Union members at RTÉ have overwhelmingly voted in favour of a 6% pay increase between May this year and December 2027.The RTÉ Trade Union Group (TUG) said that 90% of those who took part in the pay ballot voted in favour of the deal and 10% voted against.As part of the agreement, an additional 0.5% will apply to those on salaries of less than €50,001.RTÉ and the TUG had asked RTÉ's internal Industrial Relations Tribunal (IRT) to assist with the pay talks and agreement was reached on the proposals under the auspices of the IRT.The pay deal will run from 1 May 2025 to 31 December 2027. 6-Under the agreement, there will be 1.5% pay increases on 1 May 2025, 1 May 2026, 1 October 2026 and 1 October 2027.The additional 0.5% for those on less than €50,001 will be paid on 1 May 2026.Talks on a successor deal will begin in October 2027.As part of the agreement, no cost increasing claims will be made or processed for the duration of the deal, and employees commit to their full co-operation with normal ongoing change.In October 2024, the RTÉ TUG lodged a pay claim for a flat rate increase of €1,500 plus 6%.In December 2024 it was announced that employees would receive a non-taxable voucher of up to €1,000 as part of an interim arrangement while pay negotiations were ongoing.The previous pay agreement at RTÉ was in November 2022, when staff received a 6% increase, over a two-year period.As part of that deal, employees were also given a non-taxable voucher of €1,000 in early 2023 and a further voucher of €500 in January 2024.
© RTÉ 2025.