PAY DATA
2012 pay awards at 2.6%: XpertHR
Pay awards so far in 2012 stand at 2.6%, as measured by XpertHR’s median level of pay reviews for the whole economy. The research reveals “pay awards in the first quarter of the year are holding up well”. The current 2.6% median compares with a 2% figure recorded for 2011. The findings are based on details of 207 pay awards effective between 1 January and 31 March 2012, all but one of which is in the private sector.
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Key findings
A final word
"Private-sector pay awards are expected to retain their current level around 2.6% over the next couple of months. However, in the public sector there is a very different picture, with the pay freeze continuing for another year. The gap between pay awards and inflation is only going to close considerably if inflation falls as there is no sign of a significant rise in the level of pay awards." - Sheila Attwood, XpertHR Pay and Benefits editor.
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XpertHR, formerly known an Industrial Relations Services (IRS), is the “UK's most comprehensive online source of legal compliance, good practice and benchmarking information made available to HR professionals as a single subscription service”. It offers detailed statistics and analysis of recent pay settlements across the UK. XpertHR collects details of pay settlements for around 1,500 employee groups each year. Its database contains more than 28,000 settlements. For more information visit www.xperthr.co.uk.