All Pay strategy articles – Page 159
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ArticleDan Lucy: Should employers follow Hermes’ lead with ‘self-employed plus’ status?
The recent move by Hermes and the GMB Union to collaboratively find a way to resolve the employment status of Hermes’ couriers is a positive step, offering those couriers the option of enhanced rights and taking the discussion out of the law courts.It is a smart compromise on both parts. ...
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ArticleCharlie Barnes: Should employers follow Hermes’ lead with ‘self-employed plus’ status?
Organisations like Hermes, with business models based on self-employed individuals delivering parcels, have come under fire for seemingly avoiding the provision of basic worker rights, such as national minimum wage (NMW), holiday pay, statutory sick pay and pension auto-enrolment.To tackle this, Hermes has agreed new rights with the GMB union ...
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ArticleDavid Greenhalgh: Should employers follow Hermes’ lead with ‘self-employed plus’ status?
The ‘self-employed plus’ model appears to work well for Hermes, but is not necessarily a solution for other employers.The issue for Hermes, as it may be for other businesses, could be that if an individual does not take the ‘self-employed plus’ option, there would be nothing to prevent them from ...
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ArticleBritish Columbia government awards 2% pay increase to container truckers
The provincial government for British Columbia, Canada is implementing a 2% pay increase for around 1,700 container truckers, effective from 1 June 2019.The 2% increase in truckers’ trip and hourly rates has been designed to offset higher operational costs and help ensure fairer compensation for drivers.The adjusted rate structure is ...
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ArticleTrinity House Lighthouse Services’ seafarers stage protest in ongoing pay dispute
Around 34 seafarers employed by Trinity House Lighthouse Services, Corporation of Trinity House Deptford Strond, who are members of the trade union Unite, are conducting a protest today (Wednesday 24 April 2019) in a dispute over pay.Today’s industrial action, which is the first union strike since The Corporation of Trinity ...
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Case StudiesJohnsons of Whixley uses imaginative benefits to motivate employees
As one of the largest commercial nursery businesses in Europe, Johnsons of Whixley takes a flexible and imaginative approach to rewarding its workforce. Based between York and Harrogate, the organisation employs more than 90 members of staff, a number which can rise to nearly 200 during seasonal peaks, representing a ...
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OpinionDr Rea Prouska: Non-financial strategies are viable alternatives to financial rewards
Total reward strategies include all types of financial and non-financial, direct and indirect, intrinsic and extrinsic rewards, and play a crucial role in attracting new employees, eliciting strong performance and maintaining engagement. The application of such strategies contributes to employee wellbeing, satisfaction and productivity.However, economic turbulence, such as the global ...
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ArticleTwo-thirds believe benefits are equal to or more important than basic salary
Two-thirds (66%) of employees in the UK believe that the employee benefits offered to them are equal to or more important than their basic salary, according to research by corporate gift organisation Adler.The survey of 1,000 UK employees also found that 14% would accept an increase in benefits over a ...
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ArticleMorrisons receives permission to appeal payroll data breach case at Supreme Court
Supermarket retailer Morrisons has been granted permission to appeal a High Court ruling, which found that the organisation was partly liable for a data breach leading to the payroll data of around 10,000 staff being posted online.Andrew Skelton, who was a senior auditor at the organisation’s Bradford headquarters, posted employees’ ...
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ArticleEmployees at construction SMEs to receive 2.75% pay rise
Construction employees who are members of the trade union Unite and who work at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will receive a one-year pay deal, including an increase of 2.75%.The deal, which will come into effect on 24 June 2019, has been agreed as a result of negotiations between The ...
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ArticleTotal pay has increased by 1.6% in real terms since February 2018
Total pay for employees in the UK, including bonuses, increased by 1.6% in real terms between December 2017 to February 2018 and December 2018 to February 2019, according to research by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).The Average weekly earnings in Great Britain: April 2019 report also found that regular ...
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OpinionNicholas Stretch: Preparing for new reporting obligations on engagement and pay
This year sees the implementation of several corporate governance developments which reward managers, among others, need to get to grips with. Although newspaper headlines continue to focus on executive pay levels, a number of other reward-related changes, which have received far less publicity, need to be considered.For 2019 onward, so ...
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AnalysisAddressing increases to auto-enrolment contributions to maximise financial wellbeing
Need to know:As auto-enrolment minimum contributions increase in April 2019, some employees may opt out of their pension in order to address present financial concerns.A communications approach that puts the changes into monetary values, and considers finance holistically, can bolster employee understanding.Using a salary sacrifice pension arrangement can mitigate rising ...
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OpinionNichola Hawden: How will auto-enrolment increases impact reward?
When auto-enrolment was first introduced in October 2012, the minimum total contribution rate for a workplace pension was a modest 2%, with employers contributing a minimum 1%. From 6 April 2018, the total minimum contribution rate increased to 5%, with 2% contributed by the employer, and from 6 April 2019, ...
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ArticleThree in 10 believe that only those in permanent roles are entitled to minimum wage
Three in 10 (30%) respondents believe that only those who are employed in permanent job roles are entitled to the national minimum wage, according to research by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).Its survey of 2,001 employees aged between 16 and 64 also found that 32% of ...
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ArticleBank of America to increase minimum wage to $20 an hour
Financial services organisation Bank of America is to increase its minimum wage to $20 (£15.27) an hour for 205,000 US-based employees.The pay increase will be delivered over a two-year period, starting on 1 May 2019 when the bank’s minimum hourly wage will increase to $17 (£12.98). This will continue to ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid tackles the gender issue
What a relief to have help with the gender issue; our pay gap reporting. We now have a hobbit to manage all HR data reporting, including the gender package. Yes, I know I shouldn’t think of her as that, but she is small, hairy, and well, remarkably hobbit-like. I say ...
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ArticleAramark staff conclude strike action in dispute over pay
Members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) working for food, facilities and uniform services organisation Aramark concluded three-day strike action yesterday (Wednesday 10 April 2019) in a dispute over pay.Contracted catering staff based at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) formed a picket line at ...
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ArticleGMB hosts protests against ISS in wage and sick pay dispute
Trade union GMB and its members are participating in a series of protests today (Thursday 11 April 2019) against support service organisation ISS in a dispute over wages and sick pay.The protests will be occurring across three sites in South London: from 9.00am at the Princess Royal Hospital in Orpington ...
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ArticleAsda proposes new contract for hourly-paid retail staff
Supermarket retailer Asda has proposed a new contract for its hourly-paid retail employees in England, Scotland and Wales, offering to increase pay to £9 an hour but cut paid breaks.Asda has proposed the new employment contract in order to provide a standardised offering across all its retail employees in the ...