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Annual review of pay trends 2009/10: Pay through the recession

We present a review of pay trends over the two years to August 2010, charting the road from a historic fall to the most common pay settlement being a pay freeze, to a pick-up in awards since January 2010.

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Largest sample of pay awards
Tracking pay awards during the recession
Chart 1: XpertHR pay settlement analysis, September 2008 to August 2010
Pay freezes take hold
Chart 2: Pay freezes as a proportion of settlements, September 2009 to August 2010
Pay deals lower than a year ago for most employees
Chart 3: Comparison of 2008/09 and 2009/10 bargaining rounds
Pay predictions from the past year
Sector pattern reverses
Chart 4: Pay review pattern - public and private sectors, August 2009 to August 2010
Pay and inflation
Long-term pay deals
Note on the charts
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