All Pay strategy articles – Page 168
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OpinionMatthew Smith: What have recent legal cases revealed about employment status?
Does it matter if someone is called an 'employee' or a 'worker' or 'self-employed'?The simple answer is yes, provided that label reflects the reality of the working relationship. An individual's status determines what workplace rights, if any, they have and it will also have implications for tax and national insurance ...
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ArticleAdministrators' average salary increases by 24.5% from June 2017
Those working in administration can now expect to earn £27,714 a year as average salaries improved by 24.5% between June 2017 and June 2018, according to research by job search website Adzuna.The analysis of more than 1.1 million positions being advertised in the UK found that teachers have also gained ...
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ArticleMember of Parliament recommends Deliveroo drivers receive guaranteed minimum pay
Labour politician and member of Parliament for Birkenhead Frank Field (pictured) has recommended that Deliveroo establishes a guaranteed minimum payment for its riders when they make their services available to the organisation, rather than continue with the existing pay per delivery model.The proposal follows Field’s five-week inquiry, which launched on ...
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ArticleTotal pay increased by 0.2% in real terms since May 2017
Total pay for employees in Great Britain, including bonuses, increased by 0.2% in real terms between March to May 2017 and March to May 2018, according to research by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).Its UK labour market: July 2018 report also found that regular pay, excluding bonus payments, increased ...
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ArticleWomen and Equalities Committee says government is failing to enforce age discrimination laws
Discrimination is the root cause of the fact that more than one million individuals in the UK aged 50-plus are not working, despite being willing to do so, according to a report published today (17 July 2018) by The Women and Equalities Committee.The report on older people and employment also ...
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ArticlePreliminary hearing takes place in National Gallery employment status case
A preliminary hearing regarding an employment status case against The National Gallery will be heard today (16 July 2018), at The London Central Employment Tribunal.The case concerns 27 artists and art lecturers, who are arguing that they should be recognised as either employees or workers.The claimants contend that they were ...
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ArticleCourt of Appeal rules that carers on 'sleep-in' shifts are not entitled to minimum wage
The Court of Appeal has today (13 July 2018) ruled that carers working 'sleep-in' shifts are to be characterised as available to work, rather than actively working, and are therefore not entitled to the national minimum wage.The judgment refers to Royal Mencap Society v Claire Tomlinson-Blake and John Shannon v ...
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ArticleScott’s stance: Equal pay progression develops in wake of gender pay gap reporting
Legal action brought by law firm Leigh Day this month is once again banging the equal pay drum, as retailer Tesco comes under fire for reportedly paying primarily female store-based staff less than the predominantly male workforce at its distribution centres. As of 12 July 2018, Leigh Day has lodged ...
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ArticleLeigh Day announces first 1,000 equal pay claims against Tesco
Following the announcement of legal action in February 2018, law firm Leigh Day has now lodged 1,000 equal pay claims against supermarket chain Tesco, and reports that it expects that number to rise because it has received thousands more enquiries.Approximately 75% of the claimants are female.The legal action, which may ...
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Article51% of UK employers check pay arrangements to ensure they meet equal pay obligations
Half (51%) of UK employer respondents have recently checked their pay arrangements to ensure they are meeting equal pay obligations, with a further 29% of respondents planning to do this in the near future, according to research by Willis Towers Watson.Its survey of 1,949 worldwide employers, including 79 based in ...
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ArticleHomes and Communities Agency staff strike in dispute over pay
Employees of executive non-departmental public body the Homes and Communities Agency who are members of the trade union Unite are undertaking a three-day strike in a dispute over pay.The strike action, which begins today (Tuesday 10 July 2018) and will finish on Thursday 12 July 2018, will feature picket lines ...
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ArticleAdvertised salaries for legal jobs increased by 13.1%
The average advertised salary for jobs within the legal sector has increased by 13.1% between June 2017 and June 2018, according to research by recruitment website CV Library.Its research, which compared job market data from June 2018 to the same data from June 2017, also found that advertised salaries for ...
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ArticleSheffield Supertram drivers and conductors strike in pay dispute
Around 200 drivers and conductors who work for South Yorkshire Supertram on the Sheffield Supertram network, and who are members of the trade union Unite, are undertaking strike action today (Monday 9 July 2018) in a dispute over pay.Unite members working at South Yorkshire Supertram voted 91% in favour of ...
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ArticleTorus Housing awards 3.1% pay rise for 700 staff
Housing group organisation Torus Housing has awarded a 3.1% pay increase to 700 employees.The pay rise, which has been agreed with trade union Unison, will be effective from July 2018 and will be backdated to April 2018.The pay increase follows a previous pay offer of a 2% pay rise, which ...
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ArticleCard Factory and Home Bargains named on minimum wage non-compliance list
Retailers Card Factory and Home Bargains are among the 239 employers named by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) for failure to pay employees the national minimum wage and the national living wage.Sportswift, trading as Card Factory, topped the government's list of organisations that have underpaid staff ...
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ArticleKavitha's keynote: Pay, stress and work-life balance
On Wednesday, trade union Unite orchestrated demonstrations at more than 30 restaurants in the TGI Friday’s chain across the UK, deliberately choosing the Independence Day date to have the biggest impact on the American organisation.Unite members and employees of TGI Friday’s staged the demonstrations in order to draw further attention ...
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ArticleWorld Life Experience pays volunteers to travel the world for a year
Something for the weekend: Looking to escape the nine-to-five office grind? Social responsibility organisation World Life Experience is paying 11 individuals to travel across 23 cities worldwide in an all-expenses paid, year-long trip to do volunteer work at non-governmental organisations (NGOs).Successful applicants undertaking the one-year trip, which has been designed ...
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ArticleAdmiral Group, Hilton and The Sovini Group recognised as UK’s Best workplaces for women 2018
Admiral Group, Hilton, Pets at Home, The Sovini Group and TSB Bank are among the organisations recognised on the UK’s Best workplaces for women 2018 list, compiled by Great Place to Work.The list, which has been launched for the first time this year, recognises organisations that go beyond statutory requirements ...
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ArticleBBC reduces gender pay gap and publishes culture review
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has reduced its mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay from 10.7% to 8.4% over the course of the last year.The updated gender pay gap figures, which have been published in alignment with the organisation’s review on workplace culture and systems around the progression ...
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ArticleEuro Contracts Services director disqualified for failing to pay national minimum wage
The Secretary of State has accepted a disqualification undertaking from the director of manual labour supply service Euro Contracts Services, for failing to ensure that the organisation paid farm workers the national minimum wage.The disqualification undertaking was accepted by the Secretary of State on 1 May 2018, and became effective ...