have remained consistent throughout 2025 so far and show no sign of moving. The latest Brightmine pay award analysis explores the trends in pay deals, as organisations and collective bargaining units continue to settle for 2025.