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ArticleGlasgow City Council agrees 6% annual pay increase for school janitors
Janitors who work for Glasgow City Council in primary, nursery and additional support for learning (ASL) schools and are members of the trade union Unison have agreed a 6% annual pay increase following a long-running pay dispute.The pay deal, which came into effect on 14 August 2017, will increase the ...
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ArticleEmployers expect median basic pay to rise by 1%
Median basic pay is expected to increase by 1% over the 12 months to June 2018, according to research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and the Adecco Group.Its Labour market outlook: summer 2017 report, which surveyed 1,139 HR professionals and senior decision makers, also found that ...
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ArticleNorthern gains living wage accreditation
Rail operation organisation Northern, which employs 5,600 staff, has been accredited as a living wage employer by the Living Wage Foundation.The organisation has increased pay for 185 employees, including train presentation operatives, to raise wages from £7.83 an hour to the voluntary living wage rate of £8.45 an hour. The ...
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ArticleEAT ruling on voluntary overtime's inclusion in holiday pay raises practical considerations
In July 2017, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) dismissed an appeal by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, ruling that voluntary overtime should be included in calculations for holiday pay.The case, Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council v Mr G. Willetts and others, was originally brought to the Employment Tribunal (ET) by 56 council ...
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ArticlePoll: 43% believe financial penalties will help to close the gender pay gap
Employee Benefits poll: Two-fifths (43%) of employer respondents believe that financial penalties would help to close the gender pay gap.A poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 54 responses, also found that a similar proportion of respondents (41%) do not feel that financial penalties would be an effective way of tackling ...
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ArticleSainsbury’s awards 4.4% pay increase to 135,000 store employees
Supermarket organisation Sainsbury’s is to award approximately 135,000 UK store-based employees a 4.4% pay rise, increasing the base rate of pay to £8 an hour.The pay increase, which will also apply to employees under the age of 25, will come into effect from 27 August 2017.Some employees, who are contracted ...
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ArticlePimlico Plumbers granted right to appeal in employment-status case
Pimlico Plumbers has been granted the right to appeal a Court of Appeal decision which ruled that former plumber Gary Smith worked for the organisation as a worker rather than as a self-employed contractor, entitling him to employment rights such as access to reasonable adjustments and holiday pay.The case, Pimlico ...
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ArticleDuncan Brown: What can employers learn from the BBC's pay gap?
First, it is not just the absolute size of the gap: and…Second, communications are key. “You’re an industry doing so well, soon you’ll be able to afford a BBC man.” This was Emily Maitlis speaking at the TechUK Annual Dinner on 19 July, after learning fellow Newsnight presenter Evan Davis ...
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ArticleSuzanne Horne: What can employers learn from the BBC's pay gap?
The BBC may be one of the first organisations to face the backlash for differences between how much male and female employees are paid, but it certainly will not be the last.The new government rules and public pressure will see to that, making it vital that those firms that fall ...
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ArticlePatrick Woodman: What can employers learn from the BBC's pay gap?
Revelations about the gender pay gap among the BBC’s leading broadcasters generated a huge amount of media discussion in July. But as many businesses are quietly realising, the reality is very similar for their employees, and transparency is headed their way too.Research by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and XpertHR, ...
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ArticleHMRC advisory panel rules that gold bullion cannot be used to reward staff
The General Anti-Abuse Rule (GAAR) advisory panel has ruled that it is not a reasonable course of action for organisations to reward their employees using gold bullion in order to avoid remuneration-associated tax payments.The GAAR advisory panel, which is an independent body within HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) that deals ...
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ArticleClyde Paper and Print gains living wage accreditation
Paper product and print media organisation Clyde Paper and Print has been accredited as a living wage employer by the Living Wage Foundation.The organisation, which employs 15 staff across its Glasgow and London offices, has been accredited for its commitment to paying both direct employees and third-party contractors at least ...
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ArticleAddison Lee courier wins holiday pay claim in employment-status case
The Central London Employment Tribunal has ruled that private car and courier organisation Addison Lee has unlawfully failed to pay a former cycle courier for a weeks’ holiday, misclassifying the courier as self-employed rather than as a worker.In the case Mr C. Gascoigne v Addison Lee, former cycle courier Gascoigne, ...
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ArticleCorporate hospitality organisation offers £50,000 for Donald Trump lookalike
Photo: Gage SkidmoreSomething for the weekend: A high salary can often act as an incentive to attract candidates to unusual job roles they may not have previously considered. Boutique corporate hospitality organisation Team Tactics has decided to use a stand-out salary as the main motivator in its most recent job ...
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ArticleAverage FTSE 100 chief executive pay falls to £4.5m
Chief executive officers (CEOs) who work for the UK’s top 100 organisations receive an average annual pay package of £4.5 million a year, according to research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and the High Pay Centre.The Review of FTSE 100 executive pay packages report, which analysed ...
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ArticleEmployment tribunal rules against Addison Lee in employment status case
The London Central Employment Tribunal has ruled that a former cycle courier who worked for car and courier organisation Addison Lee was employed as a worker, not as an independent contractor, and should have been entitled to employment rights including holiday pay and the national minimum wage.Christopher Gascoigne, who worked ...
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ArticleBritish Land gains living wage accreditation for London sites
Commercial property organisation British Land has been accredited as a living wage employer by the Living Wage Foundation.The organisation has committed to paying its 680 permanent employees and third-party contractors who work at its three London mixed-use campuses, based at Broadgate, Paddington Central and Regent’s Place, at least the voluntary ...
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ArticleAverage advertised salaries fall by 0.6%
Average advertised salaries in the UK fell by 0.6% between June 2016 and June 2017, according to research by Adzuna.Its UK job market report: July 2017, which analyses online job vacancy data in the UK from over 500 sources, found that the average advertised UK salary decreased by 0.7% between ...
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ArticleEAT rules that voluntary overtime should be included in holiday pay
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has dismissed an appeal by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, ruling that voluntary overtime should be taken into account when calculating holiday pay.The case, Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council v Mr G. Willetts and others, involves 56 council employees who work as electricians, plumbers, roofers, storemen, operations ...
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ArticleBank of England staff strike over pay dispute
Maintenance, parlour and security employees who work at the Bank of England and are members of the trade union Unite are undertaking a three-day strike in a dispute over pay.The industrial action began at 8.15am today (Tuesday 1 August) with a demonstration outside of the Bank of England, London. The ...