News – Page 152
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ArticleFirefighters to consult on four-year pay deal
Firefighters who are members of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) will consult on proposals for a four-year pay deal, which includes a 2% pay increase in 2017.The pay deal, which has been proposed by the Fire and Rescue Services National Employers, features a 2% increase in basic pay from 1 ...
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ArticleRangers Football Club loses appeal in employee benefits trust tax case
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by Rangers Football Club (RFC) in a case regarding income tax and national insurance liabilities for the organisation’s employee benefits trust (EBT) scheme.The case relates to the assessment from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) that the EBT arrangements and sub-trusts set up on ...
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ArticleSerco staff at Barts Health NHS Trust strike over pay dispute
Members of trade union Unite who work for public services organisation Serco and are based at hospitals within Barts Health NHS Trust are taking strike action in a dispute over pay.Cleaners, domestic staff, porters, and security staff based across four London hospitals in the Barts Health NHS Trust began 48 ...
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ArticleAddison Lee to face legal action over holiday pay and minimum wage
Taxi organisation Addison Lee is to face legal action over the status of its drivers and their entitlement to workers’ rights, such as holiday pay and the national minimum wage.The legal action is being brought by the GMB trade union on behalf of three Addison Lee drivers, who are being ...
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ArticleFinancial Ombudsman Service gains living wage accreditation
The Financial Ombudsman Service has been accredited as a living wage employer by the Living Wage Foundation.The organisation has committed to paying its 3,413 employees at least the voluntary living wage rate of £8.45 an hour, or £9.75 an hour for employees working in London. The new wage rate will ...
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ArticleBentley agrees 6.5% pay increase for Cheshire-based staff
Luxury car manufacturer Bentley has agreed a 6.5% pay increase for more than 2,000 employees based in Crewe, Cheshire, as part of a new pay deal.The pay deal, which was negotiated with trade union Unite, will be backdated to 1 January 2017. The deal will see employees’ working hours reduced ...
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ArticlePWC narrows its mean gender pay gap to 13.7%
Professional services organisation PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) has seen its mean gender pay gap narrow from 15.2% in 2016 to 13.7% for hourly fixed pay at April 2017.PWC has reported its snapshot data for 5 April 2017 in compliance with gender pay gap reporting regulations, which includes publishing the data on the ...
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ArticleDepartment for Education reports a 5.3% mean gender pay gap
The Department for Education has reported a mean gender pay gap of 5.3% for hourly fixed pay across its UK-based workforce.The government department has recorded its snapshot data for 31 March 2017 in compliance with gender pay gap reporting regulations. The data has been published on the government’s gender pay ...
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ArticleResearch shows advertised salaries fall by 1%
The average advertised UK salary fell by 1% between May 2016 and May 2017, according to research by Adzuna.Its UK job market report: June 2017, which analyses online job vacancy data in the UK from over 500 sources, found that the average advertised UK salary increased by 0.2% between April ...
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ArticleTesco to increase hourly pay to £8.42 for store staff
Retail organisation Tesco will increase pay for hourly-paid store employees by 10.5% as part of a new pay deal, with the hourly rate set to reach £8.42 an hour by November 2018.The pay rise will be implemented in three stages over the next two years. Pay will increase from £7.62 ...
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ArticleAustralian public office staff to receive 2% pay rise
Australian employees in public office positions are to receive a 2% pay increase following the latest decision by Australia's Remuneration Tribunal.The pay increase will apply to staff in senior offices in the public service and statutory agencies, certain government-owned businesses and part-time offices, secretaries of departments, the federal judiciary, and ...
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ArticleAtlanta City Council to increase minimum wage to $13 an hour
Atlanta City Council is to increase its minimum wage for full-time city employees from $10.10 (£7.97) an hour to $13 (£10.26) an hour.The increase in minimum wage, which will come into effect on 1 July 2017, will impact 360 full-time employees.The minimum wage increase forms part of the city’s $648.6 ...
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ArticleAustralian Football League pay deal links remuneration to industry revenues
Athletes who play in the Australian Football League (AFL) will see their pay increase under a new six-year collective bargaining agreement (CBA), which links pay to industry revenue streams.The new arrangement, which was agreed by the AFL Players’ Association (AFLPA) and the Australian Football League (AFL), will increase total player ...
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Article44% would consider leaving their job if paid incorrectly
More than two-fifths (44%) of global employee respondents would consider leaving their job if they were paid incorrectly, according to research by global HR and payroll service provider SD Worx.Its survey of 4,000 employees who work in organisations with between 10 and 10,000 employees in the UK, France, Austria, the ...
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Article30% of private sector staff do not know if they are being rewarded equally
Less than a third (30%) of private sector employee respondents do not know if they are paid or rewarded equally in relation to their colleagues, compared to 17% of public sector employee respondents, according to research by professional services organisation Badenoch and Clark.Its Inspiring inclusion in the workplace report, which ...
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ArticleGlasgow City Council is refused appeal in equal pay case
Scotland's Court of Session has refused Glasgow City Council's appeal bid in a long-running equal pay case.Around 6,000 female staff brought equal pay claims against Glasgow City Council, arguing that pay protection measures that had been implemented as part of a pay re-structure to equalise men and women’s pay discriminated ...
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ArticleFamily offers £50,000 salary for live-in nanny at haunted house
Something for the weekend: When looking for a new job, an attractive salary can certainly be a deciding factor to help narrow down what roles to apply for. One family is offering a stand-out salary of £50,000 a year for a live-in nanny. Not only will the successful candidate have ...
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ArticleNew York Uber drivers classified as employees in unemployment insurance case
A New York administrative law judge has ruled that drivers who work for taxi organisation Uber are employees rather than independent contractors in a case centred around the drivers' eligibility for unemployment benefits.The case involves three former drivers, represented by Brooklyn Legal Services and the New York Taxi Workers Association ...
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ArticleAge UK Nottingham and Nottinghamshire gains living wage accreditation
Age UK Nottingham and Nottinghamshire has been accredited as a living wage employer by the Living Wage Foundation.The charity has committed to paying its 127 employees at least the voluntary living wage rate of £8.45 an hour. This will apply to both direct staff and third-party contractors.The living wage is ...
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ArticleResearch shows total pay falls by 0.4%
Total pay, including bonuses, fell by 0.4% in real terms for employees in Great Britain between February-April 2016 and February-April 2017, according to research by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).Its UK labour market: June 2017 report, also found that regular pay, excluding bonuses, fell by 0.6% in real terms ...