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Pay review update: 25 April 2008
The table summarises the latest pay awards monitored by the IRS pay databank. For each pay award the entry shows the name (and size where known) of the review group, the effective date and length of the review, together with brief details of the main changes.

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Flat glass industry: rates increased by 3.5%
A pay and conditions agreement negotiated by the National Joint Council for the flat glass industry has resulted in a 3.5% increase on minimum hourly rates. The increase covers some 6,000 production workers, drivers and glaziers, and is effective from 1 January 2008.

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Engineering construction industry: second-stage increase lifts rates by 4.4%
The second stage of a three-year deal covering some 25,000 engineering construction industry workers on unskilled, semi-skilled and craft grades has yielded a 4.4% increase. This will affect national base, overtime and shift rates and travel allowances, and is effective from 28 January 2008.

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Forestry Commission: 3.5% average salary increase
Forestry Commission employees have seen their basic salaries rise by an average of 3.5%, with increases ranging from 2% to 8.4%, backdated to 1 October 2007. The award also includes non-consolidated payments worth 0.5% of the paybill.

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Germany: Court rejects postal services minimum wage
Regulations setting minimum wage rates in the postal sector, introduced in the wake of heated debate within the ruling social democrat-conservative coalition, were once again the source of controversy in March 2008, following a ruling by a local administrative court in Berlin.

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Pay review update: 11 April 2008
The table summarises the latest pay awards monitored by the IRS pay databank. For each pay award the entry shows the name (and size where known) of the review group, the effective date and length of the review, together with brief details of the main changes.

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Thermal insulation industry: 7% increase to rates
The Thermal Insulation Contractors’ Association (TICA) has agreed a new three-year pay and conditions agreement with the industry’s recognised trade unions - the GMB and the TGWU.

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Scottish teachers: new three-year deal agreed
Scottish teachers and associated professionals (including educational psychologists and music instructors) have agreed a three-year pay deal covering the period 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2011.

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Environmental engineers: new two-year deal
Grade minimum salaries for some 9,000 technical, administrative and clerical staff covered by the National Joint Council (NJC) for the Environmental Engineering Industry have been increased by 4% in the first stage of a new two-year pay and conditions deal.

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Bargaining statistics: 20 March 2008
We summarise the latest bargaining statistics in a single table, including up-to-date official figures on inflation, earnings and the labour market, as well as settlement statistics from the main pay analysts.

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National minimum wage to rise to £5.73 per hour
The government has announced an increase in the national minimum wage (NMW) from 1 October 2008. The adult rate is to rise by 3.8%, from £5.52 to £5.73 per hour.

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Sawmilling industry: minimum rates rise by up to 3.2%
Minimum pay rates in the imported timber sawmilling industry have been increased by up to 3.2%, effective from the first full pay week in January 2008.

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Akzo Nobel Decorative Coatings: rates rise by 4.2%
Basic annual salaries paid to production and warehouse operatives at paint manufacturer Akzo Nobel Decorative Coatings were increased by 4.2% with effect from 1 January 2008.

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Pay review update: 20 March 2008
The table summarises the latest pay awards monitored by the IRS pay databank. For each pay award the entry shows the name (and size where known) of the review group, the effective date and length of the review, together with brief details of the main changes.

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EU social partners: ETUC launches pay campaign
On 20 February 2008, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) launched a Europe-wide campaign for higher pay, calling for increased purchasing power and greater equality.








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Average earnings
Headline average earnings growth: 3.7% (February 2008) Next release date: 14 May 2008

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Pay awards
IRS headline measure of pay settlements: 3.5% (March 2008) Next release date: 30 May 2008

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Inflation
Retail Prices Index (RPI): 3.8% (March 2008). Next release date: 13 May 2008