All Pay strategy articles – Page 121
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ArticleMattioli Woods resumes bonus payments
Pensions and wealth management firm Mattioli Woods has restored interim bonus payments for the majority of its staff that were initially put on hold due to the financial uncertainty of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) crisis.In 2020, the organisation cancelled all bonuses that were due to be paid to employees at the ...
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ArticleB&M rewards 30,000 employees with a week's extra pay
Retail employer B&M is to reward its 30,000 store and distribution employees with a week's extra pay in appreciation of their hard work.The recognition payment, added to employees' next payslip, is to due to the organisation showing strong financial performance during the third quarter of its financial year. To aid ...
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ArticleBritish Gas employees begin five-day strike over pay and conditions
Staff employed at British Gas have begun strike action today (Thursday 7 January 2021) in a dispute over pay, terms and conditions.The strike, which will take place across several locations in the UK in line with government guidelines, is set to last for five days, ending on Monday 11 January. ...
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ArticleTui UK reports 29.3% mean gender pay gap
Travel organisation Tui UK has reported a mean gender pay gap of 29.3% for average hourly pay as at April 2020.The business, which currently has more than 3,000 employees in the UK, reported its gender pay gap data in line with the government’s gender pay gap regulations.The reporting regulations require ...
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OpinionFergal Dowling: Employment cases that will shape 2021
As we work our way into 2021, there are cases which will have a big impact on employment law, and HR policies and practices over the next 12 months. Holiday pay: are the 'rules' which limit a series of deductions correct?In 2019, the Nothern Ireland (NI) Court of Appeal in ...
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ArticleUK’s highest paying jobs in 2020 revealed
Data modeler roles were the highest paid jobs in the UK in 2020, according to analysis from job site Indeed.Job advertisements for these data experts revealed average salaries of £146,000, just shy of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s salary of £150,000.The research, based on Indeed’s analysis of thousands of job adverts ...
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ArticleTesco, Pizza Hut and Superdrug flouted minimum wage rules
Tesco, Superdrug and Pizza Hut are among the 139 organisations identified by the government as having breached minimum wage rules.According to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), these employers underpaid more than 95,000 workers by a total of £6.7 million.The organisations were investigated between 2016 and 2018, ...
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ArticleGender pay gap is widest for those aged over 50
The gender pay gap between full-time male and female employees is widest for those aged over 50, according to analysis from digital community Rest Less.The analysis Office of National Statistics (ONS) pay data, found that the gender pay gap increases with age: the annual salary of a female full-time employee ...
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OpinionAlice Meredith: Employee international travel and quarantine
Fluctuations in infection rates in other countries have resulted in short-notice changes to the countries included within the 'travel corridor' exemptions from quarantine requirements. How can employers minimise disruption?PracticalitiesAny employee travelling into England from a non-exempt country is required to self-isolate for a period of 14 days (unless an exempt ...
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ArticleTelegraph Media Group reports 20.5% mean gender and 20.7% ethnicity pay gaps
Telegraph Media Group (TMG) has reported a 20.5% mean gender pay gap, as at April 2020. It has also voluntarily chosen to report its ethnicity pay gap data for the third year, reporting a 20.7% mean difference.Due to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, gender pay gap reporting regulations have been suspended ...
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ArticleJMK Solicitors increases minimum salary to £20,000
Image credit: JMK SolicitorsLaw firm JMK Solicitors has committed to paying its full-time staff a minimum salary of £20,000, exceeding the legal minimum wage requirement of £8.72 an hour for employees over 25.The organisation which employs 60 staff introduced these new pay measures to support its staff and recognise them ...
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ArticleDomino’s Pizza rewards 11,500 employees with recognition bonus
Pizza restaurant and delivery chain Domino’s Pizza has rewarded over 11,500 employees with a special bonus to recognise them for their hard work during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.All employees who are directly hired by the organisation, including hourly team members, drivers and supply staff will receive a special payment of ...
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ArticleHeathrow Airport introduces 20% pay cuts for staff
British airport Heathrow has introduced pay cuts to deal with the financial ramifications of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The organisation reduced the pay of less than 3% of its staff by 20%, while fewer than 1% of staff have received pay cuts by 25%. Employees negatively impacted will see these pay ...
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OpinionJoanne Moseley: Government clarifies how furlough fraud will work
In October 2020, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) published a compliance factsheet which explained how it intended to recover furlough grants paid to employers which were not entitled to receive them. It advised organisations to check their calculations and repay what they owed if they wanted to avoid income tax ...
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ArticlePinterest agrees to $22 million settlement in gender discrimination case
Social media organisation Pinterest has agreed to pay a $22.5 million (£16.9m) settlement in a gender discrimination case.In August 2020, Francoise Brougher, former chief operating officer at Pinterest, filed a lawsuit against the organisation, stating that she received less equity in shares than her male counterparts during her first year ...
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ArticleSainsbury's reports 9.7% mean gender and 0.4% ethnicity pay gaps
Retailer Sainsbury's has reported a 9.7% mean gender pay gap, as at April 2020. It has also voluntarily chosen to report its ethnicity pay gap data for the first time, reporting a 0.4% mean difference.Due to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, gender pay gap reporting regulations have been suspended for the ...
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ArticleMaintenance staff at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital to receive 4.5% pay increase
Outsourced maintenance staff, incuding electricians and plumbers, at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital have accepted a new pay deal for 2020-21.The deal, which follows negotiations with trade unions Unite and outsourcing employer Serco, will see 50 employees receive a 4.5% pay increase.The pay rise, backdated to 1 April 2020, will ...
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ArticleLloyds Banking Group reports 6.8% mean ethnicity pay gap
Lloyds Banking Group has reported a mean ethnicity pay gap for black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) employees of 6.8%, while the BAME bonus gap was 26.3%.The mean pay gap and bonus gap was widest for black employees at the high street lender, at 16.7% and 52.9% respectively.Asian employees still ...
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ArticleAsda to reward front-line staff with 100% bonus and Boxing Day paid leave
Asda is to give front-line staff an additional day’s paid leave and reward them with 100% of their bonus entitlement for 2020.The retailer will close all stores on Boxing Day in order to give staff an additional day’s break over the Christmas period when Covid-19 restrictions on family gatherings will ...
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ArticleWeetabix Food Company reduces median gender pay gap to 4.4%
Weetabix Food Company, which also produces the Alpen and Ready Brek brands, has made further progress in reducing its gender pay gap, closing the median gap to 4.4% as at April 2020, down from 6.6% the previous year.The organisation also reported a mean gender pay gap of 2.46% as at ...