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    Matt Damon and Ben Affleck offer to pay salaries of striking staff at Jimmy Kimmel Live

    2023-09-01T08:00:49Z

    Credit: Tinseltown / Shutterstock.comSomething for the weekend: Hollywood actors Matt Damon and Ben Affleck have offered to pay the salaries of staff at American talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live for two weeks.Show host Jimmy Kimmel revealed the kind offer in this week’s debut episode of Spotify podcast Strike Force Five, ...

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    The top 10 most-read articles between 25 - 31 August 2023

    2023-09-01T08:00:17Z

    The top 10 most-read articles on employeebenefits.co.uk between 25 - 31 August were: McDonald’s Australia implements staff wellbeing appTribunal orders Greatwell Homes to pay £50,000 in maternity leave rowNetwork Rail withdraws annual bonuses for striking employeesChesterfield Council staff strike over payStandard Chartered enhances global parental leave benefitsSt Mungo’s employees accept ...

  • equal pay protection legislation
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    Government confirms it will reinstate equal pay protection legislation

    2023-08-31T11:07:40Z

    The government has confirmed it is to reinstate equal pay protection legislation after previously scrapping the European Union (EU) law behind it.The protection was axed among other laws after the UK left the EU as part of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 which was passed in ...

  • England’s women cricket players
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    England and Wales Cricket Board equalises fees for female players

    2023-08-31T09:57:10Z

    The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has increased match fees for England’s women cricket players to bring them in line with male players, effective immediately.The change was recommended in the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket report, which was published in June. This found that women were paid 25% ...

  • Network Rail gains living wage accreditation
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    Network Rail withdraws annual bonuses for striking employees

    2023-08-30T11:08:56Z

    Network Rail has withdrawn annual bonuses for staff who went on strike in a long-running dispute about pay, jobs and working conditions.Those who participated in strike action from June 2022 onwards will not receive a performance-related payment this year.This decision is likely to affect up to 20,000 members of the ...

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    Helen Burgess: Back to school and the impact on employees

    2023-08-30T08:00:26Z

    It’s nearly that time of year again where parents and their children start planning for the return to or start of school. The school day and the typical 9am to 5pm working schedule are not aligned and parent employees may request to change their start and finish times permanently, or ...

  • Chesterfield Council strike
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    Chesterfield Council staff strike over pay

    2023-08-29T10:51:46Z

    More than 100 housing maintenance workers employed by Chesterfield Council have begun strike action today (Tuesday 29 August) in a dispute over pay.The employees, who are members of trade union Unite, will take strike action tomorrow as well, as they claim they have not received a pay rise for 15 ...

  • St Mungo’s pay rise
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    St Mungo’s employees accept pay rise

    2023-08-29T10:21:06Z

    Hundreds of employees at homelessness charity St Mungo’s have accepted a deal that includes a pay rise, ending a period of strike action.The deal will see every worker who is on and up to point 36 on the National Joint Council pay scale receive £1,200 per year as an allowance ...

  • top10news18-24Aug
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    The top 10 most-read articles between 18 - 24 August 2023

    2023-08-25T08:00:32Z

    The top 10 most-read articles on employeebenefits.co.uk between 18 - 24 August were: Specsavers receives menopause-friendly accreditationAstraZeneca and BAE Systems CEOs have highest FTSE 100 payBaxterStorey enhances employee benefits packageScottish junior doctors accept 12.4% pay riseLem-uhn launches work-from-anywhere schemeUPS staff accept pay rises under collective bargaining agreement46% of savers do ...

  • Legoland Discovery Centre Birmingham
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    Legoland Discovery Centre looks for assistant master model builders

    2023-08-25T08:00:20Z

    Legoland Discovery Centre Birmingham has started searching for assistant master model builders, a role ideal for enthusiasts who want to bring Lego worlds to life and create magical experiences.There are two full-time and one part-time roles available on an initial 12-month fixed-term contract, and full availability is required across some ...

