All Pay strategy articles – Page 151
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ArticleWest End staff to receive pay increases and flexible working opportunities
Creative practitioners working in London’s West End who are members of the trade union Equity, have voted to accept an agreement in order to receive pay increases and more flexible working opportunities.The majority (98%) of Equity members who work in the West End voted in favour of the new West ...
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ArticleHereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service increases pay for 380 on-call firefighters
The Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service has increased pay for 380 on-call firefighters, backdated to 1 April 2019.The pay rise was initially proposed by the Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service senior management board, supported by the Hereford and Worcester Fire Authority, in recognition of the fact ...
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ArticleRicher Sounds and SSE support new campaign to tackle low pay
Retail organisation Richer Sounds, energy business SSE and investment firm Standard Life Aberdeen have been accredited as living hours employers as part of a new initiative by the Living Wage Foundation.The Living Hours campaign, which launched this week, has been designed to tackle insecurity around employee pay and hours, and ...
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ArticleVineyard worker tops the list of most desirable jobs in the UK
Something for the weekend: Despite having a salary well below the national average, the role of vineyard worker has proven most popular among prospective UK employees, according to job listing website Adzuna.The research, which measured the most viewed job titles across the approximately 1.1 million listings that were live on ...
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ArticleCheshire-based Encirc employees agree two-year pay deal
Around 475 staff employed at glass manufacturing organisation Encirc Limited, based at its operating site in Elton, Cheshire and who are members of the trade union Unite, have voted to accept a two-year pay deal.Unite members working from Encirc’s Cheshire site voted 78% in favour of the proposed deal. As ...
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ArticleCourt of Appeal rules in favour of NHS staff in holiday pay dispute
On Monday 10 June 2019, the Court of Appeal ruled in favour of NHS employees working for the East of England Ambulance Service, finding that staff who regularly undertake overtime or work beyond their normal shifts should have these hours taken into account when calculating holiday pay.The case, N Flowers ...
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ArticleTotal pay has increased by 1.2% in real terms since April 2018
Total pay for employees in the UK, including bonuses, increased by 1.2% in real terms between the periods of February 2018 to April 2018 and February 2019 to April 2019, according to research by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).The Average weekly earnings in Great Britain: June 2019 report also ...
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ArticleTesco to increase pay by 10.45% for hourly store and customer service staff
Supermarket retailer Tesco has announced that it will increase pay by 10.45% for hourly, store-based employees, as well as those employed at its Customer Fulfilment Centre (CFC), by October 2020.The pay deal, which was agreed with the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw), will see selected employees receive ...
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ArticleSainsbury's appeal to dismiss equal pay claims proves unsuccessful
Equal pay legal action against retailer Sainsbury’s is set to continue, following a ruling from the Birmingham Employment Tribunal that the case should progress to a hearing.The ongoing equal pay case concerns store-based Sainsbury’s staff and those who work at the organisation’s distribution centres. The claimants, represented by the law ...
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ArticleSalesforce, Gap and PayPal UK among 2019’s Best Workplaces in the UK
Adobe, Gap, Goodman Masson, Salesforce (pictured), and PayPal UK are among the organisations that have been acknowledged on the UK’s Best Workplaces 2019 list, compiled by the Great Place to Work Institute.The Best Workplaces list is based on results from a workplace culture audit, completed by organisations’ HR departments, which ...
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ArticleWincanton awards 19% pay increase for Kettering-based Argos warehouse staff
Around 155 staff based at an Argos warehouse in Kettering, employed by logistics organisation Wincanton, will receive a 19% pay increase by 2022.The pay deal, which was negotiated with trade union Unite, has been designed to equalise pay among the 300 members of staff based at an Argos warehouse in ...
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ArticleSheriff’s captain loses job for using jail inmates to build workplace barbecue
Something for the weekend: With the warmer weather advancing, increasing numbers of employees are daydreaming about firing up the barbie after work. Meanwhile, employers are ever more aware of the need for breakout spaces, down time and social events to boost wellbeing and create a positive work-life balance among staff.However, ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid examines HR policies
I am still reeling from the shock. Big Bad Boss has called me in and said they (presumably the Higher Beings on the third floor) want me to update the intranet. What all of it? Big Bad Boss seems to think so. He waves my concerns away with the back ...
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ArticleGovernment introduces recruitment and retention allowance for judges
The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has introduced a new temporary allowance for High Court, Circuit and Upper Tribunal judges in order to improve retention and recruitment.The policy, which was announced on Wednesday 5 June 2019, will award an allowance at 25% of base salary for High Court judges, while Circuit ...
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OpinionDeborah Casale: Unconscious bias needs to be addressed to impact gender pay gap
It is hard to imagine how life will look in 100 years, but at the current rate of progress, we can expect that the UK will only just be closing its gender pay gap.Organisations with more than 250 employees have been required to publish its gender pay gaps annually since ...
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ArticleGH London employees at Heathrow Airport awarded a 9.1% pay rise
Baggage handlers and check-in staff employed by GH London at Heathrow Airport, who are members of the trade union Unite, will receive a 9.1% pay increase to mitigate strike action.Negotiations between Unite and GH London, formally known as Azzurra, have confirmed that affected staff will receive a 6.1% pay rise ...
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ArticleNorwegian oil and energy staff to receive pay increase, averting strike action
Oil, gas and energy employees in Norway are to receive a pay increase of NOK19,700 (£1,791.92) after trade unions reached an agreement today (Tuesday 4 June 2019).The pay deal was negotiated between the Norwegian Oil and Gas Association, a professional body and employers’ association for oil and supplier organisations, and ...
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ArticleAlmost three-fifths of UK employees support full pay transparency
Almost three-fifths (56%) of respondents support full pay transparency, according to research by global job site Indeed.The meaning of work, a report which analysed jobseeker trends from Indeed’s monthly visitors over the last five years and surveyed 2,008 UK employees, also found that 74% believe they can do their jobs ...
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ArticleSanderson Farms increases wages for hourly-paid staff
Fresh and frozen chicken production organisation Sanderson Farms has increased wages for its hourly-paid employees, resulting in a pay rise of $1 (£0.79) an hour.The pay increase, effective from 2 June 2019, will see hourly-paid employees with a tenure of at least 90 days earn $15 (£11.87) an hour.In addition, ...
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ArticlePoll: 61% believe the minimum wage should be equal across all age groups
Employee Benefits poll: Three-fifths (61%) of respondents believe that equal pay should be available across all age groups, with a universal minimum wage.A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 59 responses, also found that 14% of HR and benefits professionals do not agree with the Labour party’s proposal that ...