All Pay strategy articles – Page 142
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ArticleSalford-based care workers to receive £9 per hour minimum wage by October 2020
Image Credit: Manchester Evening NewsAnnounced yesterday (11 March 2020), Salford City Council will give more than 300 care employees working in the city a pay increase to at least £9 per hour from 1 October 2020; this ties in with Salford's commitment to work towards care workers receiving the full ...
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OpinionAmanda Lathia: Employment law changes from 6 April 2020
Following the Taylor Review in February 2018, the government published the Good work plan on 17 December 2018, introducing the most significant workplace reforms that we have seen for over 20 years.Holiday pay for irregular and vulnerable workersHoliday pay for irregular workers and vulnerable workers will change as of 6 ...
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ArticleUniversity of Oxford to implement living wage and raise pay for 2,000 employees
The University of Oxford, which employs 17,000 people in total, has signed up to become an Oxford living wage employer, agreeing to give almost 2,000 employees a pay increase.From August 2020, employees will be paid a minimum of £10.21 an hour. This aligns with the university's commitment to creating an ...
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ArticleAon to merge with Willis Towers Watson in $80 billion deal
Professional services firm Aon is set to merge with risk management, insurance brokerage and advisory business Willis Towers Watson in a $30 billion (£60.8 billion) deal that aims to combine and expand complementary organisations to create a technology-enabled global platform.The transaction is expected to create more than $10 billion (£7.6 ...
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ArticleFrench court concludes Uber drivers should gain employee status
In a ruling made on 4 March 2020, France's Court of Cassation reclassified the contractual relationship between drivers and ride hailing organisation Uber, giving them the right to be seen not as self-employed workers, but employees.In the case, Uber argued that drivers remain free to decide whether to connect to ...
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ArticleWates Group overhauls family-friendly benefits for 4,000 employees
Family-owned construction organisation Wates Group has announced a complete overhaul of the family-friendly policies offered to its 4,000 employees.From 1 May 2020, the organisation will commit to making a number of significant changes including: increasing paternity and partner leave to eight weeks at full pay; increasing maternity leave to 26 ...
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ArticleMPs' basic pay to increase by 3.1% from 1 April 2020
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) has announced that basic pay for UK members of parliament (MPs) will increase by 3.1% from 1 April 2020.Announced yesterday (5 April 2020), this brings MPs' overall salary from £79,468 to £81,932. This pay increase is in line with the decision by IPSA in ...
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ArticleCushman and Wakefield reduces gender pay gap from 35.8% to 31.1%
Real estate services firm Cushman and Wakefield has reduced its gender pay gap to 31.1%, from 35.8% since 2018.The gender pay gap reporting regulations require organisations with 250 or more employees to publish the differences in mean and median hourly rates of pay for male and female full-time employees, the ...
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ArticleWilko abolishes sick pay for retail and distribution staff of less than a year
Homeware and household goods chain Wilko Retail is reducing sick pay for its retail and distribution employees; under the new policy, staff that have been at the business for less than a year will no longer be entitled to sick pay.Additionally, longstanding employees will only be entitled to sick pay ...
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ArticleDowntown Alliance calls for urban adventurer to live rent-free in New York
Something for the weekend: Non-profit business improvement organisation Downtown Alliance is on the hunt for a social influencer and urban explorer to live in and experience Lower Manhattan.In addition to a wage of $2,250 (£1,742.19) per fortnight, for many the main benefit will be the chance to live rent-free in ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: How will Coronavirus affect business?
Over the last week, the UK’s preparations for dealing with Coronavirus seem to have moved on at a significant pace. As consumers have emptied retailers’ shelves of anti-bacterial hand gel and begun stockpiling food, the government has set out its plans to tackle the virus in the coming weeks and ...
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ArticleJohn Lewis Partnership employees receive 2% profit-sharing bonus
Retail organisation John Lewis Partnership is awarding a 2% bonus to its 83,000 employees, as a result of its 2019/2020 profits.The payout, which is due to the organisation's profit-sharing scheme and was announced to employees today (5 March 2020), paid employees 3% of their salaries in 2018/19; the dip this ...
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ArticleBoris Johnson announces day-one statutory sick pay to tackle Coronavirus
Image credit: Parliament TVUK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that statutory sick pay will be available from day one for those people self-isolating as a result of the outbreak of Covid-19 (Coronavirus).The change to sick pay legislation, announced on 4 March 2020, is a temporary measure to respond ...
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ArticleOnly two-fifths of employers have a multi-year gender equality strategy
Although 81% of organisation say improving diversity and inclusion is high on their agenda, only around two-fifths (42%) have documented a multi-year strategy for achieving gender equality, according to research by Mercer.The When women thrive 2020 global report, which involved 1,157 organisations, found that 64% of employers track gender representation, ...
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ArticleAssociation of Accounting Technicians reduces gender pay gap from 13.7% to 4%
The Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) has reduced its gender pay gap from 13.7% to 4% since 2018. The AAT reported its gender pay gap for full- and part-time staff on data on 2 March 2020, in line with the government’s regulations and ahead of the submission deadline of 30 ...
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ArticlePay gap sees the average female employee work for free for two months per year
The average female employee works for free for the equivalent of two months per year due to the UK's gender pay gap, according to analysis from the Trades Union Congress (TUC).The research, released on Women's Pay Day today (4 March 2020), the date on which female employees start getting paid ...
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ArticleGovernment publishes review of implementation of IR35 off-payroll rules
The government has published the results of its review into the implementation of the changes to the IR35 off-payroll working rules. It launched the review on 7 January 2020 in order to address concerns from businesses about how the changes will be implemented. The off-payroll working rules, introduced in 2000, ...
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ArticleSouth Western Railway agrees 2.6% pay increase
South Western Railway has agreed a 2.6 increase basic pay and regional allowances, following negotiations with trade union the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA).The pay rise, which will be back-dated to October 2019, will run for a year through to the start of October 2020 and will also apply to ...
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ArticleOxford City Council reports 10.2% mean gender pay gap
Oxford City Council has reported a 10.2% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay, as at 31 March 2019.The firm reported its gender pay gap data for full-time and part-time staff, as well in line with the government’s regulations and ahead of the submission deadline of 30 March 2020.The ...
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ArticleMatthew Potter: Should the UK follow Finland’s lead with equal parental leave?
Finland’s new government recently introduced legislation seeking to provide a level playing field for working parents. In light of growing calls for gender equality, the UK government is now also facing pressures to evaluate current laws and consider whether changes are required to encourage working fathers to take leave.Employees in ...