Tynwald will be asked to back a £1.60 rise, split into two phases, to fulfil a previous commitment.

Strike action is the only way to get Manx Care to listen to concerns over pay, a union has said.

Negotiations with the British Medical Association continue after planned strike action announced.

The rate at which prices are rising is still higher than the Bank of England's 2% inflation target.

Manx Care says a union has not accepted an offer to match pay scales in England for the lower paid.

Women in technology are paid "fractionally more" but represent only 21% of the workforce, a report says.

The new rate was agreed at a meeting of the Jersey Living Wage Advisory Group earlier this week.

Regular pay grew at an annual pace of 5.2%, much faster than expected, official figures show.