All Pay strategy articles – Page 177
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ArticleTesco to face legal action over equal pay
Supermarket retail organisation Tesco is to face legal action over equal pay, as approximately 1,000 current and former female store-based employees 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 store-based employees, who earn £8 ...
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ArticleAirbus, Ford and Porsche employees in Germany strike over pay and working hours
Employees working in the metal and electrical industries for organisations such as Airbus, Ford, Mercedes-Benz and Porsche in Germany have undertaken three days of strike action in a dispute over pay and working hours.Approximately 125,000 employees across 100 organisations, who are members of the IG Metall trade union, started industrial ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Is cutting male pay the solution to gender pay inequality?
Would you agree to a cut in pay if it meant others within your organisation could enjoy a rise, thus placing you all on a more equal footing?This may not sound like a particularly appealing or realistic option, however strongly they may feel against pay inequality. Yet, several BBC presenters ...
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ArticleSantander US awards pay increase to 1,500 US staff
Banking organisation Santander has increased its minimum hourly wage to $15 (£10.53) an hour for 1,500 US-based employees.The pay increase, effective from 17 March 2018, will apply for both full and part-time staff. The majority of affected employees work at Santander bank branches and call centres, based in north-east US.Scott ...
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ArticleRyanair recognises pilots' trade union for collective pay bargaining
Ryanair has signed a voluntary trade union recognition agreement with the British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA) to enable collective pay bargaining.The agreement, signed on 30 January 2018, recognises BALPA as the sole trade union representation for all of Ryanair’s 600 employed pilots based in the UK. This means that the ...
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ArticleBBC proposes new pay framework for on-air roles
Media organisation the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has proposed a new pay framework for on-air, news-related job roles in order to address pay anomalies.The suggested new framework follows recommendations made as a result of a pay review conducted by professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC). The review analysed pay across 800 ...
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Article21% withhold bonuses if employee has been on long-term sick leave
Around a fifth (21%) of employer respondents that pay bonuses will withhold bonus payments if an employee has been off work on long-term sick leave, according to research by Direct Line Life Insurance.Its survey of 112 UK HR professionals and separate survey of 2,006 UK adults, also found that 43% ...
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ArticleZurich reports a 27.3% mean gender pay gap
Insurance organisation Zurich has reported a 27.3% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay as at 5 April 2017.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap data for its two legal entities, Zurich Employment Services and Zurich UK General Services, in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting ...
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ArticleFutamura awards 3.9% pay increase to 280 UK staff
Japanese manufacturing organisation Futamura has awarded a 3.9% pay increase to 280 employees based in Wigton, Cumbria.The pay rise, which is effective from January 2018, will result in factory staff, engineers, management and administrative employees receiving an additional £1,000 a year.A Futamura spokesperson said: “We are pleased to have had ...
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ArticleCross Country managers to receive a 3.3% pay rise
Managers at rail organisation Cross Country are to receive a 3.3% pay increase, backdated to May 2017.The pay rise, which will be effective from February’s pay packet, was confirmed after Cross Country managers who are not covered by collective bargaining, organised industrial action with trade union Transport Salaries Staffs’ Association ...
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ArticleAdvertised human resources salaries increase by 2.6%
Advertised salaries for jobs in the human resources (HR) sector have increased by 2.6% since the end of 2016, according to research by Reed Human Resources.Its analysis of over seven million job postings between 2015 and 2017 also found that advertised salaries for learning and development managers increased by 7% ...
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ArticleBolton-based GNB Industrial Power employees to receive 5% pay increase
Bolton-based employees at engineering organisation GNB Industrial Power, who are members of the trade union Unite, are to receive an overall 5% pay rise as well as increases to their basic salary.Employees have been awarded a 2% pay rise, backdated to April 2017, and will receive a further 3% pay ...
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ArticleTotal pay continues to fall by 0.2% in real terms
Total pay for employees in Great Britain, including bonuses, fell by 0.2% in real terms between September to November 2016 and September to November 2017, according to research by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).Its UK labour market: January 2018 report also found that regular pay, excluding bonus payments, fell ...
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ArticleBirmingham City Council to pay 2022 Commonwealth Wealth contractors living wage
Birmingham City Council has confirmed that any contractors hired to deliver works or services for the 2022 Commonwealth Games will be paid the voluntary living wage rate.In a public report delivered to Birmingham City Council on 9 January 2018, the council stated that contracted organisations providing works, services or goods ...
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OpinionPaula Bailey: Gender pay gap reporting is not about equal pay
2018 is set to be a hugely challenging year for big employers, with issues such as worker status and rights, and the gender pay gap firmly on the agenda. What is more, it looks like these crucial issues will be played out under the full glare of the national press.We ...
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ArticleBritish employees want pay rise of £7,200 to lead a comfortable life
Employees in Britain believe they need a pay rise of £7,200 in order to lead a comfortable life, according to research by Indeed.Its survey of 1,001 UK employees also found that 38% of female respondents plan to ask for a pay increase this year, compared to 51% of male respondents. ...
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ArticleJohn Lewis Partnership reports a 13.9% mean gender pay gap
John Lewis Partnership has reported a 13.9% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay based on data from April 2017.The retailer 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 ...
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ArticleUK-based Ryanair pilots accept pay increase of up to 20%
Ryanair pilots who are members of the British Airline Pilots’ Association (Balpa) have voted to accept a pay increase of up to 20%.The pay rise, which will be paid next week as part of January’s payroll, will apply for pilots working at all of Ryanair’s 15 UK bases, including London ...
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ArticleMedian gender pay gap fell to 9.1% in 2017
The median gender pay gap for full-time employees in the UK stood at 9.1% in 2017, according to analysis by The Office for National Statistics (ONS).Its Understanding the gender pay gap in the UK report, which uses data from its Annual survey of hours and earnings (ASHE) report published in ...
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ArticleByrne Bros to pay £250,000 in holiday pay relating to voluntary overtime
Byrne Bros is to pay more than 150 construction workers a total of approximately £250,000 in unpaid holiday pay.Employees at London-based projects Westfield in White City, The International Quarter in Stratford and 100 Bishopsgate issued a collective grievance, backed by trade union Unite, to secure payments of between £400 and ...