All Pay strategy articles – Page 210
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ArticleLiving wage increases to £8.25
The living wage rate has increased by 40p an hour from £7.85 to £8.25 as of today (2 November 2015).The London living wage has risen by 25p an hour from £9.15 to £9.40.The increase in the UK living wage rate, which is calculated according to the cost of living, will ...
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Article29 per cent of female workers earn less than living wage
Almost a third (29%) of female workers earn less than the living wage, compared to 18% of males, according to research by KPMG.The research report, which was conducted by Markit using its UK Household Finance Index survey of 1,500 respondents and drawing on the Office for National Statistics’ Annual survey ...
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ArticleLloyds Banking Group and Unilever commit to living wage
Lloyds Banking Group and Unilever have been accredited by the Living Wage Foundation as living wage employers.The employers have committed to paying all staff the living wage rate, which today (2 November 2015) increased to £8.25 an hour and £9.40 in London.Although Lloyds Banking Group already pays its permanent employees ...
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ArticleMorrisons faces legal action over payroll data leak
Morrisons is facing legal action from a group of employees over a data breach that resulted in the leaking of salary, bank and national insurance details of 99,998 members of staff.The supermarket is facing claims from over 2,000 members of staff after Andrew Skelton, who was a senior internal auditor ...
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Judge allows Facebook director pay case
A US judge has ruled that a lawsuit regarding the compensation packages received by non-management directors at Facebook can proceed.Directors at Facebook are accused of incorrectly ratifying the increase in non-management directors’ pay.Shareholder Ernesto Espinoza brought the suit in June 2014, arguing that the social media network’s chief executive officer ...
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ArticleAmazon Prime Now drivers seek employee status
Amazon Prime Now delivery drivers have filed a class action lawsuit against the organisation claiming that they have been wrongfully classified as independent contractors rather than employees and thus denied overtime pay, employee benefits and compensation, and fuel expenses.Four drivers have filed the suit in Los Angeles County Superior Court ...
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ArticleFife Council staff to receive equal pay settlements
Over 1,400 female Fife Council workers are to be recompensed for historic equal pay claims, with some cases dating back to 2006.Trade union Unison reached a settlement with Fife Council outside of court that will compensate employees for historic discriminatory pay practices within Fife Council, and will see affected staff ...
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The latest analysis, news, case studies and opinion in relation to pay strategy covering areas such as pay awards and deals; the gender pay gap and gender pay gap reporting; pay disputes and strikes; payroll systems and outsourcing; and the living wage.
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AnalysisHow is employment tax simplification progressing?
No doubt some will be wondering: ”What has the OTS ever done for us?”The OTS has spent a good deal of time looking at employee benefits and expenses. The goal was to achieve both technical and administrative simplifications to the tax system, aiming to help employers and reduce their compliance ...
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ArticleBaker Tilly acquires Employer Services
Baker Tilly has acquired payroll, human resources solutions and business services firm Employer Services (ESL).The acquisition aims to expand on the services and expertise Baker Tilly offers to employers and enhance its existing outsourced payroll service.All 45 staff at ESL based in Brentwood, Essex, will join Baker Tilly. Stuart Hall, ...
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ArticleFTSE 250 CEO remuneration declines by 3%
The median level of total remuneration received by chief executive officers (CEOs) in the FTSE 250 fell by 3% last year, according to research by FIT Remuneration Consultants.Its annual FTSE 250 directors’ remuneration survey also found that 31% of CEOs received no salary increase, down from 33% the previous year.The ...
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ArticleUK pay rises to reach 3% in 2015
Average real-time pay rises in the UK are set to reach 3% in 2015, according to research by Towers Watson.Its Salary budget planning report, which had 8,000 responses from organisations across 110 countries, also found that the average pay increase in Germany is expected to be 2.9%.Respondents from Italy, France, ...
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ArticleMidlandHR holds staff events to celebrate National Payroll Week
Employees at human resources and payroll service provider Midland HR are taking part in a range of activities to mark National Payroll Week (NPW).The organisation, which employs 500 staff, will host events at its HR Outsourcing (HRO) Centre in Nottingham (pictured). The activities are themed ‘It plays to learn’, in ...
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ArticleGovernment's gender pay gap consultation closes
The government consultation on gender pay gap reporting closed to responses on 6 September, after launching on 14 July.The aim of the consultation is to establish the details of the government’s plans to make it compulsory for large employers to publish the average salaries of male and female staff. Its ...
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ArticleOliver Bonas receives living wage accreditation
Independent high street retailer Oliver Bonas has been accredited as a living wage employer, meaning that all staff will now be paid at least £7.85 an hour.Oliver Bonas has committed to paying all directly employed staff, as well as third party contractors, the living wage.This includes employees across its 43 ...
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ArticleGovernment steps up penalties for national wage non-compliance
The government has doubled the penalty fines for employers that do not pay their staff the national minimum wage and new national living wage.Under the new measures, those found guilty of not paying the appropriate rate will be considered for disqualification from their director role for up to 15 years.The ...
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ArticleSainsbury’s to award staff 4% pay rise
Sainsbury’s is to give some 137,000 store-based employees a 4% salary increase.The pay rise, which will come into effect from 30 August, will increase Sainsbury’s standard rate of pay to £7.36 per hour.This is the highest pay increase for store staff that the supermarket has awarded in more than a ...
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ArticleDeloitte reports 18% gender pay gap
Deloitte has revealed that its male staff are paid 18% more than their female counterparts.The accountancy firm is due to publish details of its gender pay gap next week in its annual Impact Report. It supports prime minister David Cameron’s proposals to require larger businesses with more than 250 employees ...
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ArticleWorkers at Stansted Airport to strike over pay
Some 30 security scanner operation staff at Stansted Airport plan to take industrial strike action over a pay rise dispute. The security scanner operators were offered a salary increase of 1.5%, which they rejected.They are calling for a pay rise of 3%.The strikes, which are planned for 23 and 31 ...
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Article98% of US employers plan pay rises for 2016
Almost all (98%) of US-based respondents are planning pay increases for their staff in 2016, according to research by Towers Watson Data Services.The survey of 1,116 US employers, published in August 2015, also found that executives and management can expect average increases of around 3% in 2016. The research also ...