PAY FORUM 2012: BUILDING INTELLIGENCE
AND NEGOTIATING CHANGE

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) and Incomes Data Services (IDS) are pleased to invite you to their fifth annual joint forum on pay bargaining for the coming year.

In attending, you will receive expert insight into pay prospects and challenges for 2012 and crucial information on the economic landscape, inequalities and the widening pay gap.

You will also benefit from practical sessions on key issues and a panel discussion exploring key pay issues, including the fragmentation of bargaining in the public and private sectors.

NEW FOR 2012 - PAY NEGOTIATORS’ TOOLBOX SESSIONS

This year’s event will offer practical ‘toolbox’ sessions which will provide you with clear, concise information and guidance on how to apply it in practice.

You will have the opportunity to ask your own questions and ensure that you have the right tools to negotiate pay changes in 2012. The toolbox sessions include:

Toolbox A: Building Intelligence

A series of 15-minute presentations providing key pay intelligence including:

• Issues around the cost of living: CPI and RPI
• New pay intelligence
• Using company financial intelligence in pay claims

Toolbox B: Industry Challenges

Assistance on how to deal with market-based pay, zero pay increases and the rate for the job across:

• Finance
• Telecoms
• The civil service

IS THIS EVENT RIGHT FOR YOU?

This event will be of most interest to you if you are working for a union or a related organisation which deals with pay issues for their members.

In attending you will benefit from:

• Comprehensive information specific to your needs
• The latest industry pay knowledge and insight
• Thorough analysis of pay bargaining in the post-recession period
• Clear information and direction as to the pay landscape for 2012 and guidance on how to mitigate the negative effects of an uncertain economy
• Expert opinion on how change, such as wage freezes, reductions in pension rights and increased redundancies, is being negotiated
• The chance to raise your own questions and concerns with experts and leading union professionals
• The opportunity to network with colleagues and other unions to discuss the pay challenges that they face