While only half actually saw gains, 38 per
cent increased staff levels during the year and eight per cent of employees saw salary increases of six per cent or more, which was double the national, cross-sector average.
Not exact matches
NEARLY 40 per
cent of employers across the nation plan to
increase permanent
staff numbers in the next three months, according to the latest Morgan & Banks Job Index.
About 40 per
cent of the
increase over the last three years has been in the law and order departments (Correctional Services Canada and related agencies, Justice and the Canada Border Services Agencies) and defense civilian
staff.
Late on Saturday, Deutsche Telekom, the German telephone company, agreed a 2.3 per
cent pay rise for 17,000
staff this year, plus two
increases of 2.1 per
cent each in 2013.
The company signed off on a new workplace agreement that gives
staff a 6 per
cent pay rise over three years, well short of the 15 per
cent increase that unions were seeking.
The brunt of the cuts fell on lower civil service grades, with some losing over 30 per
cent of
staff (more than 60,000 posts were lost among administrative officers and assistants) while
staff in top grades (Grade 7 and above) showed a small net
increase.
Most Unite NHS members will see their pension contributions
increased from 6.5 per
cent to 9.3 per
cent over the next three years; this coming after a two - year pay freeze and the proposed two years of a maximum one per
cent increase for some
staff.
«Barclays have made a mockery of bonus restraint by giving
staff a whopping 25 per
cent increase in performance - related pay,» he said.
Mr. Mahmud said that the non-executive
staff continued to agitate for the payment of the nine per
cent cut from their proposed salary
increase.
Mr Ralfe's research suggests that liabilities in the scheme have soared to # 232 billion due to, for example,
increased benefits for local government
staff, while the value of assets has only gone up by eight per
cent in the last three years to # 132 billion.
In addition, student numbers have
increased by 15 per
cent since 1989, with no extra
staff.
7,550 secondary school pupils were excluded for the same reason, with 290 being permanently excluded for attacking
staff, representing an
increase of 11 per
cent from the year before.
«It is worrying that this year more support
staff feel the work they do when acting as a cover supervisor is identical to that done by supply teachers, with an
increase of 14 per
cent.
However, education secretary Justine Greening has said that rather than all teachers getting a one per
cent pay rise, schools should be able to choose which members of
staff get an
increase, based on performance.
The Government must restore the value of school
staff pay to 2010 pre-austerity levels, beginning with an immediate five per
cent pay
increase for teachers to address the growing teacher recruitment and retention crisis.
Similarly, it has a positive impact on school
staff's productivity, with the most comfortable and well - designed schools demonstrating a 15 per
cent increase.
«We appreciate that public spending is extremely challenging right now, but we have decided to top up the national pay
increase of one per
cent, doubling it to two per
cent for all teaching
staff.»
Under the BISS distributive leadership model we have seen an
increase in class teachers taking on leadership roles across the school in recent years, from 10 teacher leaders in 2014 to 12 in 2015, and 19 teacher leaders in 2016 (76 per
cent of teaching
staff).
The number of penalties that have been issued to school and college
staff for exam malpractice has
increased by nearly 150 per
cent.
The survey results found only one in 20 of the top - ranking mainscale teachers eligible for a special two per
cent rise, designed to
increase staff retention, actually received the
increase.
Physical assaults on members of
staff which have led to exclusions have also
increased by 23 per
cent, from 1,588 in 2014/15, to 1,990 in 2016/17.
Our school retention rate for teaching
staff has
increased from 68 per
cent in 2012 to 92.7 per
cent in 2017.
A survey by Unison has found that over 50 per
cent of school support
staff have experienced stress, anxiety or depressions as a result of
increased workloads.
There are more teaching assistants and non-teaching support
staff, while the number of teachers has
increased 1.2 per
cent since 2013 to 454,900 full - time equivalents.
DfE figures show that the percentage of qualified teachers (those with Qualified Teacher Status) in all state funded schools was 95.1 per
cent in 2015; a decrease from 95.5 per
cent in 2014 while the total number of teachers without QTS
increased over the same period from 20.3 thousand full time equivalent
staff (FTE) or 4.5 per
cent in 2014 to 22.5 thousand FTEs or 4.9 per
cent in 2015.
Planned
increases in pensions and national insurance are rocketing
staff costs, which are already around 80 per
cent of what school budgets are spent on.
Other reasons given include falling numbers of support
staff (33 per
cent), demands from school leaders or governments (33 per
cent) and
increasing class sizes (27 per
cent).
At the same time, the number of support
staff has
increased by 9 per
cent.
The study compared data from 291 museums in the USA, Canada, and Mexico, looking at more than 50
staff positions in every institutional department, and found that the average median salary
increased by 3 per
cent in 2016.
One of the Manchester's leading criminal defence law firms has grown its
staff by 13 per
cent over the past year, and plans to
increase its workforce further with the support of a # 75,000 overdraft facility from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.
Thirty - seven per
cent of CLOs
increased in - house staffing levels at their companies in the past 12 months, while the percentage who reported having legal operations
staff more than doubled, to 48 per
cent this year.
62 per
cent expect business activity to
increase in 2013 Staffing and salaries: 35 per
cent expect permanent
staff levels to
increase in 2013, 53 per
cent expect permanent
staff levels to remain the same Expected salary
increases at Canadian companies: 48 per
cent will
increase salaries by less than three per
cent 37 per
cent will
increase salaries between three and six per
cent Five per
cent will
increase salaries between three and six per
cent Two per
cent will
increase salaries by more than 10 per
cent Most prevalent benefits being offered by Canadian companies Extended health benefits Individual performance - related bonuses Training and / or certification support Pension / RRSP contribution / matching More than 10 days vacation for new hires Flexible work hours Hays is an international recruitment consultancy with a strong Canadian presence with offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Mississauga and Ottawa.
While more than one - third (37 %) believe next year will bring further deterioration to business, more than half expect things will stabilize and possibly
increase to the point that more than half (53 %) anticipate secure staffing levels with no further cuts, while 11 per
cent per
cent expect to
increase permanent
staff levels.
Additionally, more than half of respondents said raises for
staff will be less than three per
cent even though they're aware of
increasing competition from companies that pay more.
More than half (55 %) of employers surveyed said salaries will
increase by a nominal three per
cent or less, one - third plan to
increase headcount and half plan to stick with their current
staff numbers.
While IT employers have some of the country's highest expectations for
increased business activity, 11 per
cent expect to make
staff cuts in 2016.
There is no doubt that there are challenges in implementing a universal programme in partnership across a large geographical area; however, our reach is
increasing as
staff become more familiar with the programme and parents hear through word of mouth about Triple P. Using a recognised measurement tool, we can show improved scores for 85 per
cent of families who have received an intervention for a specific parenting problem and an improved score for 72 per
cent of families who have more complex problems.