Except for employers who comply with the Council's Exemption Procedure, GIEA Member employers agree to grant in year one an across-the-board increase of 5.5% (which represents average CPI calculated from May 2024 to April 2025 i.e., 3.6% with an improvement factor of 1.9%) on current June 2025 actual basic wages, effective retrospectively from 1 July 2025.

For year two of the Agreement, the Parties agree to an across-the-board increase of 5.5% on the June 2026 to December 2026 actual basic wage and a further 0.5% calculated on the December 2026 basic wage, and effective 01 January 2027 to 30 June 2027.

These increase on wages will apply to non-parties to the collective agreement on a date as determined by the Minister of Employment and Labour.