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  • Ford Dagenham
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    Staff at Ford Dagenham plant win pay rise

    2021-12-14T09:01:53Z

    More than 300 contract workers employed by Lineside Logistics and based at the Ford plant in Dagenham, east London, have accepted a 5.1% pay rise.Trade union Unite said the contractors, who assemble diesel engines at the site, had voted in favour of the one-year pay deal, which is backdated to ...

  • Belong
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    Belong increases starting salary to £10 an hour

    2021-12-13T09:00:45Z

    Dementia care operator Belong has announced that it will pay all 1,100-plus employees a minimum of £10 an hour.From 1 January 2022, staff of all ages working at its care villages and home care services across the North West and West Midlands will be paid above the real living wage ...

  • pension
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    Pandemic forces 300,000 women out of workplace pensions

    2021-12-09T09:02:15Z

    Some 300,000 women were unable to make any savings towards a workplace pension in the last year due to the impact of lockdowns, home schooling and increased domestic responsibilities during the pandemic, research has revealed.Workplace pension provider Now: Pensions’ new report Pandemics and pension inequality, created in collaboration with the ...

  • 33% of employers have reviewed their sick pay policy due to Covid-19
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    Sick pay is too low for around one-third of staff

    2021-12-08T09:04:37Z

    Around one-third of UK workers have sick pay that is too low to meet basic living costs, or no protection at all, according to research.The Trades Union Congress (TUC) conducted an online survey of more than 2,000 workers earlier this year that showed many didn't qualify for statutory sick pay, ...

  • Enable-Scotland
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    Enable Scotland ups staff pay to £10.40 an hour

    2021-12-07T10:45:35Z

    Social care charity Enable Scotland has increased its basic rate of pay to £10.40 per hour for its 2,000 members of staff as of this month (December).The wage rise, which goes beyond the Scottish government-funded increase to £10.02, means that the basic contracted rate of pay for the organisation’s care ...

  • Disability pay gap in the UK stands at 20% for 2020
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    Poll: Just 8% of employers publish disability pay gap

    2021-12-07T09:05:04Z

    Employee Benefits poll: Fewer than one in 10 organisations currently publish their annual disability pay gap, according to our research.Only 8% of respondents to an online survey said they made the data available to the public on a regular basis.A further 33% are considering reporting on disability pay while the ...

  • Gender pay gap submissions down 50% on last year
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    Gender earnings gap still high at 40%

    2021-12-07T09:03:01Z

    The average mid-working-age UK woman earned 40% less than her male counterpart in 2019, research has revealed.The study, which was carried out for the Institute for Fiscal Studies' (IFS) Deaton Review of Inequalities, found the gender earnings gap was just 13 percentage points lower than in the mid-1990s.The authors found ...

  • UPHD accuse Uber over new sick pay policy provided to UK drivers
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    Uber loses High Court bid to challenge worker rights ruling

    2021-12-07T09:01:46Z

    The UK High Court has refused transport business Uber’s application to declare its gig-economy business model lawful following the Supreme Court’s ruling on its worker rights and transport regulation.In February this year, the Supreme Court ruled against Uber and confirmed that its drivers were entitled to statutory protection under employment ...

  • Poundstretcher
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    Poundstretcher gives staff 10% pay rise

    2021-12-06T09:04:03Z

    Retailer Poundstretcher is to reward established employees with a 10% pay rise in recognition of their hard work throughout the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.From 1 January 2022, those who have been members of staff at the business for a full year will receive the hike in their basic annual salary.This will ...

  • HC-One
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    HC-One launches new pay and reward scheme

    2021-12-06T09:01:29Z

    Care provider HC-One has invested £17 million in a new pay and reward scheme for staff to ensure they can earn above the real living wage.The business, which employs around 21,000 members of staff across the UK, will give all care employees with two years of experience above the real ...

  • Anchor-1
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    Anchor to pay staff real living wage rates

    2021-12-03T09:03:22Z

    Anchor, also known as Anchor Hanover Group, has announced that it will pay its 9,000 members of staff real living wage rates as of this month (December).The organisation, which offers retirement housing to rent and to buy, retirement villages and residential care homes, including specialist dementia care, will pay the ...

  • Kavitha
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    Kavitha's keynote: Acknowledging employees’ hard work

    2021-12-03T09:00:59Z

    This week, we’ve reported on some of the rewards employers have given to staff to acknowledge their hard work throughout the year.Toymaker Lego, for example, offered its 20,000 employees around the world three extra days of holiday on top of their annual allowance, as well as a bonus in April ...

  • financial-wellbeing_
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    43% of staff do not feel financially on track

    2021-12-01T09:04:16Z

    New study findings have revealed that more than two in five employees (43%) do not feel like they are financially on track to live the life they want in the future.Research from Aviva’s report Evolving in the age of ambiguity, which is the third instalment of a two-year study into ...

  • Stagecoach
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    Stagecoach staff in Yorkshire strike due to pay row

    2021-11-30T09:03:56Z

    More than 560 Stagecoach bus drivers based in Sheffield, Barnsley and Rotherham in Yorkshire have been striking over a pay dispute.The organisation's employees were balloted earlier this month (November) for strike action after a pay offer was rejected, with the results revealing that they supported the idea.It began at the ...

  • Financial-advice
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    63% say financial knowledge is excellent or above average

    2021-11-30T09:00:03Z

    Six out of 10 workers (63%) think their financial knowledge is either excellent or above average, according to a new survey.The research of 1,015 UK working adults in employment was carried out by Vital Research for Wealth at Work, and aimed to find out how employees are saving for their ...

  • Amazon extends pay benefits for U.S. and Canada employees
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    Amazon staff protest over pay and work conditions

    2021-11-26T10:09:53Z

    Workers employed by online retail giant Amazon located in 20 countries, including the UK and US, have planned to stop work and protest on Black Friday (today) over pay and working conditions.Make Amazon Pay, the campaign group behind the protest, is backed by a coalition of labour groups, trade unions, ...

  • Salesforce
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    Salesforce introduces global gender inclusive benefits

    2021-11-26T09:05:41Z

    Cloud-based software business Salesforce has launched global gender inclusive benefits this month (November) to provide financial and emotional support to all of its transgender and non-binary employees across the world.Designed in partnership with its LGBTQ+ staff resource group Outforce, the organisation, which has more than 50,000 workers across the world, ...

  • 7 in 10 of employers witness presenteeism at work
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    35% of staff worked when ill during past 18 months

    2021-11-26T09:02:02Z

    New data has highlighted that more a third (35%) of UK adults have continued to work while feeling unwell in the past 18 months, rising to almost half (46%) among those aged 18-34.Research carried out by Opinium on behalf of Canada Life found that 21% of adults who admitted to ...

  • EXCLUSIVE: 68% say uncertainty on pension decision-making is their key retirement concern
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    54% of employees' retirement plans hit by Covid

    2021-11-24T09:02:03Z

    New data has revealed that more than half (54%) of UK working adults said that the impact of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has affected their plans to retire.According to research carried out by insurance provider Aviva, nearly one in five (18%) respondents feel less secure about their financial future, peaking ...

  • Just-Eat-courier
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    Stuart Delivery staff to protest over pay cut

    2021-11-24T09:00:14Z

    Sheffield, UK-based food delivery couriers employed by Stuart Delivery will take part in a protest regarding a planned pay cut.The action will take place on 28 November (Sunday), with couriers set to stage a motorcade leaving from Queen Street at 11am, before arriving at Sheffield Town Hall at 12pm where ...