All Pay strategy articles – Page 146
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Supplier articleWhat is the Best Time to Look for a New Job?
We love to eat ice-creams in the summer heat and a hot coffee in the cold winter days. There is a specific season for everything. Yes, the same rule applies to the job-hunting process as well. There are millions of people who are looking for a new job, or they ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Only 16% of employers measure their gender pensions gap
EXCLUSIVE: Although employers are increasingly focused on closing the widely discussed and publicised gender pay gap, just 16% of respondents proactively measure the gender pensions gap in their organisation, according to research by Employee Benefits.While it is encouraging that some organisations are doing so, there is still a long way ...
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ArticleCoco di Mama rolls out flexible pay benefit for 270 employees
Italian-inspired food and drink chain Coco di Mama is rolling out a flexible pay benefit that will allow all of its 270 employees, working across 23 cafes, to access their wages ahead of their scheduled paydays. Coco di Mama has been trialling the flexible pay app, provided by Wagestream, since ...
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ArticleCalifornia court rules case for reclassification of Uber drivers premature
The District Court of the Northern District of California has declined to order ride-hailing organisation Uber to treat its drivers as employees, but has further refused to entirely dismiss the claims, leaving open an opportunity for further consideration.The case, Colopy v Uber Technologies, concerns Thomas Calopy, who worked as an ...
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ArticleCIPHR acquires Payroll Business Solutions
UK HR software provider CIPHR has acquired its long-term strategic software partner, Payroll Business Solutions (PBS), it announced on 16 December 2019. PBS, which has 20 members of staff, predominately payroll specialists, will join CIPHR's 130 employees, including service desk staff, software developers, project delivery staff, consultants and training specialists, ...
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ArticleEmployees in Aberdeen, Hull and Edinburgh are the richest in the UK
Employees who live and work in Aberdeen, Hull and Edinburgh are among the richest in the UK, according to research by CV Library.The study compared the basic living costs against average salaries for UK professionals in 18 of the UK’s key cities from July 2019 to 20 October 2019. It ...
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ArticleNorthern Ireland nursing staff strike at 21 locations in dispute over pay
Image credit: RCNNorthern Ireland nursing staff working within health and social care (HSC) organisations, who are members of the trade union Royal College of Nursing (RCN), are undertaking strike action today (18 December 2019).Nurses and nursing assistants are protesting over being paid less than their counterparts in England, Wales and ...
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ArticleC and W Trucking ordered to pay $199,000 in wage violations
A contractor for the US Postal Service (USPS), C and W Trucking has been ordered to pay $199,010 (£150,000) for overtime violations and for unpaid health and welfare benefits, after an investigation by the US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) discovered it was violating federal law.The investigation ...
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ArticleFrench transport employees strike over pension reforms
Image credit: Willy BartonFrench transport workers, represented by the Confédération Générale du Travail (General Confederation of Labour (GCT)), are undertaking strike action today (17 December 2019) in an ongoing dispute regarding pension reforms.This is the 13th day of strike action in protest of French prime minister Edouard Philippe's November 2019 ...
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ArticleNewcross Healthcare rolls out flexible pay benefit to 8,000 health workers
Healthcare organisation Newcross Healthcare is rolling out a flexible pay benefit that will allow 8,000 health workers among its 9,000-strong workforce to access their pay as it is earned, rather than waiting for a monthly pay date. Newcross Healthcare has been trialling the new Flexi Pay benefit for the past ...
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ArticleChristmas movie lover offered $1,000 to watch 24 Hallmark films in 12 days
Something for the weekend: Internet service provider CenturyLink is looking to recruit a Christmas movie fan to watch 24 Hallmark Christmas movies in 12 days.It is offering to pay the lucky applicant $1,000 (£750) to watch a list of movies, then take to social media and spread the word, and ...
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OpinionCarol Shaw: A change to recording daily working time?
Earlier this year, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) found that employers must record workers’ daily working time to ensure compliance with the Working Time Directive, EU legislation guaranteeing certain rights for workers and setting out requirements relating to working hours, rest breaks and annual leave.The WTD is implemented in ...
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ArticleEight in 10 Dorset police employees feel underpaid for stress of the job
More than four-fifths (86%) of Dorset police do not feel fairly paid for the stresses and strains of their job, according to the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) Pay and morale survey.The survey, which received 1,296 responses, 362 from Dorset Police and 934 who declined to state their ...
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ArticleAbsolute Plumbing ordered to pay $145,297 for wage violations
Florida-based plumbing organisation Absolute Plumbing has been ordered to pay $145,297 (£110,385) in back wages and damages to 46 employees for overtime violations after an investigation by the US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) discovered it was violating federal law.The investigation found that the residential and commercial ...
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OpinionClare Fletcher: The new year brings new thinking around pay and benefits
In the run-up to one of the most unpredictable elections on record, what can be said about 2020 in terms of pay and benefits?The Conservative manifesto repeats the party's commitment to "making sure work always pays". It promises no rises to income tax or national insurance contributions (NICs), and reaffirms ...
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ArticleLincolnshire health visitors end strike action over pay dispute
Lincolnshire County Council has agreed to pay Lincolnshire health visitors between £2,000 and £6,000 in a one-off transitional payment after upgrading their pay grade from a grade 9 to a grade 10.The employees, who are members of trade union Unite, called off strike action on 5 December 2019 after their ...
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ArticleOne third of UK employees have never received a Christmas bonus
One third (33%) of employees in the UK have never received a Christmas bonus, according to research by Hawk Incentives.The online poll, which canvassed the views of 1,500 respondents in November 2019, also found that nearly three-quarters (73%) are not expecting any form of financial benefit from their employers this ...
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ArticleUCL academics and outsourced domestic staff unite in strike over pay and conditions
University College London (UCL) academic, support and domestic staff have joined together for the first ever combined strike of direct and outsourced university staff today (4 December 2019).Represented by the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB), staff including outsourced cleaners, porters and security officers who are currently employed by ...
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OpinionRebecca Thornley-Gibson: Asda’s own Supermarket Sweep
Organisations need to be agile in the way they react to change in their sector and the wider economy. However, changes inevitably have a people impact, and the current Asda employee relations dispute regarding changes to staff terms reflects the challenges in place for employers that need to maintain market ...
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ArticleEmployment Tribunal finds workers are employees for purposes of Tupe regulations
The London Central Employment Tribunal has published a judgment finding that, for the purposes of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment (Tupe)) Regulations 2006 (Tupe), an individual classified as a 'worker' under the Working Time Regulations 1998 is to be treated as an employee.The case, Dewhurst v Revisecatch, concerned ...