All Pay strategy articles – Page 187
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ArticleGreater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce gains living wage accreditation
Independent business network Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce (GBCC) has been accredited as a living wage employer by the Living Wage Foundation.As part of the accreditation, the organisation, which is part of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), has committed to pay both its direct employees and any third-party contracted ...
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OpinionDomonique McRae: Should employers accept joint liability for labour abuse within supply chains?
In July 2017, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) published Good work: the Taylor review of modern working practices, an independent review of working practices. This report made a number of recommendations to attempt to address some of the issues currently facing the UK labour market.One of ...
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OpinionMichael Hanley: Being a living wage employer reaps business benefits
The gap between the rich and poor is a national disgrace. Poverty wages and zero hours contracts inflict untold hardship on millions of people, when they need help and support. At Wilson Solicitors, we are concerned by the economic injustice that pervades our society. This is why we threw our ...
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ArticleAer Lingus employees vote in favour of 8.5% pay rise
Employees who work for Irish airline organisation Aer Lingus and are trade union members, have voted to accept an 8.5% pay rise recommended by the Labour Court.Around 1,500 Aer Lingus employed baggage handlers, cleaners, boarding and checking staff, and office employees who are based in Cork, Dublin and Shannon airports ...
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ArticleLiving wage rate increases by up to 4.6%
The voluntary living wage rate for employees working in the UK has increased by 30p from £8.45 an hour to £8.75 an hour.The London living wage rate, voluntarily paid by employers to employees who work in the capital, has also increased by 45p, from £9.75 an hour to £10.20 an ...
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ArticleHeathrow Airport gains living wage accreditation
Heathrow Airport has been accredited as a living wage employer by The Living Wage Foundation, becoming the first airport to pay the voluntary living wage at its new increased rates.The airport has committed to paying its 3,200 permanent employees, as well as any third-party contractors, at least the voluntary living ...
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ArticleAverage UK charity sector pay is 32% less than other sectors
Pay for UK employees working in the charity sector is 32% lower than pay in other sectors nationally and up to 50% less than London-based employees working in other sectors, according to research by Croner and the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO).Its Charity rewards report, which surveyed 252 charities ...
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ArticleMitie Cleaning and Environmental Services agrees pay deal for 200 staff
Cleaners who are working for Mitie Cleaning and Environmental Services at Manchester Airport and who are members of the trade union Unite, are to receive an annual £850 pay rise and increased rates of pay for the festive season.The pay deal, which was announced on 1 November 2017, will ensure ...
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ArticleMichael Jackson is named 2017’s highest-paid dead celebrity
Something for the weekend: With Halloween this week, many employees may be on the lookout for signs from beyond the grave. However, it appears that those in the underworld can not only receive messages from the land of living, but also their wages as Michael Jackson is named as 2017’s ...
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ArticlePoll: 66% think there should be a clearer link between pay and performance for all staff
Employee Benefits poll: Two-thirds (66%) of respondents think that there should be a clearer link between pay and performance across all staff.A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 70 responses, also found that 26% of respondents believe that a clearer link between pay and performance should be demonstrated for ...
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ArticleDeliveroo set to face legal action over holiday pay and minimum wage
Online food ordering organisation Deliveroo is to face legal action over the status of its riders and their entitlement to employment rights, such as holiday pay and the national minimum wage.The legal action is being brought by law firm Leigh Day on behalf of 45 Deliveroo riders.The claim argues that ...
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ArticleEDF Energy agrees pay deal for 1,000 employees
Members of the trade unions Unite and GMB who are working on the construction of Hinkley Point, an EDF Energy-led nuclear power station, have voted in favour of a new pay deal.The new pay offer, which will be applicable for over 1,000 construction employees, will see Hinkley Point staff receive ...
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ArticleArriva North West employees strike over pay
Arriva North West bus drivers and engineering employees are taking part in a 24-hour strike in a dispute over pay.More than 2,000 members of trade unions Unite and GMB who work across 11 depots will take part in industrial action today (30 October 2017), forming picket lines outside all of ...
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ArticlePolice staff and community support officers to receive additional pay rise
Police staff and community support officers (PCSOs) across England and Wales are to receive a total 2% pay increase.The pay award for PCSOs and police staff, which has been agreed by the Police Staff Council, will provide an additional 1% pay rise on top of a planned 1% pay increase.The ...
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ArticleManchester City Council signs charter to provide pay protections for care staff
Manchester City Council has committed to delivering pay protections to its employees working in the care sector, including paying staff the voluntary living wage and providing occupational sick pay.The commitment forms part of trade union Unison’s ethical care charter, which Manchester City Council signed on 23 October 2017. The charter ...
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ArticleSodexo reports a 14.9% mean gender pay gap
Facilities management service organisation Sodexo has reported a mean gender pay gap of 14.9% for hourly fixed pay as at April 2017 across its five legal entitles with more than 250 staff in the UK.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap data in line with the government’s gender pay ...
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ArticleIceland reports an unadjusted gender pay gap of 16.1% for 2016
The unadjusted gender pay gap for employees in Iceland was 16.1% in 2016, according to research by Statistics Iceland.Its gender pay gap analysis, which is based on the Structure of earnings survey and represents the difference between average gross hourly earnings of male employees and female employees as a proportion ...
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ArticleMears Group to face legal action over holiday pay
Housing maintenance organisation Mears Group is to face legal action for failing to pay Wigan and Leigh-based employees holiday pay.Trade union Unite is bringing the legal action on behalf of approximately 30 of its members who perform housing maintenance work for Mears Group on homes owned by Wigan and Leigh ...
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ArticleWeetabix Food Company reports a 5.4% mean gender pay gap
Food and cereal manufacturing organisation the Weetabix Food Company has reported a mean gender pay gap of 5.4% for fixed hourly pay as at 5 April 2017.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap data, published in its 2017 Gender pay gap report, in line with the government’s gender pay ...
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ArticleNew Zealand to increase minimum wage to $20 an hour
The national minimum wage in New Zealand is to increase by 27% to $20 (£10.50) an hour by 2020.The increase, which forms part of a coalition agreement between the New Zealand Labour Party and New Zealand First, will see the hourly minimum wage progressively rise from $15.75 (£8.27) an hour ...