All Pay strategy articles – Page 40

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    Greensleeves Care gives staff 10.1% pay rise

    2023-03-30T10:53:37Z

    Care home business Greensleeves Care has given its 1,600 members of staff a minimum 10.1% pay rise as part of an £8.4 million investment.Frontline employees will receive the increase in April. The investment was the biggest the firm has ever made for staff pay. It already pays at least the ...

  • KPMG to consult employees on pension contribution cuts
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    KPMG reports -3.2% socio-economic pay gap

    2023-03-30T10:50:55Z

    Audit, tax and advisory services firm KPMG has published its 2022 socio-economic background pay gap for the first time, with its mean professional versus lower socio-economic background pay gap at -3.2%, up from -1.1% in 2021.The firm’s median professional versus lower socio-economic background pay gap was 7.3%, down from 8.6% ...

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    Air New Zealand raises entry wages to $30 per hour

    2023-03-29T10:41:41Z

    Credit: Ryan Fletcher / Shutterstock.comAirline Air New Zealand has increased its entry-level wage to $30 (£16.23) per hour as part of its goal to attract 400 new members of staff to join its airport teams in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.The business also committed to awarding all airport employees with annual ...

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    Higgs accredited as living wage employer

    2023-03-29T10:13:43Z

    Midlands-based law firm Higgs has received accreditation from the Living Wage Foundation.Employees at the firm will receive a minimum hourly wage of £10.90, exceeding the government’s minimum wage rate of £9.50 for those aged above 23, which is due to increase to £10.42 as of next month.The hourly figure set ...

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    West Midlands National Express gives drivers 16.2% pay increase

    2023-03-28T08:00:43Z

    More than 3,100 West Midlands National Express drivers voted to accept an improved pay offer, ending bus strikes in the region.The offer included a one-year 16.2% pay increase and improvements to accident pay and hourly rates when working over the Christmas holidays. According to trade union Unite, National Express also ...

  • Burberry UK reports a 33.1% mean gender pay gap
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    Burberry reports 2.7% mean ethnicity pay gap

    2023-03-28T08:00:00Z

    Designer brand Burberry has reported a mean ethnicity pay gap for 2022 at 2.7%, down from 7.5% in 2021.This is the second year that it voluntarily published its ethnicity pay gap data, with its median gap standing in favour of staff from ethnically diverse backgrounds, at -14.3% last year, compared ...

  • Facebook pay gap
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    Facebook reports 2.8% mean hourly gender pay gap

    2023-03-27T10:10:43Z

    Social media business Facebook has reported a mean hourly gender pay gap of 2.8% for 2022, a 0.7% increase from 2021.The employer’s median hourly pay gap was 8.7% in 2022, up 0.3% from the prior year. Its highest pay quartile last year was made up of 26.6% of women, down ...

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    Government introduces law to protect seafarers’ pay

    2023-03-27T09:43:25Z

    The UK government has implemented legislation designed to protect seafarers from receiving pay levels below the national minimum wage.The Seafarers’ Wages Act received Royal Assent on Friday 23 March, preventing firms from using legal loopholes to pay low wages to seafarers. This was introduced as part of the government’s nine-point ...

  • Mid Suffolk Babergh District Councils
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    Mid Suffolk and Babergh District Councils enhance paid parental leave

    2023-03-24T11:48:09Z

    Neighbouring Mid Suffolk and Babergh District Councils have adopted an enhanced paid parental leave policy for councillors.Any councillor who is the designated carer of a child will be entitled to six months leave, with the chance to extend this to up to 52 weeks. The policy covers adoption, maternity, paternity ...

  • Welsh National Education Union
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    Welsh government gives teachers 3% pay rise

    2023-03-24T11:08:27Z

    Almost three-quarters (73%) of Welsh National Education Union (NEU) member teachers voted to accept the Welsh government’s 3% pay rise offer, ending an ongoing dispute.Minister for Education and Welsh Language Jeremy Miles put forward the offer for this academic year (2022-23), which will be fully funded by the Welsh government. ...

