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ArticleBus drivers vote to strike over fire and rehire plans
Bus drivers working for Manchester-based operator Go North West have overwhelmingly voted to strike over claims its ‘fire and rehire’ policy will leave them worse off.The vote for industrial action comes after the Go North West sent ‘notice of termination of your employment’ letters to workers, asking them to rejoin ...
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ArticleGovernment suspends pay gap reporting enforcement
The government appears to have indicated it is suspending enforcement of gender pay gap reporting for this year.In a BBC news report on Tuesday 9 February, Gillian Keegan MP, minister for Apprenticeships and Skills, confirmed that while it would be "encouraging" employers to continue filing their gender pay gap reports, ...
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Article67% of employees on low pay see salary cut due to pandemic
More than two-thirds (67%) of full-time, below-living-wage employees said their pay had been lowered for reasons related to the pandemic over the past year, according to a new report by The Living Wage Foundation.Life On Low Pay, a new report by The Living Wage Foundation, has revealed the depressing plight ...
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ArticleArcadia staff set for employment tribunal
More than 150 staff from across a range of brands from collapsed retail group Arcadia are set to launch a legal bid to have their owed wages paid to them.Former staff from Topshop and Miss Selfridge are claiming they were made redundant with immediate effect, and that there was no ...
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Article100,000 NHS staff now have early access to wages
More than 100,000 NHS staff across seven trusts are now able to have early access to their earned and extra shifts pay, after they joined Allocate Instant Pay by Wagestream.The deal means workers at trusts including Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital and ...
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ArticleCare home staff risk lives without proper sick pay
Care home workers are putting residents' lives at risk by being forced to work because they are still not given full pay when they are ill.Trade union Unison reported that it had been contacted by numerous staff who say they are only offered statutory sick pay (£96 per week) instead ...
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ArticleWaterstones staff petition for minimum wage
A 1,500-signature petition signed by staff and well-known authors, including Philip Pullman, has been presented to Waterstones’ managing director, James Daunt, and chief operating officer, Kate Skipper, demanding the book chain's furloughed wages be raised to at least the minimum wage.Waterstones decided to close its stores during the current lockdown ...
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ArticleSleepJunkie offers $3000 to professional mattress tester
Something for the weekend: Many of us may be struggling with ‘Coronasomnia’ – difficulty nodding off due to the stresses and uncertainty brought about by Covid-19 (Coronavirus) - but now SleepJunkie is offering one sleeping beauty the chance to earn $3,000 (£2,200) in return for testing out mattresses.The job, which ...
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ArticleResearch reveals top paying careers after 20 years
New research by Standout CV has unveiled the top paying careers by the time an employee reaches their 20th year in the job.Traditionally the half-way point in people’s working lives, the study revealed that it is pilots who accumulate the most cash by their 20th work anniversary - pocketing £1,132,500.Created ...
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ArticlePay rises down 0.3 percentage points on last year
Pay rises are down an average of 0.3% on last year, according to research published today by Incomes Data Research (IDR).The analysis of 56 new pay deals already agreed for 2021 found that almost half have either given, or are set to give, employees increases of between 2% and 2.99%.Higher-end ...
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ArticleGender pay gap submissions down 50% on last year
With just 56 days to go before qualifying organisations need to submit their gender pay gap reporting, new figures have revealed that submissions are barely 50% what they were this time last year – and some are blaming confusing government advice as the reason.As of midnight on 27 January, only ...
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ArticleFinancial impact of pandemic worst for low-paid workers
Research by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) into household income reductions caused by Covid-19 (Coronavirus) has revealed low-paid workers have suffered the most, with half having experience a loss of income during the pandemic, compared to 29% of high earners.Commissioned as part of its submission to government about what next ...
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ArticleBank of America rolls out thank-you awards
A Bank of America memo has revealed staff at the organisation received enhanced pay and shares perks as a thank-you for their efforts during 2020.Coming on the back of its full-year financial results, chairman and chief executive Brian Moynihan told staff: “Teammates were called upon to address unprecedented challenges." He ...
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ArticleCitigroup publishes 2020 pay gap results
Citigroup's latest pay-gap reporting figures showed that the bank paid women 26% less than men in 2020.As well as revealing its overall male-female pay gap, the data also found that employees from minority groups earn 6% less than non-minorities.The combined 26% gender pay gap is only a slight improvement from ...
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ArticleStena U-turns on sick pay cuts
Ferry company Stena has bowed to pressure, announcing an improved sick pay policy for staff that substantially improves upon what was originally put forward last November.Its pre-Christmas proposal would have put workers on £95.85 per week statutory sick pay (SSP) for the first to fifth week of illness, before moving ...
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ArticleKavitha’s keynote: Employee appreciation has never been more important
As the effects of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic continue to be felt across the world, many employers are being forced to furlough staff, reduce pay or implement job cuts in a bid to stay in business.Meanwhile, it is likely that remaining employees at these organisations are facing personal struggles of ...
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ArticleAberdeen Council completes £230m pension buy-in
Aberdeen Council has completed a £230m buy-in transaction, insuring the pension payments of 1,360 retired FirstGroup employees.According to pensions insurance specialist Rothersay, which completed the transaction, the deal is thought to be only the second local government pension scheme to secure its pension obligations through an insurance policy.Commenting on the ...
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ArticleHachette UK narrows its gender pay gap
Hachette UK, Britain’s second-largest publishing group, has reported a small reduction in its gender pay gap.According to the organisation's just-published 2020 Gender Pay Gap Report, its mean gender pay gap improved this year dropping to 17.6% from from 18.4% in 2019.Hachette also announced that it had increased the number of ...
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ArticlePay and working hours rise as employment falls
Latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have painted a mixed picture of the state of employment in the UK, with employment continuing to fall but working hours and pay on the up.According to the ONS figures, the number of payrolled employees has fallen by 828,000 since ...
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ArticleDr Martens bosses to share £350m bonus pot
Shoe retailer Dr Martens has launched a stock market floatation that is expected to net the chief executive and senior employees a share of £350 million, with regular employees also in the frame to benefit from the shares issued.The investment prospectus – published yesterday – sees the company valued at ...