Pay and Benefits Bulletin archive 2009

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PABB 725, 18 December 2009
Pay awards hold at 1.2% as 2010 approaches, the Walker review: what it
means for HR, final-salary scheme closures gather pace, distribution awards
buck recessionary trend, says CELRE, health and safety professionals' salaries
suffer in 2009, decline in labour market slows, says ONS

PABB 724, 4 December 2009
ASHE: weekly earnings rise by 2% while gender pay gap narrows, opting out
of Agenda for Change: Southend University Hospital's story, case study:
Abbey focuses on defined-benefit pension risk reduction, HR staff see basic
pay rise by 3.8%, marketing pay up 3.3%

PABB 723, 20 November 2009
Pay awards lifted as minimum wage rise takes effect, graduate recruitment: the
2009/10 IRS survey, gender pay gap narrows, ASHE 2009 shows, voluntary
sector employers predict low pay rises in 2010, housing association staff
receive 3.8% basic pay rise, basic salary for managers rises by 2.3%

PABB 722, 6 November 2009
IRS annual review of pay trends 2008/09: private sector pay, chemicals,
pharmaceuticals and oil: one-third of reviews are a pay freeze, construction:
median award dips sharply to nil, electricity, gas and water: settlements worth
2% at the midpoint, engineering and metals: median award is a pay freeze

PABB 721, 23 October 2009
Annual review 2009: pay freezes dominate, performance-pay budgets hold up
despite recession, the annual pay bargaining calendar, IRS pay databank: the
full findings, pay prospects survey: employers forecast pay rises of 2% in 2010,
economic outlook 2009/10: growth may resume

PABB 720, 9 October 2009
Trade union pay bargaining agendas 2009/10, Agenda for Change pay
structure in the NHS: five years on, CIMA members see gender pay differential
of 33%, women earn 80% less merit pay than men in finance sector, IT staff:
South-West pays the highest rates, pay up by 6.6% across Europe 

PABB 719, 25 September 2009
Pay awards remain weak, performance-related pay: the 2009 IRS survey, merit
pay can improve performance - despite failing to motivate staff, London web
developers earn an average £33,700 a year, four in 10 gardening businesses
freeze pay in 2009, pay review update: 25 September 2009

PABB 718, 4 September 2009
Case study: Reward and corporate responsibility at Aviva, paying for shift work:
the 2009 IRS survey, paying for shift work: the 2009 IRS survey, sales
professionals' pay is up by 3.2%, transport and distribution: management and
clerical salaries up by 3.2%, government set to scrap default retirement age

PABB 717, 21 August 2009
Pay awards fall further to 1%, retail pay 2008/09: awards at 3% but more firms
freeze pay, progress is stalling on closing the gender pay gap, report says,
Hay survey assesses future of reward strategies, electronics industry employees
earn median £33,550 a year, pay review update: 21 August 2009 

PABB 716, 7 August 2009
Manufacturing pay awards down to 2.5% in uncertain economic climate, finance
sector pay 2009: pay awards dip as recession bites, Walker review proposes
shake-up of banks' pay practices, accountants' salaries rise by 6%, pay review
update: 7 August 2009, Sellafield: 1% in first year of two-year deal

PABB 715, 24 July 2009
Pay awards running at 1.3%, benefits and allowances 2009: childcare, pensions
and other benefits, salary prospects for graduates are bleak, says AGR, impact
of pension reform on saving may be limited, chief executives see 7% rise in total
remuneration, pay review update: 24 July 2009, statistics and forecasts 

PABB 714, 10 July 2009
Benefits and allowances 2009: travel and subsistence benefits, alternatives,
to financial motivation, IT staff pay growth slumps to 40-year low as recession
bites, CBI says 55% of UK employers plan to freeze pay, finance professionals
enjoy inflation-busting pay rises in 2009, pay review update: 10 July 2009 

PABB 713, 26 June 2009
Pay settlements at record low, benefits and allowances 2009: health benefits
and allowances, pensions law is detrimental to employers, says CBI, half of all
workers suffer cuts to hours, pay or benefits, DAS: 3.47% paybill increase,
pay review update: 26 June 2009

PABB 712, 12 June 2009
Benefits and allowances 2009: survey overview, average annual HR salary is
£30,917 in 2009, Forestry Commission: 4% average earnings increase,
one in 10 surveyors had pay cut in 2008, public sector; pay review bodies 2009:
the NHS, papermaking industry: minimum rates up by 3.95%

PABB 711, 29 May 2009
Pay awards plunge to historic low of 1.5%, economic outlook: the depths of
recession, minimum wage to increase by just 7p per hour from October 2009,
environmental concerns move up the company car agenda, managers' pay
shows slight increase, UK 2009 pay rises among lowest in the world

PABB 710, 8 May 2009
Budget Report 2009: no silver lining, public sector pay review bodies 2009:
Government imposes pay restraint on senior staff, finance sector gender pay
gap is double that of whole economy, pay review update: 8 May 2009,
statistics and forecasts, PM seeks review of MPs' pensions

PABB 709, 24 April 2009
IRS bonuses and incentives survey: employers keep the faith in bonuses, pay
awards: the calm before the April fall, video: Managers' pay growth slows to
five-year low as recession bites, publishing salaries rise by 4.7%, migrant
workers keep wage pressures and unemployment down

PABB 708, 3 April 2009
IRS pay databank: 25 years on, operative staff enjoy 4% pay rise, pay for
general practice nurses falls behind NHS rates, North West Evening Mail: 3.25%
inflation-linked increase for NUJ grades, pensions professionals: recession-
busting pay rises in prospect, pay review update: 3 April 2009

PABB 707, 20 March 2009
Pay awards fall to a six-year low, graduates face pay freeze in 2009, real
earnings growth is negative for UK workers, managers' salaries increase by up
to 7.7%,pay review update: 20 March 2009, professional qualifications attract
37% wage premium, Germany: minimum wage laws passed

PABB 706, 6 March 2009
Conducting an equal pay audit, equal pay: a minimum statement of grievance
satisfies the statutory requirements, CIPD forecasts "dramatic falls in pay
growth", pay freeze plan risks public sector unrest, bonus backlash as sexism
rears its head, engineering construction industry: 5.5% basic pay rise

PABB 705, 20 February 2009
Pay awards drop to 3% as 2009 gets under way, case study: total reward
at Arup, reward agenda 2009: time to get a grip on reward spend, alternatives
to redundancy, pay review update: 20 February 2009, statistics and forecasts,
UK unemployment rises to just shy of two million

PABB 704, 6 February 2009
The national minimum wage 10 years on: employers' views, growing trend in
pensions from defined-benefit to defined-contribution plans, huge gender pay
gap for benefits professionals, High Court salaries are too low to attract recruits,
Friends Provident: 3.25% increase to paybill, pay review update: 6 Feb 2009

PABB 703, 23 January 2009
Case study: Making team bonuses pay at Fenner Dunlop, pay awards hold
steady before the fall, UK workers have low expectations for 2009 pay awards,
charity employers are turning to performance-related pay, Sellafield: 2% pay
rise over 10 months, pay review update: 23 January 2009

PABB 702, 9 January 2009
XpertHR pay figures: the guide, the Employment Act 2008, HR professionals
can expect above-inflation pay awards in 2009, UK managers lack spending
power, global survey reveals, statutory maternity, paternity and adoption
pay increase (5 April 2009), pay review update: 9 January 2009

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