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Pay levels and awards

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  • Date:
    24 March 2025
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    April 2025 employment law changes: Five-point checklist for HR

    While the introduction of neonatal care leave and pay is the key change for HR professionals to get to grips with, there are other employment law changes in April 2025. These include increases to the national minimum wage rates; a rise in statutory redundancy pay; and the uprating of statutory sick pay and family-related pay.

  • Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay awards: Manufacturing and production

    Charts summarising pay awards across the manufacturing and production sector monitored by the Brightmine pay databank.

  • Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay awards: Not-for-profit

    Charts summarising pay awards across the not-for-profit sector monitored by the Brightmine pay databank.

  • Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay awards: Public services

    Charts summarising pay awards across the public services sector monitored by the Brightmine pay databank.

  • Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay awards: Private-sector services

    Charts summarising pay awards across private-sector services organisations monitored by the Brightmine pay databank.

  • Date:
    19 March 2025
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay trends March 2025: Clear trend of lower pay awards than last year continues

    The Brightmine headline measure of pay awards remains stable in the three months to the end of February 2025, confirming the downward trend in pay settlement levels.

  • Date:
    19 March 2025
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Forecasts for pay awards in 2025

    At the start of 2025, pay awards have dropped to their lowest level since 2021 - but will this decline continue? Our latest data offers insights into expected pay deals for the year ahead and the key factors shaping them, from affordability to national insurance changes and the national minimum wage.

  • Type:
    Quick reference

    National minimum wage

    Updated to reflect the new rates of the national minimum wage in force from 1 April 2025. 

  • Date:
    19 February 2025
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay trends February 2025: Pay awards drop back to lowest level since 2021

    January is a popular month for pay awards, providing insight into where settlements are likely to sit for the year ahead. Our latest data reveals a marked slowdown in pay growth.

  • Date:
    29 January 2025
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Webinar: Navigating HR and reward priorities in 2025

    We share findings from the Brightmine research programme as well as top tips and practical guidance and share a detailed run-through of what HR can be doing now to prepare for future changes to employment law legislation.

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