News – Page 95
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ArticleSunderland City Council to pay employees the real living wage
Sunderland City Council is to pay all UK employees at least the voluntary living wage, improving base salaries for any of its 3,000 members of staff who fall within this pay bracket.Effective immediately, the organisation will pay lower-level employees at least £9.30 an hour, in line with the living wage ...
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ArticleCaretakers required to manage island near the Great Barrier Reef
The Australian government is looking to employ two sun-seeking caretakers to manage an island just off of the Great Barrier Reef, near Queensland. Working directly for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, the best person for the job will be located on the Low Isles, approximately 15km northeast of ...
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ArticleIkea provides full pay for Covid-19 self-isolating employees
Swedish retailer Ikea is to pay its 11,700 UK employees full pay if they need to self-isolate due to the health risks of Covid-19 (Coronavirus), effective immediately.Its employees were previously only entitled to statutory sick pay (SSP) currently set at £95.85 a week. However, Ikea is now committed to paying ...
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ArticleBrazilian Football Confederation introduces equal pay for women’s football team
The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) is to introduce equal pay to bring its women’s football team’s pay in line with their male counterparts.The organisation has confirmed that it will pay all of its players equal pay for any games proposed by football organisation FIFA, starting with the World Cup in ...
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ArticleFoster carers win legal battle to claim worker rights
Edinburgh Employment Appeal Tribunal has ruled that foster care workers are entitled to employment rights and should be categorised as council workers.The court ruling follows an appeal lodged by Glasgow City Council, in the case brought against them by foster care workers Jimmy and Christine Johnstone, who originally filed the ...
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ArticleEssex County Council reports 9.7% mean gender pay gap
Essex County Council has reported a mean gender pay gap of 9.7% for average hourly pay as at April 2019.The organisation, which currently has 43,000 employees, reported its gender pay gap data in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations.The reporting regulations require organisations with 250 or more ...
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ArticleBP becomes accredited living wage employer
British gas and oil organisation BP is to pay all UK employees at least the voluntary living wage, improving base salaries for 6,000 members of staff, effective immediately. The organisation will pay its UK-based employees at least £9.30 an hour, in line with the living wage rates set by the ...
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ArticleNorthern Ireland Assembly increases pay allowances for staff
The Northern Ireland Assembly has increased the salary of staff working under the members of the legislative assembly (MLA), aligning their pay with employees who work in the Assembly.Effective from 1 April 2021, grade one staff will see their annual salary rise from £18,00 to £23,490-£24,960, grade two staff from ...
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ArticleNational Joint Council increases council staff pay by 2.75%
National Joint Council (NJC) has awarded all local government staff with a 2.75% pay increase.Employees will see their pay backdated to April 2020 after the employees' representatives GMB and Unite agreed to the terms. The offer was rejected by Unite, however, in line with the constitution of the NJC, the ...
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ArticleGerman government extends Covid-19 pay scheme
The German government has extended its short-term allowance scheme until the end of 2021 to further support employees during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The wage scheme, known as 'short-time work' or 'Kurzarbeit' in German, set to end at the end of March 2021, however, due to the ongoing spike of Coronavirus ...
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ArticleLawn Tennis Association becomes living wage employer
British governing body, Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), which employs 800 staff, has announced its commitment to pay all employees rates that at least match the living wage. Following this commitment, the trust has gained accreditation as a living wage employer.The living wage, which is calculated each year to meet the ...
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ArticleDechert to give newly qualified solicitors 3% pay rise
Global law firm Dechert has increased the pay of its newly qualified solicitors in its London office, effective September 2020.Employees will receive a 3% pay rise, increasing their basic salary from £116,000 to £120,00 per year, an increase of £4,000.Dechert has taken a different approach to other law firms such ...
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ArticleCalifornia Court of Appeals grants Uber and Lyft extension over ruling
The California Court of Appeal has granted US ridesharing businesses Uber and Lyft an extension to classify their drivers as employees during the appeal process in its ongoing court case.On 10 August 2020, the superior court of the state of California, ruled that over 750,000 Uber drivers and over 1.4 ...
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ArticleKennedys resumes salary increases and bonus reviews after Covid-19 delays
Global law firm Kennedys has resumed its annual global salary increase and bonus reviews, that were initially put on hold due to the financial uncertainty resulting from the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The delayed salary performance-based reviews, which were due to take place in May 2020 for non-lawyer employees and September 2020 ...
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ArticleReed Smith partially lifts Covid-19 pay cuts
International law firm Reed Smith is reducing the employee pay cuts it implemented in June 2020 to deal with the financial ramifications of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The organisation, which has 12 offices world-wide including London, will be increasing the pay of its employees whose yearly salary before the pay decrease ...
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ArticleUniversity of Sheffield cancels plans to introduce pay freezes and cuts
The University of Sheffield is cancelling its plans to introduce pay freezes and pay cuts due to the financial impact of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.In July 2020, the university began a consultation period with its 8,000 staff to discuss the possibility of changes to their pay structure, progression and promotion, ...
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ArticleTelefonica UK reports mean gender pay gap of 13.5%
Telefonica UK (O2) has reported a mean gender pay gap of 13.5% for average hourly pay as at April 2020.The organisation, which currently has 6,700 employees, reported its gender pay gap data in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations.The reporting regulations require organisations with 250 or more ...
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ArticleSalesforce extends homeworking policy until July 2021
US cloud-based software organisation Salesforce is extending its working from home policy until at least 31 July 2021.The organisation has also confirmed that its offices will remained closed for the remainder of the year, to support the health and safety of its employees during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.To further support ...
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ArticleUniversity of East Anglia temporarily freezes pay rises for employees
The University of East Anglia (UEA) has introduced a number of pay measures for over 3,000 employees to deal with the financial ramifications of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The oirganisation has introduced a temporary pay freeze until 2021, stalling all pay rises that were due to come into effect in August ...
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ArticleBrands2Life launches employee ownership trust
Communications agency Brands2life has given its 140 employees part-ownership of the business, using an employee ownership trust.The transition, which was completed in August 2020, will give employees who have worked at the business for more than three months, the opportunity to control shares within the business.Brands2life implemented the employee ownership ...