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UK employers expect to give workers pay rises of 5% this year, the highest in at least a decade, according to a survey of more than 2,000 businesses.
Against a backdrop of worker shortages, more than half of employers said they expect to raise base or variable pay further in 2023 to better recruit and retain staff, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), a body representing employers. However, expectations for public sector pay rises are lower.
The 5% pay rise expectation was the highest since at least 2012, when the quarterly survey started, the CIPD said. However, 5% would not be enough to prevent a steep real-terms pay cut, with inflation more than double that at 10.5% in December.
Employers are also coming under pressure to help workers with the cost of living crisis. Low unemployment has coincided with a period of sustained high inflation prompted by supply chain disruptions and energy price rises, which have been worsened in the last year by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The UK economy narrowly avoided a technical recession at the end of 2022 as output stayed almost unchanged. However, despite the relative weakness in activity, unemployment remained near record low levels at 3.7% in November, a level that historically has been associated with a tight labour market and pay increases.
Read more at The Guardian
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