All Pay strategy articles – Page 108
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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 ...
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ArticleAustralia Post rewards 33,000 employees with recognition bonus
Australia Post will give its 33,000 employees an average payment of $600 (£329) to reward them for their efforts during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.All employees within the business ranging from post office employees to mail processing staff and call centre employees, will receive the one-time bonus due to be paid ...
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ArticleHitachi Solutions reports mean gender pay gap of 22.3%
Hitachi Solutions has reported a mean gender pay gap of 22.3% for average hourly pay as at April 2019.The organisation, which currently has 261 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 employees ...
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ArticleVolkswagen Mexico gives employees a 6.5% pay rise
Volkswagen Mexico is giving over 14,000 employees a 6.5% pay rise, following on from an agreement with union party Volkswagen Automotive Industry Workers of Mexico (Sitiavw).The agreement announced this week, will give employees a 5.5% pay rise directly to their basic salary, and a 1% salary to their savings funds.The ...
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ArticleA Cut Above Landscape ordered to pay $110,602 in back wages to 85 staff
Florida-based landscaping business A Cut Above Landscape and Maintenance has been ordered to pay 85 employees $110,602 (£83,687) in back wages after an investigation by the US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) discovered it was violating federal law.The investigation found that the organisation had violated the overtime ...
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OpinionStefan Martin: The future of remote working post Covid-19
A few months ago it would have been inconceivable that so many people would have been working from home for such an extended period of time. Now employers and employees are actively considering the role of remote working when the current crisis ends.Even before the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) lockdown, the government ...
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ArticleBaptistCare ordered to pay employees $1 million in back wages
Australian nursing organisation BaptistCare has entered into a Enforceable Undertaking with The Fair Work Ombudsman and has been ordered to pay its employees more than $1 million (£548,000) in back wages.The business, which runs 17 residential aged care facilities, self-reported that it has underpaid more than 2,000 current and former ...
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ArticleMicrosoft UK reports 8.3% mean gender pay gap
Microsoft UK has reported a mean gender pay gap of 8.3% for average hourly pay as at April 2019.The organisation, which currently has over 3,000 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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ArticleNew Zealand government extends wage subsidy scheme
The New Zealand government has extended its new wages subsidy scheme by two weeks to support employees who have been affected by the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The wage subsidy scheme, first introduced in June 2020, provides an eight week payment for every employee working at a business that has seen a ...