All Pay strategy articles – Page 107
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ArticleJohn Lewis gives drivers £5,000 pay rise
Retailer John Lewis is giving its lorry drivers an annual salary increase of up to £5,000 from Sunday (8 August), as the industry faces worker shortages due to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Around 900 large goods vehicle drivers currently employed by the John Lewis Partnership group, which runs the John Lewis ...
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ArticleNext store staff bring equal pay claims
Retail giant Next has conceded that its store workers can compare their roles to that of their colleagues in distribution centres and warehouses in terms of pay.Represented by law firm Leigh Day, currently more than 400 employees have brought equal pay claims against the employer, arguing that their work is ...
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ArticleBooker drivers to consider strike over pay row
Heavy goods vehicles (HGV) drivers at wholesale business Booker have threatened to hold strike action over a pay dispute.Drivers from Booker Retail Partners’ Thamesmead, London depot are considering industrial action following the company’s attempt to tackle HGV driver shortages. It had put in place a temporary £5 an hour pay ...
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ArticleBumble introduces new paid leave policies
Dating app Bumble has announced it will give all of its employees a minimum of six months' paid leave for the birth, adoption or surrogacy of a child.Workers will be able to take at least 12 weeks' leave a year to take care of a family member and caregivers will ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid ticks the box
I’ve now had two reminders to fill in our employee engagement survey, so I can’t put it off any longer. It says it will only take 10 minutes. That may be true for most, but not for me. You’ll see why.Since employee engagement now falls under the new vice president ...
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ArticlePublicis Groupe UK launches family policies
Communications organisation Publicis Groupe UK has implemented family-centered workplace policies for its employees spanning maternity, paternity and shared parental leave, as well as adoption, surrogacy, fertility and pregnancy loss.The introduction of these will be supported by a training and education program aimed at employees and managers. They are the latest ...
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ArticleACCA reveals 6.51% gender pay gap
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has announced a median gender pay gap of 6.51%.The business recently published its 2020 UK gender pay gap report for the fourth consecutive year since 2018, which showed its median gender pay gap fall by 4.6% in 2019 to 6.51% in 2020. It ...
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ArticleXPO Logistics Drinks staff balloted for pay strike
XPO Logistics Drinks drivers and warehouse staff are being balloted over potential industrial action following a 1.4% pay rise offer.Staff have been asked by workers union Unite to vote regarding strike action against the business, which has its 1,000 employees and runs 26 sites across the UK that supply major ...
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AnalysisIs cash still king when it comes to motivating modern workforces?
Need to know:Assuming that an employee is fairly paid and has adequate income to fund their lifestyle, a pay rise or bonus is unlikely to make a significant impact on their performance.A good long-term strategy for boosting employee productivity as opposed to cash incentives is clear communication and strong management.Employees ...
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ArticleAegon UK becomes living wage employer
Financial services provider Aegon UK has become a Living Wage Foundation accredited employer.This commitment means Aegon staff will receive a minimum hourly wage of at least £9.50 in the UK or £10.85 in London, with both rates higher than the £8.91 per hour UK government minimum wage for people over ...
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ArticlePoll: 78% of organisations use salary sacrifice for workplace pensions
Employee Benefits poll: More than three-quarters of organisations use salary sacrifice for workplace pensions, according to the latest Employee Benefits research.Salary sacrifice schemes allow employees to agree to reduce their earnings by an amount equal to their pension contributions and, in exchange, the employer then agrees to pay the total ...
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Poll: Has your organisation ever published an ethnicity pay gap report?
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ArticleUK employees least motivated to work from home
UK employees working from home are finding it more difficult to stay motivated compared to their European counterparts, according to recent research.The survey, commissioned by enterprise management cloud specialists Workday and carried out by Yonder Consulting, spanned nine European countries and interviewed more than 2,000 employees in each country. It ...
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ArticleKavitha’s keynote: Feeling valued at work
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the importance of maintaining praise in the pandemic and ensuring employees feel valued at work, especially after so many months of having very limited in-person contact with colleagues and consequently fewer opportunities to receive face to face feedback.This week, the findings of ...
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ArticleQBE European reveals 54.9% ethnicity bonus gap
Insurance business QBE European Operations has revealed a 54.9% mean ethnicity bonus gap in its first report of this kind.The organisation's median bonus gap was 43.9%, with 75% of ethnic minority staff receiving a bonus compared to 91% of white employees, according to its UK ethnicity pay gap report 2020.In ...
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ArticleKingfisher completes £900 million bulk annuity deal
Kingfisher, a retailing company that manages B&Q and Screwfix, has completed a £900 million bulk purchase annuity transaction for its pension scheme.Aviva will insure the defined benefit pension liabilities for more than 8,000 members, taking responsibility for the investment and longevity risk. Members will see no change in the amount ...
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ArticleJohn Howie offers incentive to plug staff shortages
Something for the weekend: Organisations struggling to recruit new workers might be interested to learn about John Howie Restaurants’ latest hiring tactic.The US hospitality chain is offering $500 (£364) to customers who find thyme to successfully recommend employees in a risky move which could see its staff shortages exacerbated by ...
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ArticleNHS offers 3% pay rise to nurses and cleaners
The NHS has agreed to a 3% pay rise for nurses and other health workers in England and Wales after accepting the recommendations in full of the NHS independent pay review bodies.However, some nurses are threatening industrial action over the offer. A Royal College of Nursing (RCN) spokesperson said members ...
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ArticleBank of England ethnic minority staff paid less
An internal review at The Bank of England has found ethnic minority staff are paid less than white colleagues and are also less likely to be promoted.The near year-long review by the bank's Court of Directors, led by Diana Noble, a non-executive director, revealed that while wages and pay rises ...
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ArticlePay awards for second quarter double
Pay awards for the second quarter of this year were worth twice what they were during the same period in the first quarter, according to analysis from XpertHR. In the three months to 30 June 2021, the median pay award was 2%, double the 1% recorded in the first three ...