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ArticleHigh Court rules Morrisons is liable in payroll data leak case
The High Court has ruled that retailer Morrisons is legally responsible for a payroll data leak committed by a former employee.The two-week High Court trial, which commenced on Monday 9 October 2017, was a class action lawsuit brought by 5,518 current and former Morrisons employees, seeking compensation after a payroll ...
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ArticleAccenture reports a 16.7% mean gender pay gap
Global management consultancy and professional services organisation Accenture has reported a 16.7% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay as at 5 April 2017.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap data in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations and ahead of the private sector submission ...
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ArticleShell UK reports a 22.2% mean gender pay gap
Energy and fuel organisation Shell UK has reported a mean gender pay gap of 22.2% for fixed hourly pay across its seven employing entities with more than 250 employees and five employing entities with less than 250 employees as at 5 April 2017.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap ...
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ArticleEarthmiles app to launch to employers
Healthy lifestyle reward app Earthmiles will be launching to UK employers from April 2018.The new app, Earthmiles@Work, will enable employees to earn points for completing exercise either at work or outside the workplace by gathering data from health apps and wearables that employees currently use. The collected points can then ...
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ArticlePoll: 46% believe Uber drivers and Deliveroo riders should be treated equally
Employee Benefits poll: Under half (46%) of respondents feel that Uber drivers and Deliveroo riders should be treated equally in terms of access to employment rights, such as receiving holiday pay and the national minimum wage.A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 52 responses, also found that 31% are ...
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ArticleChinese man repaints road signs to speed up commute
Image credit: Modern ExpressSomething for the weekend: Although most employees would move mountains in order to avoid rush hour traffic on the way to work, one Chinese employee has taken a more direct approach by repainting road signs to ease congestion on his daily commute.The 28-year-old employee, Cai, has been ...
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ArticleGovernment launches consultation on the authorisation and supervision of master trusts
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched a consultation on the draft regulations and policies for the authorisation process and supervisory regime for master trust pension schemes.The consultation, which will run until 12 January 2018, is seeking views on proposed draft regulations that will introduce an authorisation and ...
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OpinionPaul Quain: The chance to learn from equal pay experimentation in the US and UK
Equal pay laws have been around for decades, yet the gender wage gap persists. According to the US Census Bureau's Income and Poverty in the United States: 2015 report, published in September 2016, in the United States (US), women earn approximately 80% of the pay received by their male counterparts. ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories: 23-29 November 2017
The 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 23 and 29 November 2017 were: How will the Autumn Budget 2017 impact pay and benefits?Government launches inquiry into collective defined contribution schemesBank of England reports a 21% mean gender pay gapBritish Embassy in Jordan hires its first diplocatEuropean Commission launches two-year ...
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ArticleKingston Smith reports a 7% mean gender pay gap
Accountancy organisation Kingston Smith has reported a mean gender pay gap of 7% for fixed hourly pay as at 5 April 2017.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap data in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations and ahead of the private sector submission deadline of 4 ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: The ACCA launches online financial education programme
EXCLUSIVE: Global professional accountancy body the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has launched an online financial education programme for its 900 UK employees.The financial education programme, provided by Nudge, was introduced in November 2017 to help improve the financial wellbeing of the ACCA’s London and Glasgow-based employees.Delivering a series ...
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ArticleEU court rules workers are entitled to holiday pay for accrued annual leave
The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that a retired worker can claim holiday pay for both unpaid or untaken annual leave accrued during his 13-year tenure.In the case, King v The Sash Window Workshop and Dollar, King worked as a window salesman on a self-employed, commission-only ...
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Article43% want flexible working as part of their benefits package
More than two-fifths (43%) of employee respondents want access to flexible working arrangements as part of their employee benefits package, according to research by Hibob.Its Part two: powerful perks: what people really want report, which surveyed 501 UK employers and 4,001 UK employees, also found that 41% of employee respondents ...
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Article44% of employers do not know what GDPR is
More than two-fifths (44%) of employer respondents do not know what the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is, according to research by SD Worx.Its survey of 1,800 HR and payroll professionals across nine European markets also found that 55% of respondents who are aware of GDPR believe that the regulation ...
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ArticleWest End theatre employees accept three-year pay deal
Employees who work in London’s West End theatres and are members of the Bectu trade union have voted to accept a three-year pay deal.The pay deal, offered by employers’ body The Society of London Theatre (Solt), will be backdated to 2 October 2017 and include a 3.5% pay increase for ...
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ArticleFirst Group consolidates Local Government Pension Scheme assets to create £1bn fund
Transportation organisation First Group has consolidated its pension scheme assets across three Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) arrangements to create a £1 billion fund.The organisation will consolidate its pension schemes’ assets by transferring £700 million from the West Yorkshire LGPS and the South Yorkshire LGPS into the Greater Manchester Pension ...
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ArticleAverage advertised UK salaries increase by 0.8%
The average advertised salary in the UK increased by 0.8% from £31,929 in September 2017 to £32,174 in October 2017, according to research by Adzuna.Its UK job market report: November 2017, which analyses online job vacancy data in the UK from over 500 sources, also found that the average advertised ...
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ArticleUniversity of Strathclyde to pilot sustainability and wellbeing scheme
The University of Strathclyde is to pilot a sustainability and wellbeing scheme for 250 employees from January 2018.It will pilot the Jump programme, provided by Green Rewards, for five months as part of the Glasgow-based university’s developing programme of activities to help it create a more sustainable environment.The university is ...
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ArticleGovernment launches inquiry into collective defined contribution schemes
The Work and Pension Committee has launched an inquiry into the possibility of introducing collective defined contribution (DC) pension schemes to the UK pensions market.The inquiry, which is accepting written feedback from interested parties up to 8 January 2018, will investigate whether collective DC arrangements can benefit UK savers and ...