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Workplace Report March 2025
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Features An approach to negotiating standby and callout rates 19 Resisting pay cuts and challenging non-disclosure
Inflation puts pressure on wages (204 words)
The largest upward contribution to the monthly change in CPI annual rates came from transport, and food and non-alcoholic beverages. ...
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Pay and prices
Pay deals under pressure as inflation increases (330 words)
Inflation unexpectedly rose again in the latest figures (12 months to January). RPI inflation is at 3.6% (up from 3.5%), whilst CPI inflation is at 3% ...
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Payline: median pay deals (114 words)
Percentage increase for those on the lowest basic rates. Statistics based on 52 deals in the past three months. ... Open access
Average weekly earnings (110 words)
Source: ONS average weekly earnings monthly survey data ... Open access
Average weekly pay by occupational group (50 words)
Source: ONS: ASHE 2024 figures increased by average weekly rises in earnings ... Open access
News
Featured Payline deals (384 words)
Featured deals this month show many workers are achieving above-inflation rises, despite the overall median dipping below prices for the first time ... Subscribers only
Pay: Pay claim for council and school support staff should address "growing anger" (404 words)
Unions have lodged their pay claim for local government and school support staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland for 2025-26. ... Subscribers only
Pay: Drivers log off for Valentine's Day (224 words)
In November last year, Independent Workers union of Great Britain (IWGB) drivers, working for apps like Uber, Bolt and Addison Lee, voted to call a ... Open access
Pay: Unite wins private sector deals after strike threats (342 words)
Workers in Unite the Union have won several important pay victories following industrial action ballots and strikes. ... Subscribers only
Europe: Industry settles for three years (302 words)
Unions and employers have agreed a new three-year settlement which covers around 230,000 employees across Danish manufacturing and sets the trend for ... Subscribers only
Education: Non-acadamised teachers ends strike over 'two-tier' pay (344 words)
The strike by teachers at three Southampton colleges has been suspended after eight days of action, with a 4.3 per cent pay rise. ... Subscribers only
Europe: Minimum wage goes up by 4.4% (272 words)
The Spanish government has announced that the minimum wage will go up by 4.4% in 2025, well ahead of the current level of inflation, which was 2.9% ... Subscribers only
Pay: Two hundred employers trial four-day week (270 words)
Two hundred UK employers with more than 5000 staff between them have signed up for a permanent four-day working week, according to the 4 Day Week ... Subscribers only
Skills: Will Union Learning Fund make a comeback? (313 words)
By the time Gavin Williamson scrapped the Union Learning Fund (ULF) in 2021, over two million people had used it to access training. Labour accused ... Subscribers only
Pay: TUC shows gender pay gap persists across age, sector and region (652 words)
New TUC analysis reveals Women’s Pay Day for 2025 – the day when the average woman stops working for free compared to the average man – was 16 ... Subscribers only
Employment Law (536 words)
Mr Quitongo is a black professional footballer who played for Airdrieonians FC (AFC). After a game against Queen’s Park FC in September 2021, ... Subscribers only
Employment Law (574 words)
Mr Mefful was employed by Citizens Advice Merton and Lambeth (the CAB) from 2004 to 2012 as a specialist service manager. He was dismissed for ... Subscribers only
Employment Law (480 words)
Mr Akram was employed by East Lancashire NHS Trust from 2013 as a phlebotomist under NHS Agenda for Change conditions. He worked a different rota ... Subscribers only
Employment Law (455 words)
Ms Shakil started working for Samsons Ltd in October 2020 as an accountant/bookkeeper. On 30 March 2021 she informed Samsons that she was pregnant. ... Subscribers only
Employment Law (857 words)
Ms Graham was employed by Eddie Stobart Ltd (ESL) from July 2021 as a planner at Newhouse. In October 2021, she notified her manager that she was ... Subscribers only
Employment Law (628 words)
Professional Game Match Officials Ltd (PGMOL) provides referees for football competitions, including the Premier League. ... Subscribers only
Employment Law (642 words)
Mr Ford was employed from 2002 by the Scottish Public Pensions Authority (SPPA) as a pensions administrator, specialising in NHS injury benefits. ... Subscribers only
Employment Law (581 words)
In May 2020, ADP decided to make redundancies. A manager scored her 16 team members using a matrix and Mr Haycocks came bottom of the rankings. ... Subscribers only
Features
An approach to negotiating standby and callout rates (2,259 words)
Many employers require workers to be available for work callouts over specified time periods, known as being on standby. Standby payments are ... Subscribers only
Resisting pay cuts and challenging non-disclosure (1,201 words)
The CAC was established under the Employment Protection Act 1975, at a time when sectoral collective bargaining was commonplace. It remains an ... Subscribers only