News – Page 145
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ArticlePrimark and Sports Direct named on minimum wage non-compliance list
Retail organisations Primark and Sports Direct are among the 260 employers named by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) for failure to pay employees the national minimum wage and national living wage.Primark, which ranked third on the government’s list of organisations that have underpaid staff the minimum ...
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ArticleScott's stance: Reporting ethnicity pay gaps creates roadmap to inclusive workplace cultures
This week, professional services organisation Deloitte UK voluntarily reported its ethnicity pay gap for black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) staff for the first time, reporting a mean ethnicity pay gap of 12.9% for fixed hourly pay and a mean ethnicity bonus gap of 41.9%.With gender pay gap reporting building ...
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ArticleDeloitte UK reports a 12.9% mean ethnicity pay gap
Professional services firm Deloitte UK has reported a 12.9% mean ethnicity pay gap for fixed hourly pay between black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) employees and non-BAME employees across the organisation.Deloitte UK is reporting its ethnicity pay gap for the first time this year, illustrating the percentage difference for salary ...
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ArticleWest Ham United Football Club gains living wage accreditation
West Ham United Football Club has been accredited as a living wage employer by the Living Wage Foundation.The organisation, which is the third Premier League football club to become a living wage employer, has committed to paying its 200 permanent employees, as well as any third-party contractors, at least the ...
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ArticleAdvertised salaries increase by 1.9% year-on-year
Advertised salaries in the UK have increased by 1.9% year-on-year as at November 2017, according to research by CV Library.Its analysis of its job market data also found that advertised UK salaries increased by 1.3% between October 2017 and November 2017.Advertised salaries for jobs in the education sector in the ...
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ArticleHigh Court rules Morrisons is liable in payroll data leak case
The High Court has ruled that retailer Morrisons is legally responsible for a payroll data leak committed by a former employee.The two-week High Court trial, which commenced on Monday 9 October 2017, was a class action lawsuit brought by 5,518 current and former Morrisons employees, seeking compensation after a payroll ...
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ArticleAccenture reports a 16.7% mean gender pay gap
Global management consultancy and professional services organisation Accenture has reported a 16.7% 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 ...
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ArticleShell UK reports a 22.2% mean gender pay gap
Energy and fuel organisation Shell UK has reported a mean gender pay gap of 22.2% for fixed hourly pay across its seven employing entities with more than 250 employees and five employing entities with less than 250 employees as at 5 April 2017.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap ...
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ArticlePoll: 46% believe Uber drivers and Deliveroo riders should be treated equally
Employee Benefits poll: Under half (46%) of respondents feel that Uber drivers and Deliveroo riders should be treated equally in terms of access to employment rights, such as receiving holiday pay and the national minimum wage.A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 52 responses, also found that 31% are ...
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ArticleKingston Smith reports a 7% mean gender pay gap
Accountancy organisation Kingston Smith has reported a mean gender pay gap of 7% 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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ArticleEU court rules workers are entitled to holiday pay for accrued annual leave
The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that a retired worker can claim holiday pay for both unpaid or untaken annual leave accrued during his 13-year tenure.In the case, King v The Sash Window Workshop and Dollar, King worked as a window salesman on a self-employed, commission-only ...
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ArticleWest End theatre employees accept three-year pay deal
Employees who work in London’s West End theatres and are members of the Bectu trade union have voted to accept a three-year pay deal.The pay deal, offered by employers’ body The Society of London Theatre (Solt), will be backdated to 2 October 2017 and include a 3.5% pay increase for ...
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ArticleAverage advertised UK salaries increase by 0.8%
The average advertised salary in the UK increased by 0.8% from £31,929 in September 2017 to £32,174 in October 2017, according to research by Adzuna.Its UK job market report: November 2017, which analyses online job vacancy data in the UK from over 500 sources, also found that the average advertised ...
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ArticleLondon has the largest regional gender pay gap
London is the UK region with the biggest gender pay gap on average for full-time employees, according to research by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).Its analysis, which is based on adult rates of pay for employees aged between 18 and 49 whose pay for the survey’s pay period was ...
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ArticleArriva North West employees plan further strike action over pay
Arriva North West bus drivers and engineering employees are planning a further 10 24-hour strikes in their continued dispute over pay.More than 2,000 members of trade unions Unite and GMB, who work across 11 depots, will continue with industrial action with the next strike scheduled for Monday 27 November.The dispute ...
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ArticleNational living wage to increase to £7.83 an hour from April 2018
Autumn Budget 2017: The national living wage will increase to £7.83 an hour from April 2018, Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced.On the recommendation of the independent Low Pay Commission (LPC), the national living wage will increase by 4.4%, taking the current minimum level of pay for individuals aged 25 and ...
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ArticleGovernment to increase personal allowance and higher-rate tax threshold
Autumn Budget 2017: The tax-free personal allowance limit and higher-rate tax threshold will increase from April 2018.In his Autumn Budget 2017 speech today (22 November), Chancellor Philip Hammond confirmed that the tax-free personal allowance will increase to £11,850 in April 2018, an increase of £350 from the current allowance of ...
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ArticleLeicester City Council to pay 1,800 staff living wage increase
Leicester City Council is to increase pay for 1,800 employees in line with the voluntary living wage increased rate of £8.75.The living wage rate was raised on 5 November 2017 to £8.75 an hour for employees working across the UK. In December, approximately 1,800 of the council's low-paid workers will ...
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ArticleGovernment publishes draft gig economy bill
The Work and Pensions Committee and the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee have published a draft bill setting out proposed legislation which, if passed, would assume 'worker by default' status for individuals working in the gig economy and entitle them to employment rights such as the national minimum wage, ...
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ArticleBritish Steel offers 4% pay rise to 4,800 staff
Steel manufacturing organisation British Steel has offered a 4% pay increase to 4,800 employees based in the UK and France.The pay rise, which will be delivered over a two-year period, forms part of an in-principle agreement with trade unions Community, GMB and Unite for 2017’s pay and conditions claim.Formal agreement ...