All Pay strategy articles – Page 146
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ArticleCIMB offers six months' paid maternity leave for first-time mothers
Kuala Lumpur-based banking organisation CIMB has announced that it will now be offering six months' paid maternity leave for its employees in Malaysia who become first-time mothers.Eligible staff members will be able to take up the benefit from 30 days prior to their estimated due date. CIMB also provides employees ...
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ArticleHSBC gender pay gap increased to 61% in 2018
The gender pay gap at banking organisation HSBC has grown from 59% in 2017 to 61% in 2018, according to its latest update.The 2017 figure already marked HSBC out as the employer with the largest disparity between male and female employees' pay among UK banks.The latest report means that female ...
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OpinionKaren Coleman: Mandatory job evaluation could mitigate equal pay claims
Morrisons has become the latest big supermarket group to face a challenge at the Employment Tribunal (ET) over equal pay by its shop staff; these are predominantly women who believe that they are being unfairly paid less than their male counterparts employed in distribution centres. If the test claim by ...
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ArticleMore than a third remain with their employer if they have good work-life balance
More than a third (37%) of employees state that a good work-life balance would cause them to remain with their current employer, according to research by community interest organisation Investors in People.Its 2019 Job exodus report, which surveyed 2,000 UK individuals in December 2018, also found that 34% of respondents ...
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ArticleAverage salaries in the UK increased by 7.6% over 2018
Average salaries in the UK increased by 7.6% over 2018, according to research by independent job website CV Library.The website's analysis of its 2018 job market data, compared to corresponding 2017 figures, found that average salaries have increased the most in Glasgow over the course of 2018, rising by 11.3% ...
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ArticleIllegal Pete's raises minimum wage to $15 an hour for tipped, hourly paid staff
US-based Mexican restaurant chain Illegal Pete's has raised its minimum starting wage for tipped, hourly paid employees to $15 (£11.77) an hour, effective from January 2019.This equates to a $6 (£4.71) pay rise since Illegal Pete's last increased its minimum starting wage in 2015 to $9 (£7.06) an hour.The pay ...
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ArticleTennessee restaurant operators ordered to pay $220,000 in back wages and damages
The operators of Nashville, Tennessee-based restaurant Woodlands Indian Vegetarian Cuisine have been ordered to pay $220,000 (£173,557) in back wages and liquidated damages to 31 employees.The action follows an investigation by the US Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), which uncovered violations of the minimum wage, overtime and ...
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ArticleLetitia Wright named 2018’s biggest box-office draw but absent from list of best-paid actors
Something for the weekend: Actor Letitia Wright has been named by movie ticket website Fandango as the highest box-office earning star of 2018, but she does not feature on the top ten list of best-paid actors.Wright has featured in a string of hit movies, including Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, ...
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ArticleArriva Durham County bus drivers set to strike after rejecting pay offer
Around 650 bus drivers working for Arriva Durham County have voted to strike for a week from 6 January after rejecting a revised pay offer.The drivers, members of the Unite union based at Darlington, Durham, Redcar, Stockton and Whitby, voted by 72% to 28% to reject the proposal, which was ...
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ArticleMen earn nearly twice as much as women in bonus pay
The average bonus for a full-time worker in the UK was £2,242 in 2018, according to analysis of figures from the Office for National Statistics by recruitment organisation Aaron Wallis, but the average for males at £2,613 was nearly twice that for females at £1,158.The research also found that full-time ...
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ArticleMissouri state minimum wage rate rises to $8.60
The Missouri Department of Labor has announced a state minimum wage rate of $8.60 (£6.77) per hour for 2019, rising from $7.85 (£6.18) in 2018.Effective from 1 January 2019, all private employers are required to pay the minimum rate, with the exception of retail and service organisations with annual sales ...
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ArticleMidlands-based Two Sisters staff awarded 9.3% pay rise
Around 1,500 Midlands-based employees at food manufacturer Two Sisters Food Group, who are members of the trade union Unite, have been awarded a two-year pay deal.A spokesperson for Two Sisters said: "We made a commitment to work with Unite with regard to flexibility around production, and recognising and rewarding our ...
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ArticleFirmenich receives Edge certification for gender parity commitment
Perfume organisation Firmenich has been awarded certification from assessment body Economic Dividends for Gender Equality (Edge), in recognition of its commitment to gender parity in the workplace.The certification followed an assessment of data and processes, as well as a survey of the organisation’s 7,000 employees, based in 66 facilities worldwide.Gilbert ...
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ArticleAdvertised salaries show 3.9% year-on-year rise for October 2018
Advertised salaries have risen year-on-year for the first time in six months, showing a 3.9% increase in October 2018 when compared with the corresponding 2017 figures, according to the latest monthly report from job search engine Adzuna.Andrew Hunter, co-founder of Adzuna, said: "It's hopeful that real wages are on the ...
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ArticleBrighton-based Wetherspoon employees win pay rise following strike action
Employees working for popular pub chain Wetherspoon in Brighton have received a pay increase in response to strike action conducted in October 2018.The pay increase amounts to an additional 60p per hour for Brighton-based employees; this consists of 40p due to changes to employees' pay bands, as well as an ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: More than half of employers have delved deeper into gender pay gap
EXCLUSIVE: More than half (57%) of organisations have conducted additional analysis to identify drivers behind their gender pay gap figures, and 9% are looking to carry out an equal pay audit, according to bi-annual research by reward management consultancy Paydata.The autumn edition of the UK reward management survey took place ...
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ArticleMonese gains living wage accreditation
Mobile banking organisation Monese has been accredited as a living wage employer by the Living Wage Foundation.The London-based organisation has committed to paying its 75 permanent employees, as well as any third-party contractors, at least the voluntary living wage rate of £10.55 an hour for staff working in the capital, ...
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ArticleTotal pay increased by 1.1% in real terms since October 2017
Total pay for employees in Great Britain, including bonuses, increased by 1.1% between August to October 2017 and August to October 2018, according to research by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).Its UK labour market: December 2018 report also found that regular pay, excluding bonus payments, increased by 1% in ...
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OpinionNigel Morris: A warning to the private sector – IR35 is coming
The October 2018 budget brought with it confirmation that IR35 rules changes, introduced for the public sector in April 2017, will come into force for medium and large private sector businesses from April 2020. The definition of medium and large, however, remains unspecified.Organisations in the public sector, such as NHS ...
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ArticleCentral Florida Bakery pays $28,055 in back wages and damages
Sandford-based organisation Central Florida Bakery has paid $28,055 (£22,227.98) in back wages and liquidated damages to 18 employees, due to violations of the US Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).The employer's breaches of the minimum wage, overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the FLSA were uncovered following an investigation by the Wage ...