UK DATA:Pay Deals Steady At 2.0%; Manufacturing Stronger – XpertHR
–UK Mar-May Median Pay Deal 2.0%; Steady Vs Feb-Apr: XpertHR
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The public sector pay freeze has held median pay deals at 2.0% and
widened the wedge between manufacturing and services pay growth,
according to research from XpertHR. The XpertHR survey for the three
months to the end of May, based on 0pay awards covering 3.7 million
employees, found the median basic pay award was 2.0%, unchanged from
the three months through April. In the three months through May the
median pay award in the manufacturing sector was 3%, and it was just
1.5% in the services sector.