All Pay strategy articles – Page 139
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OpinionYvonne Gallagher: Hermes is not making a concession for self-employed couriers
Parcel delivery organisation Hermes and trade union GMB announced in February 2019 details of what has been described as a ‘groundbreaking deal’ relating to Hermes' self-employed courier workforce.In June 2018, a group of couriers contracting on a self-employed basis with Hermes were successful in their claim in the Employment Tribunal ...
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ArticleGas station owners to pay $63,398 in back pay
US-based gas station and convenience shop owners Tushar and Varsha Patel have been ordered to pay six employees a total of $63,398 (£48,438.29) for violating overtime and record keeping regulations.An investigation conducted by the Wage and Hour Division (WHD), part of the US Department of Labor, found that the Patels, ...
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ArticleAlternative Futures Group employees strike in pay dispute
Around 650 care support staff employed by the Alternative Futures Group (AFG), who are also members of the trade union Unison, are beginning seven days of strike action today (Tuesday 7 May 2019) in a dispute over pay.Unison has stated that AFG is reducing care employees' pay for sleep-in shifts; ...
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ArticleKavitha’s keynote: Health and wellbeing is high on the benefits agenda
For the second consecutive year, organisations report that the main reason they offer perks is to support the health and wellbeing of their workforce. According to our Benefits research 2019, this has overtaken recruitment and retention as the primary motivation, clearly demonstrating just how much employers are realising the value ...
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ArticleUK Paintball to pay summer intern £100 a week to test child-friendly paintballing guns
Something for the weekend: UK Paintball is advertising for a summer intern aged between eight and 12 to test out child-friendly paintballing guns across its 75 locations, boosting pocket money for the chosen applicant with wages of £100 a week.The junior employee, who will need to be available for work ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by Royal Mail
The benefits offered by Royal Mail:Pensions, pay and group riskRoyal Mail's defined benefit (DB) pension scheme was closed to new members in March 2008 and new employees are provided with a defined contribution (DC) pension. The DB arrangement closed to future accrual in March 2018; members of this scheme have ...
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ArticleSodexo staff at three London hospitals protest in dispute over pay
Porters, cleaners and domestic staff employed by multinational facilities management organisation Sodexo, and who are members of the trade union GMB, are conducting a protest across three London-based hospitals today (Tuesday 30 April 2019) in a dispute over pay.The protests are due to take place at St Mary’s Hospital in ...
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ArticleAround 439,000 employees paid less than their entitled hourly minimum wage in April 2018
Approximately 439,000 employees were paid less than the hourly minimum wage in April 2018, according to research by independent body the Low Pay Commission (LPC).The Non-compliance and enforcement of the national minimum wage: April 2019 report used up to date stakeholder and government evidence, including research such as the Annual ...
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ArticleKavitha’s keynote: Mind the ethnicity pay gap
As an Asian woman, how employers can address the ethnicity pay gap and improve employment opportunities and equality for people from ethnic minority backgrounds is an issue close to my heart.At the Westminster Employment Forum policy conference on Bame (black, Asian and ethnic minority) equality in the workplace: tackling discrimination ...
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ArticleActors Kit Harrington and Emilia Clarke earn $500,000 per episode for Game of Thrones
Something for the weekend: As blood-thirsty fantasy drama Game of Thrones returns to TV screens this month (April 2019) for its eighth and final season, its leading cast are banking pay cheques of up to $500,000 (£386,182.50) per episode, according to women’s glossy magazine Cosmopolitan.Analysis by the monthly magazine reveals ...
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ArticleDan Lucy: Should employers follow Hermes’ lead with ‘self-employed plus’ status?
The recent move by Hermes and the GMB Union to collaboratively find a way to resolve the employment status of Hermes’ couriers is a positive step, offering those couriers the option of enhanced rights and taking the discussion out of the law courts.It is a smart compromise on both parts. ...
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ArticleCharlie Barnes: Should employers follow Hermes’ lead with ‘self-employed plus’ status?
Organisations like Hermes, with business models based on self-employed individuals delivering parcels, have come under fire for seemingly avoiding the provision of basic worker rights, such as national minimum wage (NMW), holiday pay, statutory sick pay and pension auto-enrolment.To tackle this, Hermes has agreed new rights with the GMB union ...
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ArticleDavid Greenhalgh: Should employers follow Hermes’ lead with ‘self-employed plus’ status?
The ‘self-employed plus’ model appears to work well for Hermes, but is not necessarily a solution for other employers.The issue for Hermes, as it may be for other businesses, could be that if an individual does not take the ‘self-employed plus’ option, there would be nothing to prevent them from ...
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ArticleBritish Columbia government awards 2% pay increase to container truckers
The provincial government for British Columbia, Canada is implementing a 2% pay increase for around 1,700 container truckers, effective from 1 June 2019.The 2% increase in truckers’ trip and hourly rates has been designed to offset higher operational costs and help ensure fairer compensation for drivers.The adjusted rate structure is ...
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ArticleTrinity House Lighthouse Services’ seafarers stage protest in ongoing pay dispute
Around 34 seafarers employed by Trinity House Lighthouse Services, Corporation of Trinity House Deptford Strond, who are members of the trade union Unite, are conducting a protest today (Wednesday 24 April 2019) in a dispute over pay.Today’s industrial action, which is the first union strike since The Corporation of Trinity ...
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Case StudiesJohnsons of Whixley uses imaginative benefits to motivate employees
As one of the largest commercial nursery businesses in Europe, Johnsons of Whixley takes a flexible and imaginative approach to rewarding its workforce. Based between York and Harrogate, the organisation employs more than 90 members of staff, a number which can rise to nearly 200 during seasonal peaks, representing a ...
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OpinionDr Rea Prouska: Non-financial strategies are viable alternatives to financial rewards
Total reward strategies include all types of financial and non-financial, direct and indirect, intrinsic and extrinsic rewards, and play a crucial role in attracting new employees, eliciting strong performance and maintaining engagement. The application of such strategies contributes to employee wellbeing, satisfaction and productivity.However, economic turbulence, such as the global ...
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ArticleTwo-thirds believe benefits are equal to or more important than basic salary
Two-thirds (66%) of employees in the UK believe that the employee benefits offered to them are equal to or more important than their basic salary, according to research by corporate gift organisation Adler.The survey of 1,000 UK employees also found that 14% would accept an increase in benefits over a ...
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ArticleMorrisons receives permission to appeal payroll data breach case at Supreme Court
Supermarket retailer Morrisons has been granted permission to appeal a High Court ruling, which found that the organisation was partly liable for a data breach leading to the payroll data of around 10,000 staff being posted online.Andrew Skelton, who was a senior auditor at the organisation’s Bradford headquarters, posted employees’ ...
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ArticleEmployees at construction SMEs to receive 2.75% pay rise
Construction employees who are members of the trade union Unite and who work at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will receive a one-year pay deal, including an increase of 2.75%.The deal, which will come into effect on 24 June 2019, has been agreed as a result of negotiations between The ...