PAY AND BENEFITS - News highlights - No mandatory equal pay reviews for public sector 5% pay increase for engineers in past two years . In print . Distribution managers see 2.9% rise in basic pay Housing association staff see pay increases fall to 3.3% in 2005 . GBP 21,753 a year for travel industry employees . Pay boosted by average GBP 4,027 bonus for 70% of financial staff