All Pay strategy articles – Page 175
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ArticleBT Group reports a 7% mean gender pay gap
Telecommunications organisation BT Group has reported a 7% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay as at 5 April 2017 across its seven legal entities.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap data for 84,945 employees, including executive directors, in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations ...
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ArticleTarget to increase minimum hourly pay to $12
Image credit: TargetUS-based retail organisation Target is to increase its minimum hourly wage from $11 (£7.94) to $12 (£8.66).The pay rise is due to be awarded to existing staff members from spring 2018 as part of the organisation’s wider multi-year strategy. The strategy also includes store expansions and new service ...
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ArticleJohn Lewis Partnership to give 5% bonus to staff
The John Lewis Partnership is to pay 85,500 employees across John Lewis and Waitrose a bonus worth 5% of their salary, totalling £74 million.The bonuses have been awarded after the organisation announced its profit before tax, bonuses and exceptional payments of £289.2 million in the year ending 27 January 2018. ...
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ArticleMarriott Hotels and Wagamama named on minimum wage non-compliance list
Asian restaurant chain Wagamama and international hotel group Marriott Hotels (pictured) are among the 179 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.Wagamama, which topped the government’s 14th list of organisations that ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Equal pay claims gather pace
Is it just me, or does it seem rather apt that in the same week as International Women’s Day (8 March) several equal pay claims were brought by current and former female employees against well-known UK brands?Earlier this week, law firms representing the claimants announced they would be bringing claims ...
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ArticleNext to face legal action over equal pay
Retailer Next is to face legal action over equal pay from current and former female store-based employees who claim they are paid less than male staff working in the organisation's warehouses.The equal pay claims regard the disparity in earnings between female employees working across Next’s UK stores compared to the ...
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ArticleMajestic Wine UK reports a 4.2% mean gender pay gap in favour of women
Retailer Majestic Wine UK has reported a 4.2% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay, with female employees earning more than male employees across its three legal entities.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap data in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations and ahead of ...
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ArticleSainsbury’s proposes pay increase for 130,000 store employees
Retail organisation Sainsbury’s has proposed to increase its base rate of pay for 130,000 store employees, from £8.00 an hour to £9.20 an hour for UK employees or £9.80 an hour for staff based in zones one and two in London.To fund the pay increases, which total £100 million, Sainsbury’s ...
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ArticleNational Trust to give 4.5% pay rise
Image credit: National TrustEmployees at conservation organisation the National Trust who are members of the trade union Prospect, have voted to accept a 4.5% pay increase.The 4.5% pay rise will be effective from 1 April 2018 and will benefit 8,000 employees.Prospect initiated talks regarding pay increases in summer 2017 and ...
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OpinionAmy Richardson: Tesco is in the firing line over equal pay claims
It seems like a week cannot go by without gender pay being in the news, and this time it is the turn of Tesco to be in the firing line.The huge equal pay claim that Tesco is facing will look at a comparison between shop employees, who are predominantly female ...
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ArticleUK ranks 25th in Europe for gender pay gap
The United Kingdom (UK) has been ranked 25th out of 30 European countries analysed for gender pay gap, according to research by Spotahome.Its gender pay gap analysis, which uses data from the Eurostat Gender Pay Gap Statistics across 30 countries, with high scores indicating a small gender pay gap, shows ...
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ArticleKingfisher reports a 9.6% mean gender pay gap
Retailer Kingfisher Group has reported a 9.6% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay across its 34,000 UK employees as at 5 April 2017.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap data across its four legal entities in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations and ahead ...
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ArticleMorrisons to face legal action over equal pay
Retailer Morrisons is to face legal action over equal pay from current and former female store-based employees who claim they are paid less than male staff working at the retailer’s distribution centres.The equal pay claims regard the disparity in earnings between female employees working across Morrisons’ 498 UK stores compared ...
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ArticleWestern Power Distribution employees accept two-year pay deal
Employees who work for electricity distribution organisation Western Power Distribution, and who are members of the trade union Unite, are to receive a two-year pay deal effective from April 2018.The pay deal, which will benefit 6,000 employees based across the South West, Midlands and Wales, includes a 4.2% pay increase, ...
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ArticleAsda reports a 12.5% mean gender pay gap
Retail organisation Asda has reported a 12.5% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay across its 149,000 UK employees as at April 2017.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap data in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations and ahead of the private sector submission deadline ...
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ArticleChristina McAnea: Does the government’s response to the Taylor review go far enough to protect workers?
Workers in the UK are struggling. People are trying to build families, but living on poverty pay it is nigh on impossible for them to plan for the future or get out of debt.Short-term and temporary contracts can cause just as much insecurity as zero-hours ones. Unscrupulous employers are getting ...
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ArticleMarks and Spencer reports a 12.3% mean gender pay gap
Retail organisation Marks and Spencer has reported a 12.3% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap data in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations and ahead of the private sector submission deadline of 4 April 2018.The gender pay gap ...
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ArticleAldi reports a 11.5% mean gender pay gap
Retail supermarket organisation Aldi has reported a 11.5% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap data in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations and ahead of the private sector submission deadline of 4 April 2018.The gender pay gap reporting ...
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OpinionNick Willis: Employers need to join the debate on employment status to avoid potential penalties
The government’s response to the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices was issued on 7 February 2018, comprising of four separate consultation papers on workers’ rights. An immediate reaction is to think that we have a very long way to go before some very basic questions on employment status are ...
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ArticleThe Press Association reports a 0.8% mean gender pay gap
The Press Association has reported a 0.8% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay as at 5 April 2017.The media organisation has reported its gender pay gap data in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations and ahead of the private sector submission deadline of 4 April ...