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Article1,900 Port of Felixstowe employees strike in pay row
Credit: SciPhi.tv / Shutterstock.comMore than 1,900 crane drivers, machine operators and stevedores employed by the Port of Felixstowe have commenced eight days of strike action as part of a pay dispute.The strike began yesterday and is set to end on 29 August. Trade union Unite said the employer has failed ...
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Article4Com gives staff extra £200 a month to help with energy bills
UK telecommunications provider 4Com has introduced an additional £200 a month payment for every member of staff in response to growing concerns around energy bills.The energy support bonus, implemented as a result of forecasts projecting that energy bills could reach above £4,000 a year from January 2023 and in order ...
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ArticleKier Group introduces enhanced sick pay policy for 10,800 construction staff
Credit: Paul Maguire / Shutterstock.comConstruction business Kier Group has agreed to implement day one sick pay above statutory levels for 10,800 of its employees as of September, following a campaign by the union Unite.The highway maintenance workers will now receive sick pay of up to £100 per day from the ...
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ArticleStaff at DHL Life Sciences Banbury secure 9% pay rise
Staff employed at DHL Life Sciences Banbury have voted to accept a 9% pay increase and one waiting-day policy for sickness absence.The members of staff, who are members of the union GMB, are in charge of warehousing medical devices, pharmaceutical and clinical trials logistics and supply chain.The union carried out ...
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ArticleRoyal London gives lower-paid employees £1,000 pay rise
Insurance group Royal London has pledged to give all permanent and fixed-term employees on full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries of less than £40,000 per annum a £1,000 FTE pay increase.The organisation employs more than 4,000 workers, and the pay rise will take effect from October for around half of its workforce, ...
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ArticleYorkshire Building Society gives staff £1,200 cost-of-living payment
Yorkshire Building Society has awarded the majority of its employees a one-off £1,200 payment in order to boost its financial support and help with the rising cost-of-living.All eligible members of staff will receive the payment in September, subject to the usual deductions. Chief officers, directors and any employees working their ...
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ArticleUber agrees to pay rises for 70,000 UK drivers
Around 70,000 Uber drivers based in the UK have secured a pay rise following successful negotiations with trade union GMB.Wages will increase at varying rates for different cities, linked to fare rises. In London, prices are set to go up by an average of 5%. Uber has also stated that ...
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ArticleNationwide Building Society gives staff £1,200 cost-of-living payment
Nationwide Building Society has awarded its more than 11,000 members of staff with a £1,200 one-off payment as it increases support during the cost-of-living crisis.The payment has been introduced for those who earn £35,000 or less per year, which is 61% of its 18,000-strong workforce. It will be paid in ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 35% of employers will not change pay despite rising living costs
More than a third (35%) of employers are not planning on making any changes to pay policies in light of the current economic environment, according to research by insurance brokerage, risk management and consulting services firm Gallagher.Conversely, 40% of employers said they have demonstrated their commitment to supporting employees financially ...
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ArticleMedian monthly pay up by 6.6% in July 2022
Early estimates for July 2022 from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) indicate that median monthly pay was £2,108, a 6.6% increase compared with the same period last year.According to the findings, pay growth fluctuated around 3.6% until 2020 when it became negative, following an increasing pay growth trend between ...
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ArticleBritish Airways staff secure 13% raise in bid to reinstate 2019 pay levels
A total of 16,000 British Airways staff have won a 13% pay increase after receiving pay cuts during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Employees will be given a lump sum worth 5% of their wages this month, a consolidated 5% increase in September, and a further 3% consolidated rise in December, working ...
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ArticleTribunal finds in favour of finance executive in wellbeing and age discrimination case
An Employment Tribunal has found in favour of a finance executive who worked for e-commerce fulfilment provider Selazar, in claims that included unfair dismissal, breach of contract and age discrimination.Louise McCabe was one of the founding directors of Selazar when it was incorporated on 10 October 2014, alongside chief executive ...
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ArticleAldi gives distribution centre staff up to 9% pay rise
Supermarket chain Aldi has increased the hourly rate of pay for thousands of its UK regional distribution centre employees by up to 9%.As of September, all hourly paid colleagues within its warehouses receive pay rises of up to 9% on their previous January 2022 hourly rates.Warehouse selectors, which make up ...
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ArticleJet2 rewards employees with four extra annual leave days
Package holiday provider Jet2 has given its employees an extra four days of annual leave this year, with the aim of helping its 12,500 employees look after their mental wellbeing.The added leave allowance is on top of employees' annual leave for the 2022 calendar year, and can be taken at ...
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ArticleAustralian McDonald's staff seek compensation in paid break row
More than 250,000 current and former McDonald's employees in Australia have launched legal action against the fast food giant in a dispute alleging the denial of paid rest breaks at almost 1,000 current and former restaurant sites.The Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA) has lodged a Federal Court claim ...
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ArticleEast Belfast launches campaign to become living wage place
Regeneration charity the EastSide Partnership has launched a campaign to encourage employers in East Belfast to commit to paying the real living wage, to help the area to become an accredited living wage place.EastSide Partnership has launched the campaign as part of its Scaffolding Project, which aims to raise awareness ...
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ArticleFawley Oil Refinery security staff secure 31% pay rise
Security staff working for Securitas at Exxon Mobile's Fawley Oil Refinery in Southampton have voted unanimously to accept a pay increase of up to 31%.The employees, members of trade union GMB, have accepted a new pay structure which means they are paid no less than £11 per hour, with the ...
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ArticleLufthansa increases ground staff pay by up to 18.4%
Image credit: Nate Hovee / Shutterstock.comGerman air travel business Lufthansa has increased pay for around 20,000 ground service employees, working across various tranches of the business, by up to 18.4% depending on position and length of service.The pay award was agreed following collective bargaining proceedings with trade union Ver.di and ...
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ArticleNHS Grampian gains living wage accreditation
NHS Grampian in Aberdeen has gained accreditation as a Living Wage employer, following assessment by Living Wage Scotland and the Poverty Alliance, having committed to pay its 16,500 employees a salary that meets inflation and combats rising living costs.In April 2022, the government's living wage was set at £9.50 for ...
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ArticleAmazon warehouse staff engage in slowdown strikes over pay
Employees working at Amazon warehouses have launched 'slowdown work' protests in order to draw attention to issues around pay.The action originally started on 4 August, when staff at a warehouse in Tilbury, Essex walked out in protest of the retail business' pay offer, which amounted to a 35p per hour ...