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Pay review update: 5 March 2010
The table summarises the latest pay awards monitored by the IRS pay databank. For each pay award the entry shows the name and size of the review group, the effective date and length of the review, together with brief details of the main changes.
BIS: 16-month pay award for former DIUS staff
The 2009 pay award for the second of the two groups making up the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills was implemented in January 2010, backdated to the 1 April 2009 review date.
Engineering construction industry: 2% pay increase
The first stage of a two-year pay and conditions agreement for the engineering construction industry has resulted in a 2% increase on all base rates and ancillary allowances from 4 January 2010. The deal covers an estimated 25,000 employees including unskilled, semi-skilled and craft workers.
Argos: hourly rates increase by 7p
Following a six-month pay pause, rates for 20,500 hourly-paid retail employees at Argos catalogue stores have been increased by 7p an hour, effective for six months from 1 October 2009.
Pay review update: 19 February 2010
The table summarises the latest pay awards monitored by the IRS pay databank. For each pay award the entry shows the name and size of the review group, the effective date and length of the review, together with brief details of the main changes.
Ireland: Government plans exemptions from sectoral minimum wages
The Irish Government announced in January 2010 the introduction of a scheme allowing companies that can prove "inability to pay" to gain exemptions from the binding minimum pay rates that apply in a number of industries, such as catering and construction.
Italy: Agreement signed in chemicals sector
A three-year collective agreement was signed in the Italian chemicals industry in December 2009, providing for an average monthly wage increase of €135 for the sector's 200,000 employees.
Italy: Luxottica extends employee benefits scheme
In January 2010, Luxottica, an Italian firm that manufactures luxury spectacles, expanded its innovative employee benefits scheme, which has attracted widespread interest as a possible model for other companies to follow.
BIS: merit awards from 2.37% pot for former BERR staff
The first of the two groups in the newly created Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has had a pay award implemented. The 2,360 staff below the level of the senior civil service who transferred from the former Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform have received individual performance-based rises from a budget worth 2.37% of paybill. Top performers also receive awards from a bonus pot worth 0.86% of paybill.
Brother Industries: 0.5% basic increase, plus bonus
Brother Industries has awarded 200 staff and manual employees a 0.5% basic pay rise, with an additional 0.5% of paybill allocated to bringing salaries in line with market rates and to cover adjustments for promotion. The review is effective from 1 October 2009. In recognition of improved productivity, a company bonus, the equivalent to one week's pay, was paid to all staff in December 2009.