  • Greatwell Homes employment tribunal
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    Tribunal orders Greatwell Homes to pay £50,000 in maternity leave dispute

    2023-08-25T08:00:11Z

    Northamptonshire housing association Greatwell Homes has been ordered to pay a former employee £50,000 at employment tribunal after a maternity leave dispute.The association, which manages thousands of homes in Wellingborough, Kettering and Raunds, was taken to court after the member of staff claimed she had ‘suffered a detriment’ while on ...

  • First South cost-of-living payment
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    First South bus drivers receive cost-of-living payment

    2023-08-25T08:00:10Z

    Credit: Keith Ryall / Shutterstock.comBus drivers employed by First South have been awarded a £600 one-off cost-of-living payment, ending strike action planned for this month.Following negotiations led by trade union Unite on behalf of its members, First South agreed to make a lump sum payment to the workers in a ...

  • ATP financial security programme
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    ATP to guarantee minimum earning levels for tennis players

    2023-08-24T10:26:18Z

    The global governing body of men’s professional tennis ATP has announced it is to launch a financial security programme for players in 2024 as part of a three-year trial.Its Baseline programme has been designed to ensure a greater number of players can make a sustainable living from the sport. The ...

  • Tetley pay rise
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    Tetley employees secure 7% pay increase

    2023-08-23T11:12:27Z

    Almost 200 Tetley workers based in Teesside have accepted a 7% pay rise.The employees work for Tata Consumer Products, which produces Tetley products for the UK and Canada, and are members of trade union GMB. The pay rise will be backdated to 1 April.The workers began a ballot for strike ...

  • retirement income under 35
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    27% of under 35s have calculated required retirement income

    2023-08-23T10:54:39Z

    Just one-quarter (27%) of UK staff aged under 35 have worked out how much they will need to live on in retirement, according to research by Royal London.The mutual life, pensions and investment firm, which surveyed 4,000 UK adults, also found that two-fifths (38%) of adults under the age of ...

  • UPS collective bargaining agreement
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    UPS staff accept pay rises under collective bargaining agreement

    2023-08-23T10:45:55Z

    Credit: Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock.comMore than 300,000 full- and part-time United Parcel Service (UPS) employees in the US have voted to ratify a five-year collective bargaining agreement, accepting pay increases and ending the threat of strike action.More than 86% of trade union International Brotherhood of Teamsters members voted in favour ...

  • AstraZeneca Bae Systems BP
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    AstraZeneca and BAE Systems CEOs have highest FTSE 100 pay

    2023-08-22T10:49:47Z

    AstraZeneca, BAE Systems and BP have been named as FTSE 100 organisations with the highest chief executive officer (CEO) pay, according to research by the High Pay Centre.Its latest report found that Pascal Soriot of AstraZeneca was the highest paid CEO, making £16.85 million, ahead of Charles Woodburn of BAE ...

  • Royal Stoke University Hospital
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    Tribunal finds former Royal Stoke University Hospital nurse was unfairly dismissed

    2023-08-22T08:00:44Z

    Credit: Vivid Brands / Shutterstock.comA former Royal Stoke University Hospital nurse has been found to have been unfairly dismissed and should have received statutory redundancy.Clare Jackson had been working as a band six senior haematology research nurse at the hospital for five years when a directorate restructuring involving more than ...

  • Scottish junior doctors pay
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    Scottish junior doctors accept 12.4% pay rise

    2023-08-18T08:00:54Z

    Scottish junior doctors have accepted a 12.4% pay increase for 2023–24 backdated to April, bringing an end the threat of industrial action.A total of 81.64% of British Medical Association (BMA) Scotland members voted in favour of the offer, with a 71.24% turnout. Along with the 4.5% pay rise awarded in ...

  • online gamer earn
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    Earn more than $92,000 as an online gamer

    2023-08-18T08:00:28Z

    Something for the weekend: Each year, more and more video game enthusiasts try to build a career out of creating their own streaming channels.As a result, accounting software and financial technology business Tipalti analysed the streaming landscape of mid-2023 to reveal the highest-earning gamers and highlight just how much a ...