Pay and Benefits Bulletin archive 2008
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PABB 701, 19
December 2008
Pay awards overtake inflation as 2009 approaches,
public sector pay 2008,
rewarding employees in a recession, diminishing
pay prospects could
prompt executive exodus in 2009, bonuses have
significant impact on
average earnings data, engineering pay rises by 3%
PABB 700, 5
December 2008
Pre-Budget Report 2008: gambling on economic recovery?
ASHE 2008:
pay rises outpace inflation; gender pay gap widens, case study:
Total
reward at Kent County Council, pensions: Scheme numbers continue to
decline, consultation on tips and the minimum wage launched
PABB 699, 21
November 2008
Minimum wage helps boost pay growth, UK employers fail
to tackle the
hidden costs of employment, finance salaries rise by five-year
high of
3.1%, what will negative RPI inflation mean for pay awards?, pay
review
update: 21 November 2008, felt roof industry: rates increased by
6%
PABB 698, 7
November 2008
Private sector pay 2007/08: summary, construction:
midpoint stable at
4%, engineering and metals: downward trend in pay
settlements, finance:
merit awards rise to 4%, not-for-profit (1): charity
pay awards unchanged
at 3%, transport and communication: pay rises remain
strong
PABB 697, 24
October 2008
Pay prospects survey: 2009 pay rises to be worth 3.5%,
annual review
of pay trends 2008: Pay awards lag behind inflation,
performance pay
budgets increase by 3.75% in 2007/08, economic outlook: High
inflation
and slow growth, the IRS pay databank: FAQs
PABB 696, 10
October 2008
Equal pay audits in the private sector, national minimum
wage rises do
not lead to redundancies, transport and distribution pay rises
by 3.4%,
positive outlook for compliance professionals' pay, employees want
health
benefits, pay review update: 10 October 2008
PABB 695, 26
September 2008
Pay awards remain resilient, survey on occupational health
reward,
dealing with maternity pay, salary sacrifice and
childcare
vouchers, TK Maxx: 4% paybill increase for store managers,
Royal
Shakespeare Company: 3.25% increase to minimum rates
PABB 694, 12
September 2008
Retail sector pay 2008: pay awards hold at 3%, average
City salary
falls to £50,645, take-home pay rises by 4.5%, social housing
sector
staff enjoy inflation-busting pay rises, museum salaries are 'much too
low', equal pay: are we any further forward?
PABB 693, 29
August 2008
Pay awards drop further behind inflation, survey
highlights legal sector
pay inequality, most EU employers think that pay
should reflect ethical
behaviour, graduate salaries rise by only 1.8% in
2008, poor pensions
knowledge abounds, easing the pressure:
non-financial rewards
PABB 692, 15
August 2008
Manufacturing deals at 3.5%, but outlook is gloomy,
migrants have no
impact on UK wages or unemployment, says DWP, gender pay gap
is
50% for chartered accountants, pay review update: 15 August 2008,
'good' salaries on offer in property industry
PABB 691, 25
July 2008
Green benefits in focus: cutting-edge practice at three
organisations,
pay awards stabilise at 3.2%, generalist directors top the HR
earnings
league, pay is key to recruitment and retention, pay review
update:
25 July 2008, share schemes remain popular
PABB 690, 11
July 2008
Benefits and allowances (3) and (4), public expectations
of inflation rise
markedly, pensions professionals see 5.4% salary rise,
employers
recognise environmental impact of company cars, councils to
introduce
total reward schemes, tribunals to force firms to change pay
practices
PABB 689, 27
June 2008
Pay awards stay firmly below inflation, at 3.3%, benefits
worth up to
one-third of basic salary, what will the credit crunch mean for
finance
sector pay? workers value healthcare provision over bonuses, IT
staff see above-inflation pay increase, survey: benefits and allowances
(2)
PABB 688, 13
June 2008
Review of 35th Celre annual management survey, graduate
salaries
to rise by 2.1% in 2008, one third of employers offer flexible
benefits,
pay settlements from HSBC Bank, Lloyds TSB, Selfridges
and Western
Power Distribution, headline inflation predicted to fall
throughout 2008
PABB 687, 30
May 2008
Pay awards fall back to 3.2%, economic outlook: inflation
measures
to converge as economy falters, public sector pay review bodies
(2):
the health professions, apprentices: gender pay gap is 26%,
top
council salaries in the spotlight, pensions under pressure
PABB 686, 16
May 2008
Public sector pay review bodies: discontent rumbles on,
equal pay:
local authority progress, impact of personal characteristics on
the
gender pay gap, employee benefits: communication is key, academic
pay
rises by 12.6% in two years, pay review update: 16 May 2008
PABB 685, 25
April 2008
The gender pay gap, April pay awards are heading for a
fall,
total reward takes off for City HR specialists, fired executives
paid 'at least' £10.5 million in 2007, engineers and technicians:
below-inflation salary rises
PABB 684, 11
April 2008
"Cautious" increase in minimum wage, Budget 2008: key
changes
from April 2008, gender pay gap has narrowed by more than
a
quarter in past decade, childcare costs more than one-third of
average
weekly earnings, the importance of pay in motivating employees
PABB
683, 20 March 2008
Pay awards continue to lag behind inflation
at 3.5%, National
minimum wage to rise to £5.73 per hour, Lack of support
traps
migrants at bottom of labour market, Strong City bonus round
defies credit crunch, Reward gains prestige, IT salary growth stalls
PABB
682, 7 March 2008
Equal pay: the political viewpoint, the union
perspective on equal
pay, survey of the reward function, case study of
Achilles Group,
executive pay: significant bonuses for mediocre performance,
total
reward across Europe, salary survey of the HR profession
PABB 681, 22
February 2008
Pay deals holding up, Benefits top the reward agenda for
2008,
Five million workers put in free overtime, Gender pay gap widest
in top jobs, Two-thirds of employers plan to cut company car fleet,
Financial staff receive 5.3% salary increase
PABB 680, 8 February
2008
Immigration and the labour market, Interest rates: US cuts
aggressively;
UK cuts cautiously, Charity employees lose out to private
sector,
Professional scientists' average salary rises to £33,400, Top
earners’
annual income is 31 times the national average
PABB 679, 25 January
2008
Pay awards end 2007 at 15-year high of 3.7%, Transport managers'
pay up by 3.3%, Average voluntary sector pay rise is 3.7%, Marketing
professionals set for higher pay increases, Minimum rates for Scottish
agricultural workers raised by 4.5%
PABB 678, 15 January
2008
Relaunching reward at Aspire Housing, Managers' pay up by just 1.1%
over past year, Less than half of councils have completed equal pay
reviews, TUC chief warns of "simmering resentment" over public sector
pay, Swindon Pressings: 4% basic increase
Pay and Benefits Bulletin archive 2007
