All Pay strategy articles – Page 39

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    Aria Care Home gives staff 30% pay rise

    2023-04-13T10:46:16Z

    South Wales-based Aria Care Home, the trading name of Arcadia Care Homes, has increased pay for all employees by 30%, implementing a minimum hourly rate of £13.The Newport business has 24 employees, about to rise to 26, and was accredited as a real living wage employer in 2021. At the ...

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    Superdrug and Savers enhance wellbeing packages

    2023-04-13T10:40:54Z

    Credit: William Barton / Shutterstock.comRetail businesses Superdrug and Savers, owned by AS Watson Group, have updated their benefits packages, including introducing financial wellbeing app Wagestream to educate, support and provide flexible pay for employees across both brands.AS Watson employs more than 140,000 people worldwide, more than 10,000 and 5,000 of ...

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    The Oak Trust loses age discrimination and unfair dismissal case

    2023-04-12T11:03:52Z

    A school manager at The Oak Trust in Oldham, Lancashire, who lost her job days before she was eligible for her pension, has won an age discrimination and unfair dismissal case.Suzanne Millar started working as a school business manager at Fir Bank Primary School, which is owned by the trust, ...

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    Network Homes gives staff £2,400 cost-of-living pay increase

    2023-04-12T11:02:20Z

    Affordable housing association Network Homes has implemented a consolidated cost-of-living pay increase of £2,400 for each employee.The organisation decided on an overall pot of money, and then considered three different options for how to distribute the amount across its employee base.According to Network Homes, the chosen pay increase, which applies ...

  • Sainsbury’s equal pay
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    Sainsbury’s loses appeal to throw out equal pay bid

    2023-04-12T10:38:30Z

    Supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has had its appeal regarding store workers’ equal pay claims rejected by the Court of Appeal.The retailer argued that the 700 claims, submitted to the employment tribunal eight years ago, did not include the correct reference number from a certificate issued by the Advisory, Conciliation, and Arbitration ...

  • Sodexo UK and Ireland rewards 95,000 front-line staff with special bonus
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    Sodexo UK and Ireland enhances parental leave and benefits

    2023-04-12T10:20:20Z

    Facilities and property management, catering, and food services firm Sodexo UK and Ireland has enhanced its maternity, adoption and paternity paid leave benefits for salaried employees, to provide them with time, flexibility and financial support.From the first day of their employment, Sodexo staff will be eligible for 18 weeks of ...

  • Jaguar Land Rover pay
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    Jaguar Land Rover reports 6.7% mean ethnicity pay gap

    2023-04-11T10:24:07Z

    Vehicle manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover has published its ethnicity pay gap for the first time, with its mean gap for 2022 standing at 6.7%.The employer’s median ethnicity pay gap was 2.4%, while its mean bonus gap was 44% and its median bonus gap was 0%. A total of 40% of ...

  • Prestwick Airport pay rise
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    Prestwick Airport gives staff 18% pay rise

    2023-04-06T10:53:16Z

    Credit: lennystan / Shutterstock.comMore than 80 members of staff at Prestwick Airport in Glasgow, Scotland, have received an 18% pay rise, along with improvements to their terms and conditions.Trade union Unite represented the employees, who work as airport security, firefighters, airfield operators, ground handling and cargo crew, customer service, and ...

  • Thomson Reuters parental leave
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    Thomson Reuters introduces global minimum paid parental leave

    2023-04-06T10:35:22Z

    Credit: Marlon Trottmann / Shutterstock.comThomson Reuters has enhanced its global paid parental leave policy, offering all employees a minimum of 16 weeks of paid leave, regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status or family role.This parental leave policy will be available to all employees across Thomson Reuters' 74 operating ...

  • Sainsbury's
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    Sainsbury’s reports -1.6% mean ethnicity pay gap

    2023-04-06T10:13:27Z

    Supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has reported a mean ethnicity pay gap of -1.6% for 2022, compared with -0.9% in 2021.The employer’s median gap was -4%, compared with -2.8% the previous year. Its mean ethnicity bonus pay gap was 31.3%, up from 22% in 2021, and its median gap was 12.5%, up ...

