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ArticleClare Fletcher: Should employers cut pay for staff who continue to work from home?
Where employers are considering implementing pay cuts for staff continuing to work from home, it is important to understand the reasoning behind this.There are a number of potentially legitimate reasons why an employer may look to implement a pay cut. This could be because of a need to make cost ...
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ArticleRita Fontinha: Should employers cut pay for staff who continue to work from home?
In March 2020, the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic led to lockdown restrictions and businesses quickly adopted a remote-working policy for all jobs that did not require a face-to-face interaction.While remote work has been an ongoing practice over the past two decades, it was often a voluntary decision where some employees chose ...
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ArticleSovereign Housing Association reveals 1.7% gender pay gap
Sovereign Housing Association, which serves the south and south-west of England, has announced a mean gender pay gap of 1.7%.The disparity is the smallest it has been since measuring began, and this 2020 figure is an improvement from the 4% recorded for 2019.The organisation's median gender pay gap is even ...
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ArticlePoll: Two-thirds of employers against pay cuts for home workers
Employee Benefits poll: Employers have given a clear thumbs down to implementing pay cuts for staff who continue to work from home beyond the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) lockdown.According to Employee Benefits latest survey, two-thirds (67%) of organisations are against reducing the wages of employees who continue to work from home post ...
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ArticleDixons Carphone announces 9% pay rise and investment in staff wellbeing
Retail giant, Dixons Carphone, which owns Currys PC World and Carphone Warehouse, has today announced that staff will soon have their pay boosted by 9% as part of a group-wide investment in colleague reward, wellbeing and training.The investment is Dixons Carphone’s response to a need to retain and upskill its ...
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ArticleFurlough wages exceed £61 billion
Employers have paid more than £61.3 billion in furlough wages to staff since the start of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, data released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) has shown.According to government statisticians, numbers of furloughed workers have been gradually decreasing, with 4.2 million on the Coronavirus Job Retention ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 29 April – 5 May 2021
The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 29 April – 5 May 2021 were: RHP refreshes its benefits strategy with a renewed focus on personalisation27% of employers unable to create wellbeing ROI caseEmployers launch gender pay gap campaignEnd of furlough will lead to spike in tribunalsForest Bathing to boost ...
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ArticleUK third worst in Europe for sick pay
With sick pay rapidly becoming a hot topic due to Covid-19 (Coronavirus), a new league table has highlighted which countries offer the best and worst deals in Europe.Whether employers should pay just statutory pay or enhanced pay to encourage isolation or vaccination has become a moot point across the continent, ...
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ArticleEmployers launch gender pay gap campaign
Major organisations, including Fawcett Society and Women on Boards UK, have backed a new gender pay gap campaign to speed up progress on reporting data.‘Reset the Timeline’, launched today (4 May) and led by pay gap specialist Spktral, is asking qualifying employers to not delay submitting their information until the ...
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ArticlePay disparities 'biggest issue' at work, say women
Ongoing gender pay disparities remain the biggest problem facing women in work today, according to new research by period-care company Yoppie.When asked what the single greatest issue was in the workplace right now, 22% cited the gender pay gap – which came ahead of greater female representation in the boardroom.Commenting ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 22 April – 28 April 2021
The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 22 April – 28 April 2021 were:1. Channel 4 launches pregnancy loss policy2. Recruits offered £500 to stop looking at Instagram3. Half of employers not sick-pay compliant4. How can benefits technology help employers identify wellbeing needs?5. NHS wellbeing hub to provide mental ...
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ArticleFTSE 100 re-ranked for best employee benefits
A new league table that re-ranks the FTSE 100 in terms of the employee benefits they offer, as rated by staff, has been created – with some surprising results.The research, by young person and graduate recruitment firm Debut, analysed scores from Glassdoor.com to compile its list. Top of the pile ...
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ArticleScarborough Council reveals negative pay gap
Scarborough Borough Council has released its gender pay gap report – and for the fourth year in a row, it has found women are paid more than men.To the year ending 31 March 2020, its data showed that the council’s mean gender pay gap was -2%. This compares to the ...
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ArticleBoohoo may link bosses’ bonuses to ESG goals
Image credit: AL Robinson / Shutterstock.comOnline fashion retailer Boohoo could link executive bonuses to environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals, including workers’ rights improvements.The company’s chairman, Mahmud Kamani, told the government’s environmental audit committee (EAC) that it was considering taking forward the committee’s recommendation to align bosses’ remuneration with ESG ...
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ArticleHalf of employers not sick-pay compliant
Half of employers are yet to comply with legislation around sick pay, according to new research by Group Risk Development (Grid).The Employment Rights (Employment Particulars and Paid Annual Leave) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/1378) came into force on 6 April 2020. It requires employers to inform their staff of their ...
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ArticleDechert gives staff extra day off and $1,000 bonus
Global law firm Dechert LLP has announced it is offering every business services member of staff ‘A Day to Thrive’ – an extra day of leave that they can use however they like.This year's Day to Thrive follows its successful introduction in 2020 and links to the company’s THRIVE@Dechert wellbeing ...
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ArticleTribunal to decide employment status of Bounds Taxis drivers
Two drivers from Northampton-based Bounds Taxis will today (26 April) present evidence to an employment tribunal to establish their own right to be defined as ‘workers’.Following on from cases in which both Uber and Addison Lee lost their claim that their drivers should be classed self-employed contractors, Shafqat Shah and ...
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ArticleOlder workers face prospect of lower pay
Older workers are facing a double-whammy impact of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic by not only being more likely to lose their jobs in the first place, but also being forced to accept lower pay when they do find work.This is the conclusion of a new report, A u-shaped crisis, by ...
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Poll: Should employers implement pay cuts for employees who continue to work from home post lockdown?
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ArticleAddison Lee loses gig economy 'workers' appeal
In a further victory for gig economy staff not currently deemed ‘workers’, the Court of Appeal has ruled that drivers employed by minicab firm Addison Lee can now be granted ‘worker’ status – with all the national minimum wage and paid holiday entitlement this brings.At a hearing yesterday (22 April), ...