News – Page 139
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ArticleABI voluntarily reports 16.5% median gender pay gap
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has voluntarily reported its gender pay data with a 16.5% median gender pay gap and 19.6% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay.The organisation, which employs just under 100 staff, is not legally obliged to report these details under the gender pay gap ...
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ArticleUS court rules in favour of Uber in employment status case
A US district court has ruled that drivers for taxi organisation Uber’s high-end car division are independent contractors as opposed to employees, and are therefore not entitled to wages or overtime pay.The case, Razak v Uber Technologies, involved three drivers for Uber Black claiming that they are employees instead of ...
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ArticleBritish Film Institute awards 1% pay increase
The British Film Institute (BFI) is to give staff a 1% consolidated pay increase, effective from May 2018.The one-year cost of living award, which was negotiated with trade unions Bectu and Unite, includes back pay to 1 April 2017.BFI and the trade unions are currently negotiating to agree a new ...
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ArticleTGI Friday’s waiters to be balloted for strike action in a dispute over tips and minimum wage
Waiters at American restaurant chain TGI Friday’s who are members of the trade union Unite, are to be balloted for strike action in a dispute over the organisation’s tip policy and minimum wage non-compliance.Waiters who work at TGI Friday’s Covent Garden and Milton Keynes branches will be balloted between Wednesday ...
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ArticleLocal Government Association offers two-year pay deal
The Local Government Association has offered local authority staff in England and Wales a two-year pay deal, including pay rises of up to 16%.The pay offer, which has been accepted by trade union Unison, includes a 16% pay increase for employees on the lowest scale point six, a pay rise ...
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ArticleFCC Environment recycling employees strike in sick pay dispute
Recycling employees at waste management organisation FCC Environment who are members of the trade union Unison are undertaking two weeks of strike action in a dispute over sick pay.The Hull-based recycling staff began strike action on 29 March 2018.The dispute regards FCC Environment’s sick pay scheme, which is currently only ...
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ArticleLovewell's logic - Gender pay gap reporting: the final frenzy
This Wednesday (4 April) saw us reach the deadline for private sector organisations with more than 250 employees to report their gender pay gap data.Over the last few months, there has been much discussion about when employers should choose to report their figures. One school of thought was that it ...
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ArticleKaren Millen reports a 50% mean gender pay gap
Fashion brand Karen Millen has reported a 50% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay.The organisation reported its gender pay gap data in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations and in time for the private sector submission deadline of 4 April 2018.The gender pay gap reporting ...
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ArticleApple reports a 5% mean gender pay gap
Technology organisation Apple has reported a 5% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay as at 5 April 2017.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap data across three UK legal entities in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations and in time for the private sector ...
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ArticleRyanair reports a 67% mean gender pay gap
Airline organisation Ryanair has reported a 67% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay as at 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 April 2018.The gender ...
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ArticleSunderland Association Football Club reports an 85.1% mean gender pay gap
Sports organisation Sunderland Association Football Club (Sunderland AFC) has reported an 85.1% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay.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 April 2018.The ...
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ArticleRoyal Mail to proceed with pay and collective DC pension scheme deal
Postal organisation Royal Mail is to proceed with its new pay and pensions structure after approximately 110,000 employees, who are members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) trade union, voted in favour of the agreement.The deal, which was initially proposed in February 2018 after CWU members voted for industrial action ...
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ArticleDirect Line Group to introduce new minimum salary and award free shares
Insurance organisation Direct Line Group is to introduce a new minimum salary for its 11,000 UK employees from 1 April 2018, as well as award a £500 free share to certain staff members.The new minimum salary will be set at £17,000 a year for employees contracted to work 35 hours ...
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ArticleIkea reports a 6.9% mean gender pay gap for retail employees
Homewear retail organisation Ikea has reported a 6.9% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay across 10,000 retail employees, and a 10.6% mean gender pay gap in favour of women across its 900 distribution employees.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap data in line with the government’s gender ...
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ArticleMercer reports a 32.3% mean gender pay gap
Global consulting organisation Mercer has reported a 32.3% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay.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 April 2018.The gender pay gap reporting ...
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ArticleWillis Towers Watson reports a 38.9% mean gender pay gap
Global advisory and broking organisation Willis Towers Watson has reported a 38.9% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay as at April 2017.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap data across its two UK legal entities in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations and ahead ...
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ArticleDPD to give delivery drivers paid leave, pension and sick pay in new worker contract
Parcel delivery organisation DPD is to give its delivery drivers paid annual leave, pension entitlement and sick pay under a new self-employed worker contract.The new contract will offer all of DPD’s delivery drivers the choice of being directly employed by DPD or to work with the organisation on a self-employed ...
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ArticleEquality and Human Rights Commission publishes final gender pay gap enforcement action
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has published its final report detailing the procedures for enforcement action relating to the gender pay gap reporting regulations.Its Closing the gap: enforcing the gender pay gap regulations report outlines the different stages of legal action that all non-compliant employers will face after the ...
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ArticleStefan Martin: What can employers learn from the Tesco and Morrisons equal pay cases?
According to newspaper reports, several supermarket chains are either already facing, or are preparing to face, large numbers of equal pay cases. Female workers in stores are claiming that they are engaged in work of equal value to that of male employees working in distribution centres and are entitled to ...
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ArticleDónall Breen: What can employers learn from the Tesco and Morrisons equal pay cases?
As the saying goes, learn from the mistakes of others because you cannot afford to make them all yourself. Especially not ones as big as a mass equal pay claim. That is why so many private sector employers, lawyers and campaigners are closely following the Tesco, Asda, Sainsburys and, most ...