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CHS Group: no cost-of-living increase, but incremental rises for some
The CHS Group has made the decision not to implement a cost-of-living pay rise for its 235 care home employees and 170 office and project staff.

Pay review update: 23 July 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: Public sector unions accept pay and jobs deal
Public sector unions signed up in June 2010 to an agreement with the Irish Government, whereby there will be no compulsory redundancies or further pay cuts until 2014, in return for cooperation with reform and modernisation of public services.

Italy: Strike held over austerity measures and public sector pay freeze
Italy's largest trade union confederation called a general strike on 25 June 2010 in protest at the Government's emergency Budget, which includes major cuts in public spending and a three-year pay freeze in the public sector.

France: Retirement age will be increased to 62
The French Government announced in June 2010 a reform of the state pensions system, including a gradual increase in the normal retirement age from 60 to 62 by 2018.

Germany: Agreement reached on pay and sales targets in banking sector
A package of collective agreements signed in June 2010 in the German banking sector includes a 1.6% pay rise from January 2011 and measures to prevent managers placing undue pressure on employees to sell products.

Friends Provident: no pay award for UK staff
Financial services employer Friends Provident has frozen the pay of all 3,000 UK staff for one year from 1 January 2010.

Pay review update: 9 July 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.

First ScotRail: inflation-linked deal worth 3.7%
Drivers at Scottish train operator First ScotRail have received a 3.7% basic pay increase.

Pay review update: 25 June 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.

France: Government gives more details of pensions reform
The French Government issued in May 2010 a document setting out the main planks of a forthcoming state pensions reform, which include a possible increase in the retirement age above the current 60 years.

Germany: Sectoral minimum wage agreed in elderly care services
From August 2010, 600,000 workers in German elderly care services are due to be covered, for the first time, by a binding minimum wage, which has been set at €8.50 an hour in western Germany and €7.50 in eastern Germany.

Germany: Union confederation calls for national minimum wage
Germany's main trade union confederation, the DGB, called for the introduction of a national minimum wage of €8.50 an hour and adopted a new constitution at its four-yearly congress in May 2010.

Italy: Pay deal reached in wood and furniture sector
A collective agreement signed in the Italian woodworking and furniture sector in May 2010 provides for an average monthly pay increase of €121 over three years, establishes a supplementary healthcare fund and increases occupational pension contributions.

Spain: Government cuts public sector pay
An austerity package introduced by the Spanish Government in May 2010 has cut public sector pay by 5% in 2010 and will freeze it in 2011. The Government also indicated in early June that it will act soon to reform the labour market if the social partners cannot agree on the subject.

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