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ArticleDaisuke Nishihara: What are the implications of the cryptocurrency pay movement?
In February 2018, we at the Tokyo-based GMO Internet Group introduced a system that enables our employees to receive part of their salaries in bitcoin for the March pay period, if they wish to do so.This system was established with the aim of encouraging employees to improve their cryptocurrency literacy, ...
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ArticleSavills gains living wage accreditation
Property advice organisation Savills has been accredited as a living wage employer by the Living Wage Foundation.The organisation has committed to paying its 6,300 permanent UK-based employees, as well as any third-party contractors, at least the voluntary living wage rate of £10.55 an hour for staff working in London, or ...
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ArticleAllen and Overy reports a 17.1% mean gender pay gap for London staff
Image credit: DutchMen / Shutterstock.comLaw firm Allen and Overy has reported a 17.1% mean gender pay gap for its London-based employees’ fixed hourly pay, as at 5 April 2019; the organisation reported a 20% mean gender pay gap for April 2018.The firm reported its gender pay gap data in line ...
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ArticleConservative party pledges to reduce age threshold for national living wage
During the 2019 Conservative Party Conference, held at Manchester Central between 29 September and 2 October 2019, chancellor of the exchequer Sajid Javid (pictured) committed the party to reducing the age threshold for the national living wage from 25 to 21, in recognition of younger employees' workplace contributions.Javid told conference ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Metropolitan Police uses returners programme to address pay gap
Employee Benefits Live 2019: The Metropolitan Police Service has taken steps to address its gender pay gap and increase female representation in its workforce, using its women’s returners programme.The programme, which is a high-level internship scheme, aims to support female officers in the return to work after a career break.Addressing ...
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ArticleRed Cedar Enterprises to pay $178,784 in back wages and fringe benefits
Oklahoma-based technical support services organisation Red Cedar Enterprises is to pay eight employees a total of $178,784 (£145,234.77) in back pay, as well as fringe benefits, for violating service contract provisions.An investigation conducted by the US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) found that Red Cedar Enterprises had ...
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ArticleCH and Co staff accept financial settlement to mitigate strike action
Five kitchen-based members of staff employed by hospitality catering business CH and Co at co-educational independent day school Colfe’s School have voted to accept a confidential financial settlement in order to mitigate strike action.The planned industrial action, organised by trade union Unite on behalf of members employed by CH and ...
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ArticleUniversity of Liverpool campus support staff strike over pay and conditions
Campus support and services employees at the University of Liverpool are undertaking continued industrial action this week in a dispute over pay and working conditions.The 28 campus support and services staff who are members of trade union Unite began this series of strikes with a 24-hour stoppage on Saturday 21 ...
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ArticleDomino's hunts for carb connoisseur to taste test garlic bread for $30 per hour
Something for the weekend: Pizza restaurant and delivery chain Domino's Pizza Enterprises is on the hunt for a garlic bread aficionado to spend a day sampling products at the organisation's headquarters in Brisbane, Australia.The job advertisement, posted on LinkedIn on 24 September 2019, asks for carb-obsessed candidates who are well ...
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ArticleGravity Payments to extend $70,000 minimum wage to new staff
Seattle-based credit processing and financial services organisation Gravity Payments has announced that employees in its new Boise office will start earning a minimum wage of $70,000 (£56,833) per year by 2024.In 2015, Gravity Payments made the commitment to implement this minimum wage for its employees, for the purpose of which ...
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ArticleLabour pledges 32-hour week, end of zero hours and to tackle menopause stigma
During the 2019 Labour Party Conference, which took place from Saturday 21 to Wednesday 25 September, shadow chancellor of the exchequer John McDonnell MP (pictured) committed the party to start work implementing a 32-hour average working week, with no reductions to pay, during its next term in government.The move to ...
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ArticleOmniserv employees at Heathrow Airport to receive London living wage in 2020
Employees working for airline and airport solutions provider Omniserv at Heathrow, and who are members of trade union GMB, are to receive the London living wage no later than February 2020.The London living wage, covering all boroughs of Greater London, is currently set at £10.55 per hour, compared to the ...
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ArticleJersey minimum wage to rise by 1.8% in October 2019
The minimum wage in Jersey is set to increase to £8.02 per hour on 1 October 2019 for all employees over the age of 16.This will be the second increase of 2019; on 1 April 2019 the minimum wage rate in Jersey rose from £7.50 to £7.88, an increase of ...
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ArticleMedical and dental staff in Wales to receive 2.5% pay increase
Medical and dental staff working for the National Health Service (NHS) in Wales have been awarded a 2.5% increase to basic pay, backdated to April 2019.The changes to pay for public sector doctors and dentists in Wales were announced on 11 September 2019, in a written cabinet statement by Vaughan ...
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ArticleMedirest employees stage second protest over pay at Northwick Park Hospital
Image credit: GMBEmployees of healthcare catering and facility management services provider Medirest, who are members of trade union GMB and work at Northwick Park Hospital, are undertaking a protest today (19 Septmeber 2019) in reaction to complaints over pay, management practices and heavy workloads.Medirest, part of Compass Group UK, provides ...
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ArticleRoadchef launches flexible pay benefit for 3,300 UK employees
Motorway service area operator Roadchef has launched a benefit allowing its 3,300 UK employees to access their wages throughout the month, in an effort to reduce reliance on overdrafts and payday loans.The new benefit, provided by Wagestream, offers staff the opportunity to use a mobile app to access and withdraw ...
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ArticleFour-fifths of UK employees cite salary as important for their happiness at work
Around four-fifths (86%) of UK employees cite salary as the most important factor contributing to their happiness at work, according to research by Capita.The state of IT: The employee verdict, a report which surveyed 2,000 UK professionals who use a computer to access data and applications, also found that 75% ...
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ArticleTwo-fifths of UK employees cite flexible hours as most important job element
More than two-fifths (44%) of UK employees cite the ability to work flexible hours as the most important element of a job, according to research by Jellyfish Training.Its survey of 2,000 full and part-time professionals in the UK also found that 40% of respondents believe praise and recognition of their ...
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ArticleCapita to pay all UK employees at least the voluntary living wage
Professional services and business process outsourcing organisation Capita is to pay all UK employees at least the voluntary living wage from April 2020, improving base salaries for approximately 6,000 members of staff.From next April, Capita will pay its UK-based staff at least £9.00 an hour, in line with the living ...
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ArticleA third of employees at UK SMEs do not receive any workplace benefits
Just over a fifth (22%) of UK employees say that their employer does not provide any employee benefits; this increases to 34% for employees working at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), according to research by Moorepay.The engaged employer, a report which surveyed 2,053 employees and 556 employers in the UK, ...