News – Page 110
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ArticlePensionBee becomes accredited living wage employer
London-based online pension provider PensionBee has been accredited by the Living Wage Foundation. As of February 2020, the organisation has committed to paying its 100 employees at least the living wage, which currently stands at £10.75 per hour in London. PensionBee joins nearly 6,000 employers in making this pledge, including ...
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ArticleDaimler rewards 130,000 employees in Germany with profit-sharing bonus
Automotive manufacturer Daimler is rewarding 130,000 members of staff based in Germany with a one-time bonus, based on its latest financial year results and to recognise employees' hard work during 2019. Employees who have enrolled in the organisation's profit-sharing scheme will receive a bonus of up to €597 (£501) with ...
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ArticleStarling Bank awards shares to engage 800 employees with business success
UK digital banking organisation Starling Bank is awarding shares to all 800 employees following a successful investment from several investors, with a goal of allowing staff to benefit directly from business success. The organisation has raised £60 million from its existing investors, Merian Global Investors and JTC, which will bring ...
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ArticleUnions reject 2% pay offer from Local Government Association
Three unions representing council employees in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland have rejected a 2% pay offer by local government employers that would affect more than a million local employees. In the summer of 2019, the trade unions Unison, Unite and GMB submitted a pay claim that would mean the ...
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ArticleGardner Leader gives 135 employees unlimited paid holiday
Law firm Gardner leader has launched an unlimited paid holiday policy for all of its 135 employees, rolling the scheme out to four offices across the South East and London.The scheme was launched on 1 February 2020, following a successful 12-month trial during 2019. The policy allows for unlimited annual ...
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ArticleCathay Pacific asks staff to take unpaid leave due to Coronavirus outbreak
Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific has asked its staff to take three weeks of unpaid leave, to help it address the impact of the current Coronavirus outbreak. The airline has proposed a leave scheme for its 27,000 employees, operating in 79 destinations, following recent drops in demand due to the ...
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ArticleAccelore Group pays 289 employees $152,755 in back wages
Texas-based logistics organisation Accelore Group, operating as Accelore Solutions and contracted with Amazon to provide package delivery services, has paid $152,755 (£117,419) in back wages to 289 employees to resolve violations of the overtime requirements under the US Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). After an investigation by the US Department ...
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ArticleImperial College Healthcare ends outsourcing and improves pay for 1,000 service staff
1,000 outsourced employees working at five hospitals belonging to Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust are to receive a pay increase and access to improved terms and conditions, after winning the right to be directly employed. This concerns 'hotel services' staff, namely those in portering, cleaning, and catering roles, working at ...
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ArticleGuy's and St Thomas' gains living wage accreditation
From April 2020, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, which employs 17,100 members of staff, has announced its commitment to pay all employees rates that at least match the London living wage, and to require all external contractors to do the same. Following this commitment, the trust has gained ...
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ArticleTate roasted for £39,500 'head of coffee' role while tension brews over pay
Something for the weekend: Art gallery Tate is looking for a new ‘head of coffee’ to join its workforce, and is offering the successful applicant a full-bodied salary of £39,500 a year. With applications closing on 9 February 2020, the ideal candidate will espresso themselves by sourcing, blending, and roasting ...
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ArticleNHS medical couriers' £1 million holiday pay claim to be concluded
Image credit: Jack SavilleNext week, the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) is set to represent 45 medical couriers in a landmark holiday pay claim worth more than £1 million, against NHS contractor The Doctors Laboratory (TDL).Dr Jason Moyer-Lee, general secretary at IWGB will represent the medical couriers, who ...
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ArticleUnipart delivery drivers accept new pay deal
NHS delivery drivers, employed by Unipart, have accepted a pay deal, ending a dispute between the organisation and 130 affected employees.The drivers regularly deliver NHS equipment supplied on behalf of Supply Chain Coordination (SCCL), which is wholly owned by the secretary of state for health and social care. Under the ...
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ArticleAverage pay dropped by 7.8% year-on-year in the final quarter of 2019
Average wages dropped by 7.8% year-on-year in the final few months of 2019; this is the first time average pay has dropped since quarter one of 2018, according to CV-Library. The quarterly report looked at job market data from throughout the fourth quarter of 2019 and compared it with the ...
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ArticleParts of Asda's job descriptions ruled inaccurate for purposes of equal pay dispute
In the week commencing 13 January 2020, Manchester Employment Tribunal ruled that supermarket retailer Asda's job descriptions for predominantly female shop floor employees 'did not go far enough as to acquiring and using knowledge' for the purposes of comparison in its ongoing equal pay dispute.Under the Equality Act 2010, even ...
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ArticleDelta Air Lines pays out $1.6 billion in profit sharing to 90,000 employees
Air travel organisation Delta Air Lines is awarding its 90,000 employees with a cash bonus equivalent to two months' pay, following the strong business performance in 2019.Employees will receive the bonus through the organisation's profit sharing scheme, which is open to all global staff who are full-time, part-time or ready ...
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ArticleHMRC publishes secondary draft legislation for April 2020 off-payroll reforms
On 22 January 2020, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) published draft secondary legislation for the off-payroll working rules (IR35) that are due to come into force in April this year. In 2000, IR35 was introduced to ensure that individuals working like employees but through their own business pay similar taxes ...
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ArticleEmperor staff to own 67% stake under new employee-ownership model
Creative consultancy Emperor is transitioning to employee ownership through an employee ownership trust (EOT), affecting 200 employees in six locations across the UK and the Middle East.The move, announced on 21 January 2020, is part of the organisation's aim to become sustainable and people-focused, by directly involving employees in business ...
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ArticleRadio 4 presenter Sarah Montague confirms £400,000 equal pay settlement with BBC
BBC Radio 4 presenter Sarah Montague has confirmed that she was recently awarded a £400,000 settlement and received an apology from the BBC following discrepancies in her pay compared to male colleagues. On 19 January 2020 Montague posted a series of Tweets addressing inaccurate reports that the settlement figure reached ...
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ArticleAldi increases minimum pay for 33,000 employees to exceed real living wage
Supermarket chain Aldi has increased hourly pay rates for its 33,000 employees, to exceed the real living wage rates recommended by the Living Wage Foundation. From 1 February 2020, Aldi's employees across all of its 874 locations will now earn a minimum hourly rate of £9.40, and £10.90 inside the ...
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ArticleFlorida theme park tester job gets 48,882 applicants in two weeks
Something for the weekend: UK-based independent Florida specialist, Ocean Florida, is giving one jet-setter the chance to travel around the sunshine state, checking out theme parks. If an all-expenses paid trip to Disney World is not quite good enough, the successful candidate will also be paid £3,000 for the three-week ...