News – Page 147
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ArticleManchester City Council signs charter to provide pay protections for care staff
Manchester City Council has committed to delivering pay protections to its employees working in the care sector, including paying staff the voluntary living wage and providing occupational sick pay.The commitment forms part of trade union Unison’s ethical care charter, which Manchester City Council signed on 23 October 2017. The charter ...
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ArticleSodexo reports a 14.9% mean gender pay gap
Facilities management service organisation Sodexo has reported a mean gender pay gap of 14.9% for hourly fixed pay as at April 2017 across its five legal entitles with more than 250 staff in the UK.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap data in line with the government’s gender pay ...
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ArticleIceland reports an unadjusted gender pay gap of 16.1% for 2016
The unadjusted gender pay gap for employees in Iceland was 16.1% in 2016, according to research by Statistics Iceland.Its gender pay gap analysis, which is based on the Structure of earnings survey and represents the difference between average gross hourly earnings of male employees and female employees as a proportion ...
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ArticleMears Group to face legal action over holiday pay
Housing maintenance organisation Mears Group is to face legal action for failing to pay Wigan and Leigh-based employees holiday pay.Trade union Unite is bringing the legal action on behalf of approximately 30 of its members who perform housing maintenance work for Mears Group on homes owned by Wigan and Leigh ...
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ArticleWeetabix Food Company reports a 5.4% mean gender pay gap
Food and cereal manufacturing organisation the Weetabix Food Company has reported a mean gender pay gap of 5.4% for fixed hourly pay as at 5 April 2017.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap data, published in its 2017 Gender pay gap report, in line with the government’s gender pay ...
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ArticleNew Zealand to increase minimum wage to $20 an hour
The national minimum wage in New Zealand is to increase by 27% to $20 (£10.50) an hour by 2020.The increase, which forms part of a coalition agreement between the New Zealand Labour Party and New Zealand First, will see the hourly minimum wage progressively rise from $15.75 (£8.27) an hour ...
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ArticleSandwell Council to pay living wage to 800 employees
Sandwell Council will enhance pay to the voluntary living wage rate for 150 council employees and 650 school staff.The pay increase, which will be effective from April 2018 and apply to staff currently on pay band A and the lower increments of pay band B, will see cleaners, learning support ...
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ArticleAustralian government confirms two-year pay deal for 33,000 public sector staff
The Australian government has confirmed a two-year pay deal for more than 33,000 public sector employees who are members of the Civil Service Association (CPSU/CSA) trade union.The two-year deal, which was voted for by CPSU/CSA members, will see state government employees receive a $1,000 (£592.67) annual pay increase from both ...
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ArticleMoyses Stevens Flowers gains living wage accreditation
Luxury florist Moyses Stevens Flowers has been accredited as a living wage employer by the Living Wage Foundation.The organisation has committed to paying its 45 direct employees and any third-party contractors who work across its seven London-based sites at least the voluntary living wage rate of £9.75 an hour. This ...
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ArticleEnterprise sales managers receive 2017’s highest bonuses
Enterprise sales managers and global account managers receive the largest median bonuses in the UK of up to £55,000 and £33,500 respectively, according to research by Glassdoor.Its UK jobs paying the highest bonuses report analysed the median compensation and median bonuses for jobs that have been anonymously shared by employees ...
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ArticleTotal pay falls by 0.3% in real terms
Total pay for employees in Great Britain, including bonuses, fell by 0.3% in real terms between June to August 2016 and June to August 2017, according to research by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).Its UK labour market: October 2017 report also found that regular pay, excluding bonus payments, fell ...
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ArticlePhiladelphia restaurant to provide $197,917 in back pay to staff
Credit: Talula's GardenPhiladelphia-based restaurant Talula’s Garden has agreed to pay 63 employees $197,917 (£149,368) in back pay to resolve minimum wage and overtime violations.An investigation conducted by the US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division in Philadelphia found that Washington Square Restaurant Partners, which trades as Talula’s Garden, has ...
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Article37% see a clear link between their pay and performance
More than a third (37%) of employee respondents working in the UK see a clear link between their pay and performance, according to research by Willis Towers Watson.Its 2016 Willis Towers Watson global workforce study, which surveyed 36,000 full-time employees working in large and midsize organisations across 29 global markets, ...
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ArticleHoliday cruise organisation to pay new role in tea and cake
Something for the weekend: Although financial compensation is the norm for the majority of job roles, cruise line organisation MSC Cruises is taking an alternative approach for its new tea and cake taster position, offering to pay the successful applicant in Yorkshire tea and a variety of cakes.The tea and ...
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ArticleNHS pay cap to be scrapped
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced that the cap on NHS pay is to be scrapped.The seven-year cap on NHS staff wages will end next year.Speaking in the House of Commons on 10 October, Hunt said: “NHS staff do a fantastic job in tough circumstances, and pay restraint has been ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Employers must tackle gender pay gap reporting now
Employee Benefits Live 2017: Employers must start tackling their gender pay gap analysis now to avoid being swamped by voluminous data sets in the run up to the government’s April 2018 deadline.Speaking at Employee Benefits Live 2017 in a session titled 'Gender pay gap reporting: getting it right', Stephen Ravenscroft ...
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ArticleEY reports a 19.7% mean gender pay gap
Professional services organisation EY has reported a mean gender pay gap of 19.7% 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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ArticleBBC reports a 10.7% mean gender pay gap
Media organisation the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has reported a mean gender pay gap of 10.7% as at 31 March 2017 for its public service staff.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap data in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations and ahead of the public sector ...
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ArticleWelsh government to introduce distinct income tax rates
The Welsh government will introduce distinct rates of income tax for UK taxpayers residing in Wales from April 2019.The new Welsh rates of income tax have been announced as part of the Welsh government’s Draft Budget 2018-2019 outline proposals report, published in October 2017. The report outlines the fiscal framework ...
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ArticleAllen and Overy increases pay by up to 4.7% for trainee and newly qualified lawyers
International law firm Allen and Overy has increased pay for its trainee and newly qualified lawyers by up to 4.7%.First year trainees will see their salaries increase from £42,000 a year to £44,000, and annual pay for second year trainees will rise to £49,000 from £47,000. Newly qualified lawyers will ...