PAY AND BENEFITS - News highlights - 16- and 17-year-olds feel the pinch . Pensions pressure mounths . IT staff see earnings growth halved . Industrial action at Terminal 5 . Hand over more control over pay to local managers, says CIPD . Earnings up 4.3% in e-commerce . Workers could be denied paid holiday rights . Employers fail to monitor changes in reward . Salaries show wide variation in purchasing power . Performance-based reward on the increase . R&D staff see salaries rise . Variation in electronics pay increases