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ArticleAsda to reward front-line staff with 100% bonus and Boxing Day paid leave
Asda is to give front-line staff an additional day’s paid leave and reward them with 100% of their bonus entitlement for 2020.The retailer will close all stores on Boxing Day in order to give staff an additional day’s break over the Christmas period when Covid-19 restrictions on family gatherings will ...
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ArticleWeetabix Food Company reduces median gender pay gap to 4.4%
Weetabix Food Company, which also produces the Alpen and Ready Brek brands, has made further progress in reducing its gender pay gap, closing the median gap to 4.4% as at April 2020, down from 6.6% the previous year.The organisation also reported a mean gender pay gap of 2.46% as at ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid helps with bonus allocation
This week, I am having another little foray into the frisky world of compensation. Everyone in HR has been enlisted to help managers plan year-end bonuses for their teams. They should not need any help. We have an app for that. The app tells them who in their team is ...
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ArticleJust Eat to offer couriers hourly pay and benefits
Food delivery company Just Eat is to offer couriers pay by the hour rather than per job in a boost to gig economy workers.The move will mean its workers will earn at least the national minimum wage, increasing the security of their income.Starting in London but with the rest of ...
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ArticleCouncil agency workers awarded back pay after being paid less than employees
Forty agency workers who collect waste for Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands will receive thousands of pounds in back pay after they argued they should have been paid equally to employees.The affected staff, who were employed by council-owned employment agency Templink and engaged by Serco on the ...
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Article78% of employers will change ESG use in executive pay strategies
Nearly four-fifths (78%) of employer plan to change the way they use environmental, social and governance (ESG) measures in their executive incentive strategies, according to research by Willis Towers Watson.Its 2020 ESG survey of board members and senior executives, which was conducted in 168 organisations throughout Europe, North America, Asia, ...
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ArticleAT&T agrees to pay $173,000 in back wages after equal pay disparity
Telecommunications organisation AT&T has agreed to pay $173,000 (£129,000) and provide other non-cash relief to address pay disparities between male and female employees in California and Nevada with the US Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP).During a routine compliance review, the OFCPP found that, as at ...
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ArticleToyota Motor Manufacturing UK reports -7.4% mean gender pay gap
Automobile organisation Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK has reported a mean gender pay gap of -7.4% for average hourly pay as at April 2019, unchanged from the previous year.The organisation, which currently has more than 1,000 employees, reported its gender pay gap data in line with the government’s gender pay gap ...
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ArticleWalmart to reward 1.5 million employees with recognition bonus
US supermarket chain Walmart is to reward its 1.5 million hourly-paid employees with a special bonus to recognise them for their efforts during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Full-time employees at Walmart and Sam's Club will receive $300 (£242) and part-time and temporary employees will be given $150 (£121). The bonus, which ...
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ArticleNationwide Building Society reports 28.3% mean gender and 16.2% ethnicity pay gaps
Nationwide Building Society has reported a 28.3% mean gender pay gap among over 17,000 employees, as at April 2020. It has also voluntarily chosen to report its ethnicity pay gap data, finding a 16.2% mean difference.Due to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, gender pay gap reporting regulations have been suspended for ...
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ArticleUK private sector pay predicted to increase by 2.4% in 2021
UK employees in the private sector are set to receive an average pay rise of 2.4% in 2021, according to research by Willis Towers Watson.Its Salary budget planning report, which surveyed 18,000 employers across 130 countries, found that the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has forced organisations to revise plans for pay ...
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ArticleZurich UK reports mean disability pay gap of 17.6%
Insurer Zurich UK has reported a mean disability pay gap of 17.6% for hourly pay as at April 2020.The organisation published its disability pay gap figures for the first time based on the 65% of employees that voluntarily disclosed this information. There is no legal obligation to publish these figures, ...
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ArticleYodel agrees 4.75% pay increase for 3,300 employees
UK parcel carrier Yodel has agreed a two-year pay deal for its 3,300 employees.The deal, which follows negotiations with trade unions GMB and Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) will see Yodel employees receive a 4.75% pay increase.Members of the GMB union had previously rejected an initial pay ...
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ArticleBurges Salmon to repay government for cost of job retention scheme
Image credit: Burges SalmonLaw firm Burges Salmon is torepay in fullthemoney it received under the government’s Coronvirus Job Retention Scheme.In April 2020, the organisation furloughed 42 employees due to the Covid -19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. The roles impacted were those in service teams, such as front-of-house staff, travel co-ordinators, and personal ...
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ArticleScottish health and social care staff to receive £500 bonus
Over 300,000 health and social care staff in Scotland will receive a one-off £500 payment to reward them for their hard work during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.All NHS employees and adult homecare staff who have worked since 17 March 2020 will be eligible for the payment. This includes staff who ...
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ArticlePenguin Random House reports 16% mean ethnicity pay gap
Publishing organisation Penguin Random House has reported a mean ethnicity pay gap of 16% for average hourly pay as at April 2020.The organisation published its first-ever ethnicity pay gap figures based on the 57% of employees that voluntarily disclosed their ethnicity. Unlike gender pay gap reporting, there is no legal ...
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ArticleShell UK reports 18% mean gender and 8.5% ethnicity pay gaps
Energy and fuel organisation Shell UK has reported an 18% mean gender pay gap among 6,000 employees as at April 2020. It has also voluntarily chosen to report its ethnicity pay gap data, finding an 8.5% average difference.Due to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, gender pay gap reporting regulations have been ...
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ArticleReagent Chemicals becomes accredited real living wage employer
Reagent Chemicals has become a real living wage employer, accredited by the Living Wage Foundation.The chemical manufacturer, which has committed to paying the real living wage to all employees, including temporary and contract staff, chose to implement the standard to aid recruitment and retention, as well as a means of ...
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ArticleLeigh Day launches workers' rights case against Stuart for couriers
Law firm Leigh Day has launched a group legal claim against delivery firm Stuart on behalf of couriers who are seeking to be recognised as ‘workers’.Stuart, which operates in 35 areas across England and Wales, currently classes them as self-employed. If successful, the couriers could be eligible to claim back ...