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DAS: 3.47% paybill increase
The 569 UK employees of DAS Legal Expenses Insurance Company have received pay rises from a total paybill increase of 3.47%, taking effect from 1 April 2009.

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Yorkshire Water: 3% basic award plus bonuses
Yorkshire Water has improved the basic rates and allowances of its 2,000 employees covered by collective bargaining arrangements in line with the year-on-year increase in the all-items retail prices index (RPI) in November 2008, which was 3%.

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Pay review update: 26 June 2009
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.

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France: Minimum wage expert group set up
The French Government established an independent expert group in May 2009 to advise on the development of the national minimum wage, which currently affects nearly 3.4 million workers.

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Italy: Decree will change public administration pay and conditions
The Italian Cabinet approved a decree in May 2008 reforming the public administration and bringing important changes to staff pay, despite concerted opposition from trade unions.

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Italy: Pay deal signed for public healthcare workers
A pay agreement was concluded in May 2008 for the 600,000 workers in the Italian public healthcare system, providing for an average monthly pay increase of €92.

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EU: Commission recommends principles on finance sector pay
The European Commission issued on 29 April 2009 a Recommendation to the EU member states on remuneration policies in the financial services sector, calling for an approach that promotes effective risk management.

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EU: Commission issues guidance on directors' pay
The European Commission issued in April 2009 a Recommendation on the structure and determination of directors' remuneration, calling on EU member states to ensure that companies have an appropriate remuneration policy that rewards performance and promotes firms' longer-term interests.

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Orbit Housing Group Limited: 2.7% increase to basic salaries
A basic salary increase worth 2.7% has been awarded to all 1,500 employees of Orbit Housing Group Limited, with effect from 1 April 2009.

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Papermaking industry: minimum rates up by 3.95%
Basic minimum pay rates for an estimated 6,000 process and maintenance workers covered by the papermaking national agreement have seen a 3.95% increase on all rates, effective from the first full pay period following 2 February 2009.

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Western Power Distribution: 4.32% inflation-linked pay increase
Western Power Distribution, the electricity distribution company covering South West England and South and West Wales, has increased base rates and allowances paid to its 2,250 industrial, engineering, technical, clerical and administrative staff by 4.32%.

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Forestry Commission: 4% average earnings increase
Some 3,200 Forestry Commission employees below senior civil service level have seen their earnings increase by an average of 4% in the first year of a three-year pay deal, backdated to 1 October 2008.

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Pay review update: 12 June 2009
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.

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Minimum wage to increase by 7p per hour from October 2009
The adult rate of the national minimum wage will increase by 7p to £5.80 per hour from 1 October 2009, the Government has announced.

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West End theatre staff: 12.5% increase to minimum weekly rate
Following 16 months of negotiations, Equity-represented West End theatre performers and stage managers have concluded a wide-ranging, four-year pay and conditions agreement with the Society of London Theatre.








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Average earnings
Headline average earnings growth: 0.8% (April 2009) Next release date: 15 July 2009.

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Pay awards
IRS headline measure of pay settlements for the three months ending 31 May 2009: 1.3% Next release date: 24 July 2009.

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Inflation
Retail prices index (RPI): -1.1% (May 2009). Next release date: 14 July 2009.