All Pay strategy articles – Page 178
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ArticleITV employees accept a 2.75% pay rise
Employees who work at broadcasting organisation ITV and who are members of the Broadcasting, Entertainment, Communications and Theatre Union (BECTU) have voted to accept a 2.75% pay increase, effective from 1 January 2018.The pay offer will apply to all employees working at grades below management level, in roles that cover ...
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ArticleLendlease UK reports a 19.2% gender pay gap
Construction organisation Lendlease UK has reported a 19.2% mean gender pay gap, excluding non-executive directors, for fixed hourly pay as at 5 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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ArticleCiti reports gender and minority pay gaps of 1%
Global banking organisation Citi has reported a 1% gender pay gap and a 1% minority pay gap for its employees in Germany, the UK and the US.Its pay analysis, conducted this year, compared the pay of male employees to female employees, and US minority groups to non-minority groups, accounting for ...
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ArticleRugby Australia equalises pay under new collective bargaining agreement
Rugby Australia, the Rugby Union Players Association (RUPA) and Australia’s four Super Rugby teams have introduced a collective bargaining agreement that will equalise pay between male and female athletes.The new agreement, which is effective until 2020, ensures that entry-level, full-time minimum salaries for professional male and female Super Rugby and ...
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ArticleWalmart to increase pay and expand family-friendly benefits in US
US-based retail organisation Walmart is to increase pay for employees paid on an hourly basis, as well as expand its family-friendly benefits offering to introduce a new adoption support benefit.The pay rise, which will be effective from the organisation’s 17 February 2018 pay cycle, will see all employees that are ...
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ArticleAverage median HR salary in UK is £47,919
The average median salary for HR professionals working in the UK is £47,919 a year, according to research by Croner Reward.Its HR salary survey, which surveyed 316 organisations with 1,427 job roles, also found that HR professionals’ salaries across the UK are up to 24% less than median HR salaries ...
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ArticleTenet Group reports a 28% mean gender pay gap
Financial advice organisation Tenet Group has reported a 28% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay as at 5 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 of 4 ...
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ArticleCMS reports a 17.3% mean gender pay gap
Law firm CMS has reported a 17.3% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay as at 5 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 of 4 April 2018.The ...
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ArticleHerbert Smith Freehills reports a 19% mean gender pay gap
Law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has reported a 19% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay as at 5 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 of 4 ...
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ArticleShoosmiths reports a 15.41% mean gender pay gap
Law firm Shoosmiths has reported a 15.41% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay as at 5 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 of 4 April 2018.The ...
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ArticleCIPP gains living wage accreditation
Membership organisation The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) has been accredited as a living wage employer by the Living Wage Foundation.The organisation has committed to paying its 60 permanent employees, as well as any third-party contractors, at least the voluntary living wage rate of £8.75 an hour for staff ...
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ArticleJCB gives shop floor employees 3.9% pay increase
Construction equipment manufacturing organisation JCB has awarded 3,200 shop floor employees a 3.9% pay increase.The pay rise, which is effective from 1 January 2018, is part of a three-year pay deal that was agreed with trade union GMB in 2016. The pay award is linked to November 2017’s retail prices ...
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ArticleMcDonald's recommends pay increase for 115,000 UK staff
Restaurant organisation McDonald's has recommended a pay increase for its 115,000 UK employees working across its 1,200 national franchised restaurants, effective from 22 January 2018.The new hourly rates of pay have been recommended to rise to between £5.75 and £7 an hour for crew members aged between 16 and 17, ...
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ArticleAldi to increase pay for 5,000 UK store assistants
Supermarket organisation Aldi is to increase its minimum hourly rate of pay for more than 5,000 UK-based store assistants from 1 February 2018.Store assistants working across Aldi’s 762 national sites will earn a minimum of £8.85 an hour from 1 February 2018, while store assistants based in its London shops ...
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ArticleScott’s stance: Enforcing gender pay gap reporting plants clear business focus on pay equality
On 19 December 2017, The Equality and Human Rights Commission launched a consultation into draft regulations for the enforcement process that will be taken against employers who do not comply with gender pay gap reporting requirements.The consultation, which is running between 19 December 2017 and 2 February 2018, is seeking ...
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ArticleGoodwood-based Rolls-Royce staff accept two-year pay deal
Rolls-Royce employees who are based at the car manufacturing organisation’s Goodwood site and who are members of the trade union Unite, have voted to accept a two-year pay deal.The pay deal, which will benefit 500 employees working at the West Sussex site, will include a 3.5% increase on top of ...
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ArticleIceland passes law to make it illegal to pay men more than women
Iceland is the first country to pass a law to make it illegal for men to be paid more than women.The legislation came in to effect on 1 January 2018, will see organisations with more than 25 employees having to obtain a government certification for their equal-pay policies. Those failing ...
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ArticleUK wage growth predicted to fall in 2018
UK employees will be set for a financial blow with real wages set to fall again in 2018, according to a Trades Union Congress (TUC) report published 29th December 2017.The TUC’s analysis of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) forecast reveals that pay growth in the UK is ...
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OpinionJames Medhurst: When to panic and when to relax about holiday pay
The November decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in King v Sash Windows Workshop and Dollar provoked the usual media panic about employees making historical holiday pay claims, dating back for several years. But the decision was unusual in that it considered a claim made using regulation 30 ...
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ArticleThe Equality and Human Rights Commission consults on draft regulations for gender pay gap reporting enforcement
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has launched a consultation into draft regulations for the enforcement process that will be taken against employers who do not comply with gender pay gap reporting requirements.The consultation, which is running between 19 December 2017 and 2 February 2018, is seeking to gather feedback ...