Pay monitor

Pay and conditions improvements negotiated by BECTU since January 2006.

Area Pay and conditions Date
Welsh National Opera 3%, includes Cardiff Theatrical Services (Year 3 of 3 year deal) [Details] April 2009
ITV Increase based on October 2008 RPI (Year 2 of 2 year deal) [Details] January 2009
Siemens SIS and SECL (formerly BBC Technology) 2.15% (Year 2 of 2 year deal) [Details] August 2008
BBC Resources 2% and £400 (Year 2 of 2 year deal) [Details] August 2008
BBC 2% (Year 2 of 2 year deal) [Details] August 2008
National Theatre Front of house and catering 17.6% (Year 2 of 2 year deal), other staff 3.5% [Details] April 2008
Sadlers Wells Theatre 4% April 2008
TMA (Outside London theatres) 3.5% minimum hourly rates, 3% other payments and allowances, 0.5% increase in employer's pension contributions [Details] April 2008
Birmingham Hippodrome 4.1% April 2008
Birmingham Royal Ballet 2.7% April 2008
Welsh National Opera 3%, includes Cardiff Theatrical Services (Year 2 of 3 year deal) [Details] April 2008
Glyndebourne Opera 8%, 2 year deal runs January 2008 to December 2009 [Details] January 2008
ITV 4.2%, £1,000 increase in redundancy pay cap, initiatives to encourage greater take-up of defined contribution pension scheme (Year 1 of 2 year deal) [Details] January 2008
London International Film School 4.2% [Details] January 2008
FAA (Film Artistes Association) 5.5% [Details] November 2007
SOLT (West End Theatres) 5%, 1.5% increase in matched pension contribution [Details] October 2007
Siemens SIS and SECL (formerly BBC Technology) 4%, £1,000 minimum rise (Year 1 of 2 year deal) [Details] August 2007
BBC 4%, £1,000 minimum rise (Year 1 of 2 year deal) [Details] August 2007
English National Opera RPI plus 0.5% (Year 3 of 3 year deal) [Details] August 2007
CBSO (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra) 4.6% (next review date April 2008) July 2007
Soho Images 3% [Details] July 2007
National Theatre Front of house and catering 9% (Year 1 of 2 year deal), other staff 2.76% April 2007
Sheffield Theatres 4% April 2007
Birmingham Royal Ballet 3.5% April 2007
Birmingham Hippodrome 4.4% April 2007
Welsh National Opera 3.8%, includes Cardiff Theatrical Services (Year 1 of 3 year deal) [Details] April 2007
ITV £303 part cash, part shares bonus [Details] April 2007
BBC Resources 4%, £1,000 minimum rise (Year 1 of 2 year deal) [Details] April 2007
Film construction crews 9% [Details] April 2007
TMA (Outside London theatres) 4% Grades 1-4, 3% all other minimum pay rates, 0.5% increase in employer's pension contributions [Details] April 2007
Royal Opera House 3.5% [Details] April 2007
VT Communications (formerly Merlin) [BBC international transmitters] 4.6% (Year 1 of 2 year deal) April 2007
Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1.9%-3.6% or rate of inflation if greater (Year 2 of 2 year deal) April 2007
Glyndebourne Opera 3.9% pay and allowances with an increase to matched employer's pension contribution from 2% to 5%. January 2007
ITV 3.95% January 2007
SOLT (West End Theatres) 3.4% [Details (40k pdf)] October 2006
Downtown Radio (Northern Ireland EMAP) 3% October 2006
BBC 2.8%, night pay (low rate) increased by 6.4% [Details] August 2006
Red Bee Media (formerly BBC Broadcast) 3%, minimum £800 bonus, £1000 bonus for almost all staff with more than 12 months service [Details] August 2006
English National Opera 4.3% (Year 2 of 3 year deal) [Details] August 2006
Soho Images 3% [Details] July 2006
BBC Worldwide 2.6% July 2006
London Studios (ITV) 2.5% for grades affected by new conditions [Details] July 2006
Ofcom Increases for each performance level based on May 2006 RPI of 3% (staff get increases through performance review scheme except those on ITC terms retained after TUPE). Results in 71% of administrators, associates and senior associates (grades covered by recognition) receive increase equal to or more than 3%. In future the May RPI figure will be used each year to 'fix' the band three pay recommendation band. July 2006
UTV (Ulster TV) 2.5% increase in basic salary, 1% employer contribution to UTV Defined Benefit Pension Scheme (no increase in employee contributions). Company also putting 5.3m into the pension fund over the next three years. Nothing additional for those in Defined Contributions pension scheme. July 2006
ITV £500 part cash, part shares bonus for contribution to company's 2005 performance [Details]. April 2006
TMA (Outside London theatres) 3.3%, 0.5% increase in employer’s pension contributions [Details] April 2006
Siemens Business Services Media (formerly BBC Technology) 3% [Details] April 2006
BBC Resources 2.5% [Details] April 2006
Technicolor Film Laboratory 3.5% [Details] April 2006
RSC (Royal Shakespeare Company) 2.5% April 2006
Lyric Theatre, Belfast 3.5% cost of living allowance April 2006
Birmingham Hippodrome 3.4% April 2006
Birmingham Royal Ballet 2.4% April 2006
Sheffield Theatres 2.5%-3.5% April 2006
Birmingham Repertory Theatre 2.4%-4.7% (Year 1 of 2 year deal) April 2006
CBSO (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra) 2.4% April 2006
National Theatre 2.75% increase on rates of pay and allowances, with a minimum hourly rate of £6.25 which represents an increase on minimum rate of about 9%. April 2006
S4C 2.4%, salary less than £25,000 receive welcome rise of £1,000, working week reduced by 30 minutes, extra day’s annual leave per year of service after first five years up to a maximum of five extra days [Details] February 2006
English National Opera 3%, £50 increase in employer’s pension contributions (Year 1 of 3 year deal) [Details] August 2005
Last updated 30 May 2008