All Pay strategy articles – Page 139
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ArticleJuventus first team players and coach defer pay to support the club
Players and the coach of the first team at Juventus football club will be taking a pay reduction until June 2020 to support the club during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Announced on 28 March 2020, personal agreements between the players and coach were made to make reductions to their compensation for ...
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ArticleJohn Lewis to pay 55,000 non-management staff £25 extra per week
The John Lewis Partnership will award over 55,000 non-management employees and first-level managers a £25 reward for every week worked in May to June, totalling £200.The reward will apply predominately to employees in Waitrose shops and working on John Lewis online sites.This reward means that employees will receive around 11% ...
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ArticleMorrisons rewards employees with 6% annual bonus for the next 12 months
British supermarket Morrisons will pay its full-time employees a 6% bonus for their hard work during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.All of its front-line employees will receive the bonus quarterly for a period of 12 months. This represents an average annual bonus payment of £1,050, compared to the average bonus payment ...
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ArticleBritish Airways will not place salary cap on furlough payments for 30,000 employees
UK airline British Airways will pay 30,000 employees 80% of their current salary as part of the government's furlough Covid-19 (Coronavirus) job retention scheme, without capping the total monthly payments.Unite the union, GMB union and British Airlines Pilots Association (Balpa), reached the agreement with the airline that will see 30,000 ...
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ArticleStarbucks extends temporary Covid-19 benefits in US
American coffee company Starbucks has extended all of its temporary Covid-19 (Coronavirus) employee benefits including catastrophe pay and extra service pay until 3 May 2020.Employees that feel healthy and comfortable to work will receive a $3 (£2.42) per hour bonus alongside their pay. Alternatively, employees who are ill or feel ...
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ArticleMarks and Spencer rewards front-line employees with 15% bonus
British retailer Marks and Spencer will give front-line employees a 15% bonus to reward them for their hard work during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Front-line employees who have caring commitments or who are feeling more vulnerable are able to step away from their role at this time and will be able ...
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ArticleMichael Legge: Should employers pay staff for periods of isolation due to Coronavirus?
Responsible employers will want to do right by their staff, while protecting the business from potential disruption. Under the Health and Safety Act 1974, businesses have a duty to provide a safe workplace, so they must consider the best means to protect employees while maintaining continuity.Where it is possible for ...
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ArticleLora Murphy: Should employers pay staff for periods of isolation due to Coronavirus?
2020 will be marked in history as the year in which a pandemic, commonly referred to as Coronavirus or Covid-19, tested the modern world on both a social and an economical level.This is a period of uncertainty for employers and employees alike, and everyone wants answers in relation to how ...
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ArticleJoanne Moseley: Should employers pay staff for periods of isolation due to Coronavirus?
The answer to this is more complicated than you might expect and depends on the reason why someone is self-isolating.If an employee has symptoms, they must self-isolate for seven days. If they do not, but live with someone who has, they have to self-isolate for 14 days. In both cases, ...
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ArticleVictoria von Wachter: Should employers pay staff for periods of isolation due to Coronavirus?
In short, the answer is generally yes. The Health Protection (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 contain a declaration by the secretary of state that the incidence or transmission of coronavirus constitutes a serious and imminent threat to public health.The Health Protection Regulations 2020 state that where a person self-isolates because they have ...
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ArticleAmey employees to receive full pay during self-isolation
Outsourcing organisation Amey will pay all of its employees who are instructed to self-isolate due to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic in full.Following negotiations with Unite and GMB, Amey announced yesterday (March 31 2020) that employees would receive full pay for seven days, 14 days or 12 weeks, depending on how ...
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ArticleVerizon increases pay for essential on-site employees
Telecommunications organisation Verizon is enhancing pay to ensure that its on-site employees are financially supported during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, effective immediately.Employees that are unable to work from home, due to their customer-facing roles, will receive pay enhancements as part of the organisation's'essential on-sire services pay' programme. Eligible employees, such ...
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OpinionAndrew Osborne and Naomi Hanrahan-Soar: Government provides details on points-based immigration system
The Government released a policy statement on 19 February 2020, giving an outline of its plans for a points-based immigration system for highly skilled and skilled workers. The first phase of this will open in the autumn, with applicants being granted visas starting from 1 January 2021, and will apply ...
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ArticleKing George and Queens Hospitals pay outsourced NHS staff living wage
NHS outsourced workers at Kings George and Queens Hospitals in East London will receive the London living wage, effective from April 2020. The pay increase, negotiated by GMB Union, will benefit 600 outsourced staff at Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trusts, who will see their hourly pay rise from £8.21 ...
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ArticleFC Barcelona players defer pay to support all non-sporting staff
The professional team members at FC Barcelona, including the football first team and most of the basketball team, will reduce their pay to support non-sporting staff during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The agreement was made by the FC Barcelona board of directors. They confirmed that the football first team will reduce ...
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ArticleEasyjet to pay staff 80% of wages after suspending all flights
British airline Easyjet will pay all of its employees, who are unable to work from home, 80% of their average pay through the Government's job retention scheme.The pay scheme which will come into effect from 1 April 2020 was collaboratively agreed upon by the airline and Unite the union which ...
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ArticleWalkers Shortbread staff to receive full pay during closure
Baking organisation Walkers Shortbread Limited has closed all production operations with immediate effect but will still continue to pay staff in full throughout the duration of the closure.The organisation temporarily closed on 26 March 2020 and it has no plans to open any earlier than 20 April 2020.All employees will ...
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ArticleAldi rewards store and distribution staff with 10% bonus
Aldi will pay store and distribution employees a 10% bonus due to their hard work throughout the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The bonus will be effective for the hours that employees work from 9 March 2020 to the end of April 2020, and will then be reviewed on a monthly basis.To further ...
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ArticleLeeds United players, coaches and management defer pay to support all staff
Coaching staff, players and members of senior management at football club Leeds United will defer their pay for the foreseeable future, to ensure that all staff working at the Elland Road stadium and Thorp Arch training ground will still receive pay during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak.Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, ...
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ArticleHy-Vee rewards front-line store employees with 10% bonus
US-based supermarket retailer Hy-Vee is giving its front-line store employees a 10% bonus to recognise their hard work during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.All full- and part-time store-based employees will receive the bonus, calculated based on the hours worked from 16 March to 12 April 2020; this will then be paid ...