News – Page 144
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ArticleAverage median HR salary in UK is £47,919
The average median salary for HR professionals working in the UK is £47,919 a year, according to research by Croner Reward.Its HR salary survey, which surveyed 316 organisations with 1,427 job roles, also found that HR professionals’ salaries across the UK are up to 24% less than median HR salaries ...
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ArticleTenet Group reports a 28% mean gender pay gap
Financial advice organisation Tenet Group has reported a 28% 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 deadline of 4 ...
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ArticleCMS reports a 17.3% mean gender pay gap
Law firm CMS has reported a 17.3% 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 deadline of 4 April 2018.The ...
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ArticleHerbert Smith Freehills reports a 19% mean gender pay gap
Law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has reported a 19% 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 deadline of 4 ...
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ArticleShoosmiths reports a 15.41% mean gender pay gap
Law firm Shoosmiths has reported a 15.41% 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 deadline of 4 April 2018.The ...
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ArticleCIPP gains living wage accreditation
Membership organisation The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) has been accredited as a living wage employer by the Living Wage Foundation.The organisation has committed to paying its 60 permanent employees, as well as any third-party contractors, at least the voluntary living wage rate of £8.75 an hour for staff ...
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ArticleJCB gives shop floor employees 3.9% pay increase
Construction equipment manufacturing organisation JCB has awarded 3,200 shop floor employees a 3.9% pay increase.The pay rise, which is effective from 1 January 2018, is part of a three-year pay deal that was agreed with trade union GMB in 2016. The pay award is linked to November 2017’s retail prices ...
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ArticleMcDonald's recommends pay increase for 115,000 UK staff
Restaurant organisation McDonald's has recommended a pay increase for its 115,000 UK employees working across its 1,200 national franchised restaurants, effective from 22 January 2018.The new hourly rates of pay have been recommended to rise to between £5.75 and £7 an hour for crew members aged between 16 and 17, ...
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ArticleAldi to increase pay for 5,000 UK store assistants
Supermarket organisation Aldi is to increase its minimum hourly rate of pay for more than 5,000 UK-based store assistants from 1 February 2018.Store assistants working across Aldi’s 762 national sites will earn a minimum of £8.85 an hour from 1 February 2018, while store assistants based in its London shops ...
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ArticleScott’s stance: Enforcing gender pay gap reporting plants clear business focus on pay equality
On 19 December 2017, The Equality and Human Rights Commission launched a consultation into draft regulations for the enforcement process that will be taken against employers who do not comply with gender pay gap reporting requirements.The consultation, which is running between 19 December 2017 and 2 February 2018, is seeking ...
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ArticleGoodwood-based Rolls-Royce staff accept two-year pay deal
Rolls-Royce employees who are based at the car manufacturing organisation’s Goodwood site and who are members of the trade union Unite, have voted to accept a two-year pay deal.The pay deal, which will benefit 500 employees working at the West Sussex site, will include a 3.5% increase on top of ...
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ArticleIceland passes law to make it illegal to pay men more than women
Iceland is the first country to pass a law to make it illegal for men to be paid more than women.The legislation came in to effect on 1 January 2018, will see organisations with more than 25 employees having to obtain a government certification for their equal-pay policies. Those failing ...
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ArticleUK wage growth predicted to fall in 2018
UK employees will be set for a financial blow with real wages set to fall again in 2018, according to a Trades Union Congress (TUC) report published 29th December 2017.The TUC’s analysis of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) forecast reveals that pay growth in the UK is ...
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ArticleThe Equality and Human Rights Commission consults on draft regulations for gender pay gap reporting enforcement
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has launched a consultation into draft regulations for the enforcement process that will be taken against employers who do not comply with gender pay gap reporting requirements.The consultation, which is running between 19 December 2017 and 2 February 2018, is seeking to gather feedback ...
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ArticleAlex M Adamson gains living wage accreditation
Sheriff office and debt collection agency Alex M Adamson has been accredited as a living wage employer by the Living Wage Foundation.The organisation has committed to paying its 57 permanent employees, as well as any third-party contractors, working across its five operating sites at least the voluntary living wage rate ...
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ArticleSlaughter and May increases pay for junior lawyers
Global law firm Slaughter and May is to increase pay for its trainee and junior lawyers from January 2018, and will pay its associates bonuses of up to 16% for 2017.First-year trainees will see their pay increase from £43,000 a year to £44,000 from January 2018, second-year trainees will receive ...
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ArticleTotal pay falls by 0.2% in real terms
Total pay for employees in Great Britain, including bonuses, fell by 0.2% in real terms between August to October 2016 and August to October 2017, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).Its UK labour market: December 2017 report also found that regular pay, excluding bonus payments, fell ...
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Article70% believe reporting will help to reduce the gender pay gap
More than three-quarters (70%) of employer respondents believe that gender pay gap reporting will help to reduce the gender pay gap, according to research by the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD).Its Reward management: focus on pay report, which surveyed 715 employers, also found that 67% think it will ...
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ArticleRoyal Mail to face legal action over holiday pay and minimum wage
Royal Mail is to face legal action over the status of its courier drivers and their entitlement to employment rights, such as holiday pay and the national minimum wage.The legal action is being brought to the Employment Tribunal (ET) by trade union GMB on behalf of four courier drivers who ...
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ArticleCBRE staff based at the Royal Berkshire Hospital to receive 5% pay rise
Maintenance employees who work for property organisation CBRE at the Royal Berkshire Hospital are to receive a minimum 5% pay rise.Employees, who are also members of trade union GMB, will receive a 5% pay increase awarded as back pay in their December salary. This has been calculated as a 1% ...