The government has confirmed that pay awards for most public sector workers will be limited to 1% in 2014-15.
In the Budget 2014, Chancellor George Osborne also announced the intention that pay awards would be limited to 1% in 2015-16.
In the civil service, proposals have now been agreed with departments and covers half the civil service workforce towards removing progression pay by 2015-16.
Debbie Lovewell-Tuck is a business journalist with 20 years’ experience specialising in pay, reward and HR. She joined Employee Benefits as a reporter in 2003, before becoming editor in 2015. Debbie is also responsible for editorial content across Employee’ Benefits events, including Employee Benefits Live and the Employee Benefits Awards, as well as hosting Employee Benefits’ webinars.View full profile
