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1 Mar 19
MPs will receive an inflation-busting pay-rise in the coming year, it has been announced.
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1 Mar 19
Local government workers account for more than half of public sector workers who are paid less than the cost of living, a charity has found.
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22 Nov 18
Cash-strapped Somerset County Council has rowed back on proposals to force staff to take two days unpaid leave.
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12 Oct 18
Finance staff at Newham council in London have voted to take four days of strike action in a dispute over job evaluation and pay.
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17 Sep 18
Local government workers in Scotland have been urged to accept a revised 3% pay deal in order to avoid job losses and cuts to services.
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10 Sep 18
Low pay and the high cost of renting make home ownership a “pipe dream” for most public sector workers, a trade union has said.
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22 Aug 18
Unions are to resume talks with the government after their members turned down a pay increase worth 11% for some Ministry of Justice staff.
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9 Aug 18
Civil service unions have embarked on a legal challenge against the government over a failure to consult on their members’ annual pay rise, it has been announced.
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25 Jul 18
The total cost of the latest public sector pay rises announced by the government for some workers could be an extra £800m annually, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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24 Jul 18
A trade union leader has attacked the decision to fund pay rises for a million public sector workers from existing departmental budgets for spelling further cuts to jobs and services.
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2 Jul 18
NHS pay systems are outdated, inflexible and “frequently unfair” and should be reformed to motivate staff to perform better, the Centre for Policy Studies has argued.
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8 Jun 18
The main civil service union will hold a strike ballot after rejecting a “derisory” 1% government pay offer.
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4 Jun 18
Action on closing gender pay gaps should be based on sound evidence - not quick fixes, says Public Services People Managers Association’s president Karen Grave.
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4 May 18
Analysis of gender pay gaps by CIPFA shows hourly income rates in all types of local authorities are higher for men than women. Reporting by Vivienne Russell.
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12 Apr 18
Trade unions have accepted the local government pay offer, though a fresh dispute looms over an increase for council chief executives.
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9 Apr 18
The local government employee 2% pay offer is now expected to go ahead, after Unison confirmed to PF it had finally accepted the proposed rise.
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6 Mar 18
Discrimination in the workplace costs the UK economy £127bn in lost output each year, according to a report from the Centre for Economics and Business Research.
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16 Jan 18
The Unite union has asked its local government members to turn down a 2% pay rise offer because it does not keep track with inflation.
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19 Dec 17
Seven government departments have a gender pay gap of more than 10%, according to a series of reports released under equalities legislation.
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5 Dec 17
More than 1 million council workers could be in line for 2% pay increases in each of the next two years, following an offer set out by employers today.
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23 Nov 17
Bodies representing public sector workers have criticised the lack of action on the pay cap in the Budget yesterday.
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17 Nov 17
Pay and benefits was the only area that saw a drop in civil servant satisfaction from last year, according to a survey.
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31 Oct 17
More than a third of councils are paying their staff more mileage than they should, according to the campaign group the Taxpayers’ Alliance.
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18 Oct 17
Real-terms earnings fell 0.4% compared with a year ago according to the latest labour market figures from the Office for National Statistics.
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9 Oct 17
Civil servants in Scotland will be offered a 2% pay rise in November as talks continue over Nicola Sturgeon’s commitment to lift the public sector pay cap.
1 Mar 19MPs will receive an inflation-busting pay-rise in the coming year, it has been announced.
22 Nov 18Cash-strapped Somerset County Council has rowed back on proposals to force staff to take two days unpaid leave.
12 Oct 18Finance staff at Newham council in London have voted to take four days of strike action in a dispute over job evaluation and pay.
17 Sep 18Local government workers in Scotland have been urged to accept a revised 3% pay deal in order to avoid job losses and cuts to services.
10 Sep 18Low pay and the high cost of renting make home ownership a “pipe dream” for most public sector workers, a trade union has said.
22 Aug 18Unions are to resume talks with the government after their members turned down a pay increase worth 11% for some Ministry of Justice staff.
24 Jul 18A trade union leader has attacked the decision to fund pay rises for a million public sector workers from existing departmental budgets for spelling further cuts to jobs and services.
2 Jul 18NHS pay systems are outdated, inflexible and “frequently unfair” and should be reformed to motivate staff to perform better, the Centre for Policy Studies has argued.
8 Jun 18The main civil service union will hold a strike ballot after rejecting a “derisory” 1% government pay offer.
4 Jun 18Action on closing gender pay gaps should be based on sound evidence - not quick fixes, says Public Services People Managers Association’s president Karen Grave.
4 May 18Analysis of gender pay gaps by CIPFA shows hourly income rates in all types of local authorities are higher for men than women. Reporting by Vivienne Russell.
5 Dec 17More than 1 million council workers could be in line for 2% pay increases in each of the next two years, following an offer set out by employers today.
17 Nov 17Pay and benefits was the only area that saw a drop in civil servant satisfaction from last year, according to a survey.
31 Oct 17More than a third of councils are paying their staff more mileage than they should, according to the campaign group the Taxpayers’ Alliance.
9 Oct 17Civil servants in Scotland will be offered a 2% pay rise in November as talks continue over Nicola Sturgeon’s commitment to lift the public sector pay cap.
