Ulster Bank pay increase

THE Ulster Bank has agreed to a 2.75 per cent pay rise for staff working in the Republic.

THE Ulster Bank has agreed to a 2.75 per cent pay rise for staff working in the Republic.

Ulster Bank management agreed to pay the third phase of the PCW - the pay agreement between the Government and the social partners - to workers in the Republic following a recommendation by the Chairman of Conciliation in Northern Ireland.

Mr Ciaran Ryan, a spokesman for the Irish Banking Officials' Association (IBOA), welcomed the move but said the IBOA would soon be negotiating a new salary structure for Ulster Bank workers.

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