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    A G Parfett and Sons gives staff 7.5% pay rise

    2023-04-05T09:58:15Z

    Convenience store business A G Parfett and Sons has awarded its salaried workers a 7.5% pay rise to help with the rising cost of living.The Greater Manchester-based employer, which employs around 850 members of staff, has also given its weekly-paid employees an increase of 9.6% to their hourly rates.As part ...

  • Arthur J Gallagher Buck
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    Arthur J Gallagher acquires benefits provider Buck

    2023-04-04T10:28:58Z

    Insurance brokerage, risk management and consulting services firm Arthur J Gallagher has completed acquisition of the partnership interests of BCHR Holdings, otherwise known as Buck.Based in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, Gallagher operates in approximately 130 countries around the world. HR, pensions and employee benefits consulting, technology, and administration services provider Buck ...

  • Holland and Barrett gives 5,000 employees early access to pay
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    Holland and Barrett gives retail staff 9% pay rise

    2023-04-04T10:09:54Z

    Health and wellbeing business Holland and Barrett has increased pay for its retail staff by 9%, with the rate rising from £10.05 to £11 an hour.With this increase, the hourly rate for store employees will have increased by 15% over the past year.Holland and Barrett, which employs more than 5,000 ...

  • Asda financial wellbeing
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    Asda introduces financial wellbeing app

    2023-04-04T09:50:57Z

    Supermarket chain Asda has launched financial wellbeing support for its more than 140,000 members of staff through a partnership with financial wellbeing app Wagestream.Through the app, which was created with financial charities and impact organisations, Asda staff can switch to a flexible pay cycle, or earned wage access. They can ...

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    Passport Office staff strike over pay and conditions

    2023-04-03T10:27:17Z

    Credit: Richard Oldroyd / Shutterstock.comMore than 1,300 Passport Office employees commenced strike action today (3 April), continuing over several weeks in a dispute regarding jobs, pay and conditions.The employees, members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union, will strike until 5 May, with around one in four workers of ...

  • European Union pay
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    European Union adopts pay transparency legislation

    2023-04-03T09:40:17Z

    The European Parliament, the legislative body of the European Union (EU), has voted to accept pay transparency legislation that calls for employers to disclose salaries and existing gender pay gaps.Under the rules, employers will base their pay structures and levels on gender-neutral criteria and include gender-neutral job evaluation and classification ...

  • Mitie ethnicity pay gap
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    Mitie reports 14.8% mean ethnicity pay gap

    2023-03-31T11:19:24Z

    Facilities management and professional services firm Mitie has reported a mean ethnicity pay gap of 14.8% for 2022, an increase from 11.2% in 2021.Its median ethnicity pay gap was 1.1%, down from 2.8% the prior year. Mitie's lowest pay quartile was made up of 49% white and 24.1% ethnically diverse ...

  • DesignMyNight sushi brunch
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    DesignMyNight fishing for £1,000 sushi brunch sampler

    2023-03-31T08:00:43Z

    Something for the weekend: Hospitality discovery platform DesignMyNight has started fishing for someone to indulge in and review the best sushi brunches across the UK.The platform is looking for someone with a so-fish-ticated and discerning palate, a love of all things brunch, and a talent for writing. If you can ...

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    The top 10 most-read articles between 24 - 30 March 2023

    2023-03-31T08:00:11Z

    The top 10 most-read articles on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 24 - 30 March 2023 were: Welsh government gives teachers 3% pay riseBurberry reports 2.7% mean ethnicity pay gapFacebook reports 2.8% mean hourly gender pay gapCadent accredited as fertility-friendly employerMitie accredited as silver standard inclusive employer West Midlands National Express gives drivers ...

  • Confessions
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    Confessions of a benefits manager: Candid battles with meal vouchers

    2023-03-31T05:00:12Z

    It is always nice when we enter a business-as-usual phase. Bonuses have been paid and pay reviews proposed, the main benefit renewals have taken place, and we can all breathe a sigh of relief. That is usually just when some unexpected fire alarm sounds, like the mystery of the missing ...