Since the historic pay settlements recorded in 2023, pay awards have dipped slightly, but remain among the highest measured in the last 30 years. In this article, we explore all pay delas collected in the last 12 months, providing breakdowns by sector and type of award.
With pay awards reaching the highest levels of the last 30 years, we review the trends in both basic pay awards and those based on a measure of performance.
In May Gurney Ltd v Adshead and others EAT/0150/06 the Employment Appeal Tribunal holds that the remuneration of employees entitled to a perfomance bonus "does vary with the amount of work done". Accordingly the amount of a week's pay for the purpose of calculating holiday pay will be determined by taking the employees' average pay over the 12 weeks preceding their holiday.
An assessment process for performance-related pay purposes, which led to a woman being paid £780 a year less than men on like work, suffered from confusion, double counting and an absence of transparency, rules a Norwich industrial tribunal (Chair: D R Crome) in Latham v Eastern Counties Newspapers Ltd.
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HR and legal information and guidance relating to performance-related pay awards.