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ArticleUniversity College Hospital NHS Trust reports mean gender pay gap of 16%
University College London Hospital NHS Trust has reported a mean gender pay gap of 16% for average hourly pay as at April 2019.The organisation, which currently has over 9,300 employees, reported its gender pay gap data in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations.The reporting regulations require organisations ...
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ArticleUber and Metro Bank extend remote working policies to 2021
Ridesharing business Uber and retail banking organisation Metro Bank are extending their home working policies to 2021.Uber plans to open its local offices in the US over the coming months, however, US-based employees can still take up the option of continuing to work from home until at least 31 June ...
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ArticleOutsourced cleaners at Ford to receive 3% pay rise
150 contracted workers at Ford Dagenham and Ford Dunton Technical Centre are set to receive a 3% pay rise.The deal, negotiated by the cleaners' representative Unite the Union and Hamton Environmental cleaning contractors, the organisation which supplies the workers to Ford, could see their pay increase by up to £500 ...
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ArticleFrench care workers to receive €1,000 Covid-19 bonus
The French government is to pay care workers a €1,000 (£901) bonus to recognise their efforts during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The bonus, which will be funded by the French government and totals €160 (£144) million euros, will support care working professionals who have been working throughout the pandemic. The government ...
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ArticleAustralian government introduces $1,500 sick pay for Victorian staff
Employees working in the state of Victoria, Australia will receive a $1,500 (£821) payment if they have to self-isolate for 14 days due to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.This introduction of enhanced sick pay is due to the spike of Coronavirus cases specifically relating to the region of Victoria. Employees who ...
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ArticleCity Sprint couriers to win worker status and holiday pay benefits
Courier service City Sprint is set to change the status of workers' contracts, meaning that the business could have to pay out unpaid holiday claims following an employment tribunal case.The case, that was first introduced into court by the workers' representatives, Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) in 2017, ...
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ArticleWeston Town Council to pay employees the real living wage
Weston Town Council is to pay all of its employees the minimum real living wage, in line with the Living Wage Foundation guidelines.This means that every employee aged over 18 will be paid a minimum of £9.30 an hour, estimating to cost the council £3,400 a year.The council is now ...
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ArticleMaham Azam: What is the benefit to employers of voluntarily submitting a gender pay report?
The question of pay has long been a hot topic and remains to be a taboo in the workplace. It is difficult to find an industry that has honest and candid discussions about pay discrepancies, and the engineering profession is no exception. Is it time for real change? Let us ...
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ArticleKate Ledwidge: What is the benefit to employers of voluntarily submitting a gender pay report?
In March 2020, the government announced its decision to suspend the requirement for businesses to publish their gender pay gap figures. Most people saw this as a sensible step to reduce the burden on HR teams around the country at a time of high stress in the midst of a ...
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ArticleTom Heys: What is the benefit to employers of voluntarily submitting a gender pay report?
On 24 March 2020, just 10 days before the 4 April 2020 deadline, the government announced that gender pay gap reporting obligations would be suspended. No employer would be under an obligation to report its 2019 figures.Since the suspension was announced, around 2,500 employers have subsequently gone on to publish ...
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ArticleAndrew Grace: What is the benefit to employers of voluntarily submitting a gender pay report?
When the UK government announced that there would be no enforcement of gender pay gap reporting this year, it was a disappointing moment for those who work to address inequality in this field.While the circumstances behind this decision were entirely understandable, it nevertheless offered employers the chance to skip this ...
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ArticleBritish Airways introduces 20% pay cuts for 4,300 pilots
UK airline British Airways has introduced a temporary 20% pay cut for 4,300 pilots.The airline plans to slowly increase pay over a two year period by 12% and return to full pay long-term.The package also included measures such as voluntary part-time working, voluntary severance and voluntary external secondments, to reduce ...
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ArticleGovernment publishes further details of the job retention bonus
The government has published further details of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) bonus, providing more clarity on eligibility requirements.In the statement, it reconfirmed that employers will receive a one-off bonus of £1,000 for every employee who is brought back from furlough, if they remain at the business until the ...
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ArticleFurloughed employees to receive full pay if made redundant
Furloughed employees that have been made redundant will receive redundancy pay based on their full normal pay, under a new law passed on 30 July 2020.This will protect employees financially, ensuring that they will receive a full pay package upon being made redundant rather than the wages that they received ...
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ArticleGreggs will not pay staff if they need to self-isolate after returning from holiday
British bakery chain Greggs will not be paying any of its 25,000 employees if they have to self-isolate when returning from holiday.Greggs introduced a Covid-19 (Coronavirus) specific policy in April 2020, detailing that if an employee is forced by law to self-isolate for 14 days after travelling overseas, they will ...
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ArticleWelsh government proposes 8.4% pay rise for new teachers
The Welsh government has proposed to increase the starting salaries for new teachers by 8.4% and increase the pay of teachers by 3.7% from the main pay scale.Its proposals, which were announced on 29 July 2020, will see the starting salaries for new teachers increase to over £27,000. The Welsh ...
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ArticleHMRC to investigate businesses exploiting furlough scheme
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will begin to investigate businesses that it suspects are abusing the government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS).Its investigations will determine whether employers are fraudulently claiming payments under the furlough scheme while returning employees to work. This will sit alongside new legislation giving organisations a 90-day ...
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ArticleThe Fair Work Commission introduces paid pandemic leave for care home workers
The Australian Fair Work Commission has introduced paid pandemic leave for care staff working at residential elderly care homes to support them during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, effective immediately.Nurses, healthcare workers and care workers will be able to access up to two weeks of paid leave if necessary, as part ...
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ArticleKainos repays government for cost of job retention scheme
Belfast software organisation Kainos is repaying the government for any furlough payments it has received during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.In April 2020, the organisation made use of the Government Job Retention Scheme (GJRS) by placing 131 of its 1,700 employees on furlough, who have all now returned to full-time work. ...
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ArticleMills and Reeve rewards 1,000 employees with bonus payment
Law firm Mills and Reeve is rewarding all 1,000 employees with a bonus payment of up to £1,111 due to the organisation seeing a 2.9% increase in turnover during the last financial year.Full-time employees that have worked at the business for just under a year will receive £966, while those ...