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ArticleFreshfields reveals gender, ethnicity and disability pay gaps
Global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has published its 2021 UK pay gap report, which includes gender, ethnicity, disability and sexual orientation pay gap data.The firm, which has published its gender pay gap since 2017 and its ethnicity pay gap since 2018, has included data on its disability and sexual ...
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ArticleTFL pensions review recommends maintaining current scheme
Photo: Transport for LondonThe Independent review into Transport for London (TFL)’s pension scheme led by former trade union official Sir Brendan Barber has suggested that TFL maintains the current final salary scheme with no changes.The government instructed TFL to set up a pensions review as part of conditions it attached ...
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Article64% of UK staff would take pay cut for other benefits
Almost two-thirds of UK workers (64%) would consider taking a pay cut if a new role offered other benefits, according to a study.Insurer Aviva’s latest How we live report revealed that 22% would think about taking a lower salary if they had a hybrid working option, while 31% would do ...
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ArticleRevolution Bars Group gives 3,000 staff a pay rise
Revolution Bars Group has awarded its approximately 3,000 employees a pay rise that exceeds the national minimum wage as part of its ‘fair day’s pay for hard day’s work’ pledge.The group, which is an operator of bars including Revolution, Revolución de Cuba, Playhouse, and Founders and Co, has invested £2 ...
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Article44% of staff say employer advertises better benefits to new hires
Just above two-fifths (44%) of UK employees say their employer has advertised better benefits packages for new hires, including offering ones they do not currently receive.A survey conducted by HR solutions firm LHH examined the views of 2,000 UK workers, and more than 1,000 HR directors and heads of learning ...
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ArticleWest Mercia Police’s gender pay gap falls
West Mercia Police has reported a 9.8% hourly pay mean gender pay gap for 2021, which has decreased from 10.5% in 2020.It means the force’s hourly pay mean pay gap has narrowed every year since 2018, where it was 13%. In 2019, it stood at 12.8%.Meanwhile, its hourly pay median ...
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ArticleLondon Underground drivers to get 8% pay rise
London Underground workers are set to receive an 8.4% pay rise from next month (April) as part of a deal agreed by the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan.A four-year agreement was made back in early 2020, which was backdated to include 2019/20, and so which covers the period between 2019/20 ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 18 March – 24 March 2022
The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 18 March and 24 March 2022 were: EXCLUSIVE: Employee Benefits Awards 2022 shortlist revealedHSBC UK, First Direct, M&S Bank become endometriosis-friendly employersBoots to pay staff HRT prescriptions costsStantec UK launches electric vehicle salary sacrifice schemeBelfast food delivery staff strike over pay demandsIpsos ...
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ArticleBarton's blog: Spring sun doesn't herald brighter times
It’s so nice to have had a little bit of sunshine this week; while it seems as though Spring has well and truly arrived, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement on Wednesday didn’t exactly usher in brighter times ahead.In his much-anticipated speech, Sunak reiterated the pressures felt ...
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ArticleBalfour Beatty reports reduced gender pay gap
International infrastructure group Balfour Beatty has published its 2021 Gender pay report, which revealed that its mean gender pay gap has fallen from 27% in 2018 to 21% in 2021 and its median gap from 33% to 18%.Furthermore, its mean gender bonus gap for 2021 is 29% and the media ...
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ArticleSpring Statement 2022: National Insurance threshold rises
Spring Statement 2022: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has today (23 March) confirmed that the National Insurance primary threshold and lower profits limit for employees and the self-employed will increase from July.Sunak stated that the rise from £9,880 to £12,570 will benefit almost 30 million people, seeing a typical ...
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Article64% of staff find recent pay rise 'unfair'
New research has revealed that more than two-thirds (64%) of workers think their most recent pay rise was unfair and did not reflect their job performance.HR and payroll software provider CIPHR’s Pay rise study, which was based on a survey of around 1,000 employed British adults, also highlighted that 70% ...
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ArticleBelfast food delivery staff strike over pay demands
Food delivery workers based in Belfast will be staging a six-hour strike today (Wednesday) as part of their demands for a minimum income guarantee of at least £10 per hour plus operating costs.Work will be stopped between the hours of 11am and 5pm, with a public protest to be held ...
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Article29% of employers say rise in NI contributions will impact staff pay
More than a quarter of employers (29%) feel that next month’s increase in National Insurance (NI) contributions will have a direct impact on employees’ pay, according to research from Scottish Widows.Conducted by Opinium on behalf of the insurer with a sample size of 500 UK firms, the survey findings revealed ...
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ArticleScottish university staff strike in pensions and pay row
Staff employed at several Scottish universities have begun five days of strike action this week as part of an ongoing dispute over pensions, pay and working conditions.This is the third round of industrial action from University and College Union (UCU) members this academic year over these issues.According to the union, ...
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ArticleYorkshire Housing reports on gender and ethnicity pay gaps
Housing association Yorkshire Housing has revealed that it has a median ethnicity pay gap of 0% and a mean ethnicity pay gap of 4%, in its first ever report of this kind.The business, which has 700 employees working across Yorkshire, has published its ethnicity pay gap for the first time ...
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Article58% of single female staff ineligible for automatic pension enrolment
More than half of single working mothers (58%) are ineligible for automatic enrolment into a workplace pension, according to new survey findings, which is an increase from 45% in 2020.The research, conducted by pension provider Now: Pensions and The Pensions Policy Institute to coincide with National Single Parent Day (21 ...
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Article57% of staff find employer’s parental leave policy inadequate
Almost three in five (57%) employees said that they think their employer’s parental leave policy and attitude to new parents is inadequate, according to new research.The 2022 Parental leave study was conducted by Fertility Family, which surveyed employees at 116 UK businesses to find out whether men and women felt ...
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ArticleIpsos implements paid leave for pregnancy loss
London-based market research business Ipsos has introduced paid leave for employees who have had a pregnancy loss or are undergoing fertility treatment, regardless of their length of service.Any employee going through pregnancy loss will be given up to four weeks of paid leave and paid time off to allow them ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 11 March – 17 March 2022
The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 11 March and 17 March 2022 were: DHL Supply Chain launches menopause guideSalesforce puts health at the heart of hybrid workingCurrys gives staff 5% pay riseRoyal Mail Group reports 1.4% gender pay gapHermes UK introduces pension scheme in rebrandAverage earnings growth for ...