Thousands of Police descended on London yesterday to protest over an "unfair" pay rise. Photograph: Graham Turner
When was the last time you had a pay rise? Research published today suggests almost half of organisations (46%) no longer award employees an across the board annual pay rise or cost of living adjustment. Instead, the current trend is to give departmental heads the power to award discretionary pay rises based on individual contribution or performance.
That's fine and dandy if you have a sympathetic line manager, but what if you and your boss don't see eye to eye? Even employers have their doubts about the justness of this new trend. In the same survey, carried out by the CIPD, only a third of employers said they were confident in their line managers' ability to deliver the appropriate pay messages.
Of course, a policy of offering paltry across the board pay rises can be just as unpopular. Thousands of police officers marched in London yesterday in a mass protest against an "unfair" pay deal. And if only we all had the same freedom as MPs, who sit down today to vote on whether or not to award themselves an inflation-beating salary hike.
Do you trust your boss to give you a fair pay rise? Or would you rather salary increases were granted across the board? Vote in our poll and tell us what happens where you work.