  • Pension Protection Fund
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    Pension Protection Fund reports 11.07% disability pay gap

    2023-03-24T10:38:47Z

    The Pension Protection Fund has published its disability and long-term health condition pay gap data for the first time, reporting a 2022 mean hourly pay gap of 11.07%.Its median hourly disability pay gap was 2.04%, while its mean and median bonus pay gaps were 49.26% and 4.06%, respectively. A total ...

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    The top 10 most-read articles between 17 - 23 March 2023

    2023-03-24T09:00:41Z

    The top 10 most-read articles on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 17 - 23 March 2023 were: Amazon increases pay for UK operations staffCurrys gives staff fourth pay rise in 18 monthsKingspan Water and Energy staff strike over payPhoenix Group and Herbert Smith Freehills become living pension employers Aldi increases pay for store ...

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    New Mexico Department of Game and Fish on hunt for bear huggers

    2023-03-24T09:00:09Z

    Something for the weekend: The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish is going on a bear hugger hunt, looking for a conservation officer to patrol the parks and wilderness areas, and potentially encounter some of the US state’s 6,000 black bears.In an advertisement posted to its Facebook page, the ...

  • Highlands and Islands Airport Group
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    Highlands and Islands Airport Group gives staff 7% pay rise

    2023-03-23T11:32:11Z

    Credit: Liner / Shutterstock.comA total of 120 Highlands and Islands Airport Group employees have accepted a revised 7% pay rise, ending a long-running pay dispute and industrial action.The majority (93%) of the employees, comprising security staff, baggage handlers, ground crew, fire and rescue, and security and administration staff, voted to ...

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    Case Studies

    Fujitsu focuses on achieving pay parity through diversity and equity measures

    2023-03-23T06:00:31Z

    Even before the Covid-19 pandemic and economic downturn, IT service provider Fujitsu prioritised efforts to make gender pay improvements as part of its equality and equity approach.The organisation, which employs more than 7,000 UK employees, has published its gender pay gap report since 2017 and its ethnicity pay gap report ...

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    What impact has the pandemic and economic crisis had on pay gaps?

    2023-03-23T06:00:19Z

    The UK government suspended pay gap reporting in 2019/20 due to the pandemic and delayed enforcement for 2020/21, giving organisations an additional six months to publish their data.Those in insecure work, such as zero hours contracts and temporary employment, suffered greater falls in earnings and hours during the pandemic than ...

  • NHS workers need ‘decent pay’ to feel valued
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    Scottish NHS staff accept 6.5% pay deal

    2023-03-22T12:16:40Z

    All Scottish health unions have voted to accept NHS Scotland’s latest pay offer for 2023/24, which includes a pay increase.The deal will see most nurses, paramedics, midwives and porters receive a 6.5% rise, with a floor of £1,548 and a cap of £3,755.They will also receive a one-off non-consolidated amount, ...

  • EXCLUSIVE: BAE Systems demonstrates how to place mental health at the centre of wellbeing strategies
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    BAE Systems reports 8.6% mean gender pay gap

    2023-03-22T11:23:04Z

    Defence and aerospace firm BAE Systems has reported a mean gender pay gap of 8.6% for 2022, down slightly from 8.7% in 2021, and lower than the 14.9% UK national average.The gap was also smaller than the 11.2% the business reported when it first started publishing its gender pay gap ...

  • Amazon pay rise
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    Amazon increases pay for UK operations staff

    2023-03-22T10:49:56Z

    Online retail business Amazon has given its UK operations employees a pay increase as part of a more than £125 million pay investment made over the past seven months.The minimum starting pay for UK hourly paid Amazon workers will be raised to between £11 and £12 per hour, depending on ...

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    Opinion

    Megan Parker: Could employers be obliged to pay back historical holiday underpayments?

    2023-03-22T09:00:45Z

    As of now, if an employee’s holiday is incorrect, they must bring a claim forward within three months of when the deduction was made, or if a string of underpayments has been made, within three months of the last time they were underpaid for their holiday.However, this system may be ...