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ArticleMarks and Spencer rewards front-line employees with 15% bonus
British retailer Marks and Spencer will give front-line employees a 15% bonus to reward them for their hard work during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Front-line employees who have caring commitments or who are feeling more vulnerable are able to step away from their role at this time and will be able ...
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ArticleMichael Legge: Should employers pay staff for periods of isolation due to Coronavirus?
Responsible employers will want to do right by their staff, while protecting the business from potential disruption. Under the Health and Safety Act 1974, businesses have a duty to provide a safe workplace, so they must consider the best means to protect employees while maintaining continuity.Where it is possible for ...
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ArticleLora Murphy: Should employers pay staff for periods of isolation due to Coronavirus?
2020 will be marked in history as the year in which a pandemic, commonly referred to as Coronavirus or Covid-19, tested the modern world on both a social and an economical level.This is a period of uncertainty for employers and employees alike, and everyone wants answers in relation to how ...
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ArticleJoanne Moseley: Should employers pay staff for periods of isolation due to Coronavirus?
The answer to this is more complicated than you might expect and depends on the reason why someone is self-isolating.If an employee has symptoms, they must self-isolate for seven days. If they do not, but live with someone who has, they have to self-isolate for 14 days. In both cases, ...
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ArticleVictoria von Wachter: Should employers pay staff for periods of isolation due to Coronavirus?
In short, the answer is generally yes. The Health Protection (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 contain a declaration by the secretary of state that the incidence or transmission of coronavirus constitutes a serious and imminent threat to public health.The Health Protection Regulations 2020 state that where a person self-isolates because they have ...
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ArticleAmey employees to receive full pay during self-isolation
Outsourcing organisation Amey will pay all of its employees who are instructed to self-isolate due to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic in full.Following negotiations with Unite and GMB, Amey announced yesterday (March 31 2020) that employees would receive full pay for seven days, 14 days or 12 weeks, depending on how ...
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ArticleVerizon increases pay for essential on-site employees
Telecommunications organisation Verizon is enhancing pay to ensure that its on-site employees are financially supported during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, effective immediately.Employees that are unable to work from home, due to their customer-facing roles, will receive pay enhancements as part of the organisation's'essential on-sire services pay' programme. Eligible employees, such ...
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ArticleKing George and Queens Hospitals pay outsourced NHS staff living wage
NHS outsourced workers at Kings George and Queens Hospitals in East London will receive the London living wage, effective from April 2020. The pay increase, negotiated by GMB Union, will benefit 600 outsourced staff at Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trusts, who will see their hourly pay rise from £8.21 ...
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ArticleFC Barcelona players defer pay to support all non-sporting staff
The professional team members at FC Barcelona, including the football first team and most of the basketball team, will reduce their pay to support non-sporting staff during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The agreement was made by the FC Barcelona board of directors. They confirmed that the football first team will reduce ...
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ArticleEasyjet to pay staff 80% of wages after suspending all flights
British airline Easyjet will pay all of its employees, who are unable to work from home, 80% of their average pay through the Government's job retention scheme.The pay scheme which will come into effect from 1 April 2020 was collaboratively agreed upon by the airline and Unite the union which ...
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ArticleWalkers Shortbread staff to receive full pay during closure
Baking organisation Walkers Shortbread Limited has closed all production operations with immediate effect but will still continue to pay staff in full throughout the duration of the closure.The organisation temporarily closed on 26 March 2020 and it has no plans to open any earlier than 20 April 2020.All employees will ...
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ArticleAldi rewards store and distribution staff with 10% bonus
Aldi will pay store and distribution employees a 10% bonus due to their hard work throughout the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The bonus will be effective for the hours that employees work from 9 March 2020 to the end of April 2020, and will then be reviewed on a monthly basis.To further ...
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ArticleLeeds United players, coaches and management defer pay to support all staff
Coaching staff, players and members of senior management at football club Leeds United will defer their pay for the foreseeable future, to ensure that all staff working at the Elland Road stadium and Thorp Arch training ground will still receive pay during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak.Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, ...
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ArticleHy-Vee rewards front-line store employees with 10% bonus
US-based supermarket retailer Hy-Vee is giving its front-line store employees a 10% bonus to recognise their hard work during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.All full- and part-time store-based employees will receive the bonus, calculated based on the hours worked from 16 March to 12 April 2020; this will then be paid ...
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ArticleAsda to pay vulnerable employees 12 weeks while self-isolating
Supermarket retailer Asda has committed to pay employees in full for 12 weeks if they are classed as vulnerable and therefore need to self-isolate due to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Asda's hourly-paid retail and distribution employees will also receive a week's extra pay in June, in recognition of their efforts to ...
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ArticleEight in 10 employers pay more than statutory sick pay requirements
Eight in 10 (80%) employers are providing staff with sick pay at a level over and above statutory amounts during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak, according to research by Lewis Silkin.Employer surveys involving 70 HR leaders from businesses collectively employing more than 200,000 staff, which took place in March 2020, also ...
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ArticleBrookshire Grocery awards one-time bonus and pay increase to staff
Image credit: KLTVTexas-based supermarket chain Brookshire Grocery Company (BGC) has awarded employees a one-time bonus to reward them for their efforts during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.On 20 March 2020, the organisation's 14,000 employees received a one-time bonus equivalent to up to half a week’s pay.Additionally, BGC staff have been given ...
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ArticleSuperdrug, Savers and Perfume Shop create £40 million fund for pay during Coronavirus
International health and beauty retailer AS Watson Group will provide a support package worth £40 million, to ensure employees are paid through the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.This fund will cover all employees under the UK retail businesses Superdrug, Savers and The Perfume Shop. It will be accessible from 16 March and ...
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ArticleWetherspoons stops staff pay until government reimbursement
Britsh pub organisation Wetherspoons employees were notified on 23 March 2020 that pay will cease, resuming only when the business is reimbursed by government grants, a timeframe for which is not yet clear.Tim Martin, chairman at Wetherspoons, sent a video message to all 40,000 employees, explaining that employees will be ...
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ArticleGender pay gap reporting suspended for 2020
The Government Equalities Office (GEO) and the Equality and Human Right Commission (EHRC) have suspended gender pay gap reporting regulations for this year, due to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The decision announced today (24 March 2020) means that there will be no expectation for employers to report their gender pay gaps ...