All Pay strategy articles – Page 161
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ArticleAverage salaries for new jobs increase by 28.9% in the UK
Average salaries for new jobs in the UK have increased by 28.9% between November 2017 and November 2018, according to job market data from recruitment website CV Library.The research found that a number of prominent cities across the UK have seen salary increases for new jobs over the past 12 ...
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ArticleProfessional Santas in US earn up to $20,000 a year
Something for the weekend: professional Santas accrue earnings of up to $20,000 (£15,644) in a year, according to a recent article on US news and opinion website Vox.Baltimore-based Santa Brian Marchetti told author Zachary Crockett that he gets around 110 gigs over the holiday season, working the circuit of corporate ...
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ArticleAnglian Water, Microsoft and Google recognised on 2019 Best places to work: UK list
Utilities provider Anglian Water (pictured), retailer Ikea, restaurant chain Nandos and technology organisations Google and Microsoft are among those recognised on 2019’s Best places to work: UK list, compiled by job review and recruitment website Glassdoor.The annual list, now in its 11th year, recognises and ranks UK employers with 1,000 ...
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OpinionPhil Hall: Timidity around ethnicity pay reporting will not deliver real change
Labour force survey data, published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in October 2018, indicates that, in general, ethnic minority groups earn less per hour than white employees.The independent Race in the workplace report, published by Baroness McGregor-Smith in February 2017, indicated that equal participation and progression across ethnicities ...
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ArticleParadise Granite ordered to pay $134,097 in back wages and liquidated damages
Alabama-based countertop installation organisation Paradise Granite has been ordered to pay $134,097 (£104,639.91) in back wages and liquidated damages to 22 employees, due to violations of overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).The violations were uncovered by an investigation by the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) ...
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ArticleKavitha Sivasubramaniam: Boosting engagement with a happier workforce
As our Happiness at Work Week, in association with Personal Group, draws to a close, it is time to reflect on some of the trends and issues currently shaping this area of the benefits market.Most organisations today recognise the correlation between happiness and productivity. In general terms, happier employees mean ...
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OpinionKatrina Philippou: What is the key to increasing workplace happiness?
Most forward-thinking employers have begun to recognise happiness at work as a key piece of the productivity puzzle; it is a factor that cannot be ignored, with research conducted by Warwick University finding that happy employees are 12% more productive.Personal Group runs a UK employee happiness survey each year, which ...
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ArticleMore than a quarter plan to increase investment in health and wellbeing benefits
More than a quarter (29%) of employer respondents state that they are likely to increase investment in their health and wellbeing benefits in the next two years, for example around occupational sick pay, employee assistance programmes (EAPs) and flu jabs, according to research by the Chartered Institute for Personnel and ...
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ArticleNew Zealand Employment Relations Bill set to pass second reading in parliament
The New Zealand government's new Employment Relations Bill is expected to pass its second reading in parliament today.The legislation is expected to create a new relationship and balance between workers' rights and employers' interests. The bill contains multi-employer collective agreement (MECA) provisions that clarify that employers have a responsibility to ...
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ArticleSingapore government extends workers' rights with amendment bill
The Singapore government's Employment (Amendment) Bill 2018 has been passed in parliament after a second reading by Josephine Teo, minister for manpower, on 20 November 2018.Changes to Singapore's Employment Act (EA) and Employment Claims Act (ECA) are due to take effect from 1 April 2019.Core provisions under the acts will ...
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ArticleUniversity of Leicester security team achieve victory in dispute over hours and pay
Image credit: UnisonUniversity of Leicester has dropped plans to cut the hours and pay of its security team, following a campaign coordinated by the trade union Unison.The 26-strong team, all of whom are Unison members, would have had their weekly hours cut from 37 to 35, and would also have ...
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ArticlePrysmian Cables and Systems workers accept two-year pay deal to end dispute
Workers at cable manufacturing organisation Prysmian Cables and Systems in Eastleigh, Hampshire, have ended a long-running industrial dispute by voting overwhelmingly for a two-year pay deal.The trade union Unite, which has 162 members within Prysmian Cables and Systems, stated that the workforce voted 85% in favour of a 2% increase ...
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AnalysisEmployee satisfaction: does pay prevail?
Need to know:Money is an important foundation, but cultural changes have arguably created a world in which true engagement, happiness and satisfaction cannot be bought with pay alone.Employees not only expect a broader package of benefits, but will also look to an organisation's culture and impact on the world.Recognition, transparency, ...
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Case StudiesBurns Pet Nutrition harnesses organisational culture to keep employees satisfied
Pet food production organisation Burns Pet Nutrition is based in Kidwelly, Wales, and is home to approximately 125 members of staff. These employees are spread across various roles, both within the core production business and in the organisation’s other ventures, which include a farm café and shop, market gardens and ...
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ArticleStreet Crane Company offers workers 3% pay increase following strike action
Derbyshire-based crane and hoist manufacturer Street Crane Company has offered a 3% pay increase to employees, following eight days of strike action by workers who build and maintain overhead factory cranes.The strikes, which involved 40 members of the trade union Unite, were the first industrial action taken at the organisation ...
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ArticleUniversal Orlando increases base rate of pay to $12 an hour
American theme park and entertainment organisation Universal Orlando (pictured) has increased its base rate of pay to $12 (£9.35) an hour, effective from February 2019.The pay rise is expected to increase wages for thousands of Universal Orlando’s US-based staff members.The organisation has committed to continue to review and adjust its ...
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ArticleUK employees forecast to receive 0.8% real salary increase in 2019
UK employees working within the private sector are forecast to receive a 0.8% real salary increase in 2019, equating to approximately £20 more a month, or £237.35 a year, before tax for the average employee, according to research by data organisation ECA International (ECA).Its Salary trends report, which analyses current ...
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ArticleRental Concepts pays $96,511 in back wages following investigation
Rental Concepts of Springdale, Arkansas, which operates as RNR Tire Express, a franchise retailer of tires and custom wheels, has paid $96,511 (£75,137.19) in back wages to 239 employees. This follows an investigation by the US Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), which uncovered systemic violations of ...
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ArticlePay growth rate of 0.9% in last quarter was highest since December 2016
Regular pay in real terms, namely adjusted for inflation, increased by 0.9% between July to September 2017 and July to September 2018, according to the UK labour market report from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This represents the highest pay growth rate since October to December 2016.Matt Hughes, senior ...
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ArticleEAT upholds decision that Addison Lee drivers are not self-employed
Taxi organisation Addison Lee has lost an appeal against an Employee Tribunal (ET) ruling, which stated its drivers are not self-employed contractors running their own businesses.The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) confirmed that the true nature of the relationship is that the drivers work for the organisation, upholding the decision reached ...