The foremost concerns in the minds of most people with responsibility for pay-setting at the moment are inflation and the labour market, and appropriately enough, these are the topics on which we concentrate in this issue of Pay Climate. We also include analysis of outcomes in retail, itself an area that is subject to these pressures in a variety of ways. Experiences that will hopefully be a good guide for decision-makers elsewhere. Meanwhile, in the viewpoint article, we look at the issues surrounding the shorter working week currently being trialled at some firms on the one hand, and the vicissitudes of the official figures on the gender pay gap and responses to it on the other. As always, we hope you find the latest issue useful. Pay Climate is a subscription service offered by IDR.
