All Pay strategy articles – Page 110
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ArticleEdinburgh Council becomes living wage employer
Edinburgh City Council, the capital's largest employer, has announced that all of its staff will receive at least the Scottish Local Government Living Wage (SLGLW) as part of their base pay from 1 April.The change will mean all employees earn at least £9.50 per hour, and the move marks a ...
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ArticleBrent Council publishes pay gap data
Brent Council has published its Gender, ethnicity and disability pay gap report, revealing its mean gender pay gap fell from 7.2% to 5.2% last year.But commenting on the findings, Debra Norman director of legal, HR, audit and investigations at the Council, believes the figures require close inspection.She said improvements in ...
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ArticleReport reveals sharp decline in pay for working mums
A report released by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has revealed the extent to which working mums forego employment and improvements in their salaries after they have had children compared to men.The careers and time use of mothers and fathers report found that the numbers of hours worked by ...
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ArticleOne in eight quit work due to ill-health
A new report by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has revealed the extent to which employees are forced out of the workforce early due to ill-health and lack of employer support.The Ending working lives report, published today (12 March), has revealed one in eight (12%) employees have to cut short ...
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ArticlePrivate ambulance drivers demand NHS sick pay
Private ambulance workers employed by Ezec have hit out at only receiving statutory sick pay (SSP) if they are off work due to Covid-19 (Coronavirus).While mainstream NHS staff are given full pay if they are ill with Coronavirus or have symtoms and have to self-isolate, those working for the ambulance ...
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ArticleKavitha’s keynote: Choosing to challenge
You would have had to have been hiding under a rock to miss the fact that it was International Women’s Day at the beginning of this week (8 March). Celebrated across the globe, this year’s theme was about choosing to challenge, encouraging people to call out gender bias and inequality.At ...
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ArticleCoal Authority releases gender pay gap data
Coal Authority has published its second gender pay gap report for the period April 2019 to March 2020, which reveals improvements across the board.Overall, its mean hourly rate of pay for men was £22.29 compared to £17.84 for women, representing a mean gender pay gap of 19.97%. This was ...
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Glenmorangie revamps family leave policy
Scotch whisky business Glenmorangie Company has refreshed its family leave policy so that staff can spend more time with a new child.The 175-year-old distiller has announced it will now give all new parents - whether they are natural birth parents, adopters, or surrogate parents - fully paid leave for 26 ...
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ArticleThousands of workers to get 9% pay rise on 1 April
From 1 April 2021 thousands of low-paid workers will receive a pay rise of almost 9%, as the eligibility for the national living wage is widened to include 23- and 24-year-olds.Announced by the chancellor in the Spending Review last November, the national living wage (NLW) rate will increase 2.2% from ...
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ArticleYounger women face £100,000 gender pensions gap
A new report from Scottish Widows has revealed that younger women face a six-figure gender pensions gap.The company’s findings, published to coincide with International Women’s Day, showed that a female saver can expect to have £100,000 less in her retirement pot thanks to time taken out of the workplace to ...
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ArticleDeliveroo to pay drivers bonuses of up to £10,000
Fast-food delivery giant Deliveroo has announced it is setting aside a £16 million ‘thank-you’ fund to reward its most loyal riders as part of its plans to float on the London Stock Exchange later this year.The payments range from £200.00 (given to drivers who have been with the business for ...
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ArticlePoll: Almost half of staff wages cut or frozen as pandemic bites
Employee Benefits poll: A fifth of UK employers have cut staff wages as a result of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, with another 25% implementing pay freezes.According to the latest Employee Benefits straw poll, 20% of organisations have reduced their employees’ salaries in direct response to the impact of Coronavirus.At the ...
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ArticleGender pay gap worsened by Covid-19
Research released to coincide with International Women’s Day today (8 March) has revealed the devastating impact Covid-19 (Coronavirus) has had on gender pay gaps.According to an analysis of hiring by global search engine Adzuna, job openings for women have suffered a year-on-year fall of 40.2% compared to those for men, ...
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ArticleNewham Council becomes living wage employer
Newham Council in east London has been officially recognised as a London living wage employer.The accreditation – given this week by the Living Wage Foundation – means all staff will receive at least the recommended £10.85 per hour.The council was also recognised for its ‘Community Wealth Building Pledge’ which insists ...
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ArticleHow will the Budget 2021 affect pay and benefits?
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak delivered his much-anticipated Budget speech to the House of Commons on Wednesday 3 March 2021. Below is a summary of the key announcements that could impact pay and benefits strategies:Income tax thresholds frozen until 2026UK furlough scheme extended until September Pensions lifetime allowance frozen ...
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ArticleHalfords repays £10.7m furlough payment
Halfords, the specialist cars parts and cycles retailer, has revealed it has repaid more than £10 million in government furlough payments, thanks to a surge in demand for bicycles during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.An overall sales uplift of +6.2% for the first seven weeks of 2021 means it has given ...
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ArticleIncome tax thresholds frozen until 2026
Budget 2021: Income tax thresholds will be frozen until 2026, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak said today (3 March).Setting out plans to help the UK recover from the £407 billion spent on Covid-19 (Coronavirus) support measures, he revealed the personal income tax allowance would rise with CPI as planned ...
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ArticleHMRC taskforce created to investigate furlough fraud among employers
Budget 2021: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has announced the creation of a ‘taskforce’ to tackle fraud within the furlough scheme.Sunak revealed a £100 million investment in the HM Revenues and Customs' (HMRC) Taxpayer Protection Taskforce to crack down on those who defraud Covid-19 (Coronavirus) government support initiatives, including ...
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ArticleNational living wage to increase by £345 per year
Budget 2021: The national living wage (NLW) is to rise by £345 a year from April, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak confirmed in the Budget today (3 March).Under the plans, the existing rate of £8.72 an hour will increase by 19p to £8.91 – equivalent to £345 annually for ...