All Pay strategy articles – Page 160
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ArticleDHL FastTrack employees vote to accept two-year pay deal
Members of the trade union GMB who work at courier organisation DHL FastTrack have voted to accept a two-year pay deal.The deal will award GMB members at DHL FastTrack a 10% pay increase, spread over a two-year period.The deal also reduces working hours to an average of 45 hours per ...
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ArticleAverage advertised UK salary rises to £35,058 per year
The average advertised salary for an employee in the UK is £35,058 a year, as at February 2019, according to research by job search engine Adzuna.Its monthly UK job market report, which utilises online vacancy data from over 1,000 sources, confirmed that the average advertised salary for UK employees has ...
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ArticleStewart Milne Group reports 13.3% mean gender pay gap for 2018
House building and timber frame manufacturing organisation Stewart Milne Group has reported a 13.3% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay as at 5 April 2018; this is a 4.8% decrease from the 18.1% mean gender pay gap the organisation reported for 2017.The organisation reported its gender pay gap ...
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ArticleStaff at three West Midlands colleges strike in dispute over pay
University and College Union (UCU) members based at City of Wolverhampton College, Coventry College (pictured) and Warwickshire College Group are undertaking strike action this week in a dispute over pay.Staff who are members of UCU and who work at the City of Wolverhampton College are conducting strike action today (Monday ...
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ArticleDLA Piper reports a 17.8% mean gender pay gap for 2018
International law firm DLA Piper has reported a 17.8% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay as at 5 April 2018, inclusive of its fee-earner and business services populations.The firm reported its gender pay gap data in line with reporting regulations and in time for the private sector submission ...
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ArticleThe Walt Disney Company faces equal pay lawsuit in California
The Walt Disney Company is to face a putative class action lawsuit on the issue of equal pay, with plaintiffs alleging that the organisation’s gender pay gap is ingrained in its culture.Rasmussen v The Walt Disney Company et al is being brought by law firm Andrus Anderson on behalf of ...
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ArticleVibrant Vegan Company seeks director of taste
Image caption: @vibrantvegancoSomething for the weekend: Vegan meal delivery subscription service Vibrant Vegan Company is seeking a new director of taste to join its team, offering a salary of £50,000 a year and worldwide travel to flavour hotspots such as India, Japan and Mexico.Vibrant Vegan Company, which provides weekly vegan ...
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OpinionJane Hannon: Employers must be aware of new payslip requirements
With the ever-increasing focus on Brexit, employers could be forgiven for losing track of some important domestic reforms to employment law, quickly looming on the horizon. One of these, a requirement to provide payslips to workers and not just employees, comes into force on 6 April 2019 and applies to ...
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ArticleMcAfee achieves global gender pay parity across 7,100 staff
Global cybersecurity organisation McAfee has achieved gender pay parity across its 7,100 employees worldwide.McAfee conducted an audit of employee pay in March 2019, which covered its entire workforce, based across 45 countries. This analysis identified gender pay gaps in nine countries. To address this, McAfee invested $4 million (approximately £3 ...
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ArticleHogan Lovells reports 12.3% gender and 11.2% ethnicity pay gaps
Image credit: ALMInternational law firm Hogan Lovells has reported a 12.3% mean gender pay gap among employees, excluding partners. It has also voluntarily chosen to report its ethnicity pay gap data, finding an 11.2% mean difference.Ahead of the second reporting deadline on 4 April 2019, Hogan Lovells is one of ...
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OpinionClare Gregory: 2019's gender pay gap reporting deadline approaches
The requirement for large employers to publish information annually on their gender pay gap came into force in 2017, and the deadline for publishing the second round of reports, 5 April 2019, is now fast approaching.DLA Piper's analysis of organisations' gender pay gap reports submitted as at mid-February 2019 shows ...
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ArticleNational living wage increases by 5% in April 2019
The national living wage has increased by 5% as at 1 April 2019, equating to £8.21 an hour for employees aged 25 and over; this compares to £7.83 an hour for the 2018-2019 rate.This increase, which is the highest recorded rise since the wage rate was introduced in April 2016, ...
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ArticleThatcham-based Forterra staff vote to accept pay parity deal
Members of the trade union GMB who work at heavy building materials supplier Forterra, at its Thatcham site near Newbury, have voted to accept a deal which offers pay parity with staff based at Forterra’s Birmingham site.Forterra’s management proposed the pay deal on 27 March 2019. GMB members at Newbury ...
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ArticleAlpha Flight drivers at Gatwick Airport vote to accept two-year pay deal
Image credit: @alphalsgAround 55 drivers based at Gatwick Airport and employed by inflight food supplier Alpha Flight have voted to accept a two-year pay deal.The deal, which was negotiated with trade union Unite on behalf of its members, is applicable for Alpha Flight drivers delivering inflight food for airline British ...
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ArticleJunior doctors receive enhanced pay for shared parental leave
The NHS Staff Council has endorsed new rules on shared parental leave for junior doctors, allowing more trainee medics to qualify to take shared parental leave, as well as receive an enhanced rate of pay above statutory levels.The new rules, effective today (Monday 1 April 2019), were agreed with medical ...
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ArticleParenting tasks and skills could be worth a salary of £263,587 per year
Something for the weekend: Everyone knows that parents can bring an abundance of new skills into the workplace when they return from leave, but what if their childcare and home-keeping responsibilities were able to earn them a wage?According to a new tool from greeting card organisation Funky Pigeon, released in ...
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ArticleKavitha’s keynote: Attitudes towards gender pay are changing
This week, we reported that almost seven in 10 employees in Europe would contemplate leaving their organisation if they knew it had an unfair gender pay gap.Interestingly, the research, carried out by HR management software organisation ADP, found that this figure rose to four in five among 16 to 34 ...
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ArticleSeven in 10 would look for new job if their employer had an unfair gender pay gap
Almost seven in 10 (68%) European employees state that they would consider looking for a new job if they discovered an unfair gender pay gap at their organisation, according to research by human resources management software organisation ADP.Its Workforce view in Europe 2019 report, which surveyed 10,585 employees across France, ...
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ArticleEducation Institute of Scotland members vote to accept three-year pay deal
Members of teachers’ trade union the Education Institute of Scotland (EIS) have voted to accept a three-year pay deal, which will increase their pay by 13.5%.The pay deal, proposed by the Scottish government, will provide a backdated 3% pay increase effective from April 2018, a 7% pay rise in April ...
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ArticleGovernment recommends cap on executives’ total remuneration
The Business, Energy and Industry Strategy (BEIS) Committee has recommended that employers’ remuneration committees should set, publish and explain an absolute cap on executives’ annual total remuneration, in order to encourage fairer pay practices.In its Executive rewards: Paying for success report, published on 26 March 2019, the BEIS Committee states ...