All Pay strategy articles – Page 40
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ArticleCosta Coffee to increase pay for more than 15,000 employees
Costa Coffee will increase pay for more than 15,000 employees in its 1,500 UK employer-owned stores from 1 April.The starting rate will rise to £12 per hour from £10.70 for baristas, which is a 9% increase and part of a more than £15 million investment. This is also 56p per ...
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Article42% of working parents want better pay and family support
Two-fifths (42%) of working parents admitted to looking for alternative work in 2024 with higher pay and better family life support, an increase of four percentage points on 2023, according to research by childcare provider Bright Horizons.Its annual Modern families index, which surveyed more than 3,000 working families, found that ...
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ArticlePRS for Music reports 14.9% mean ethnicity pay gap for 2023
Image credit: Andi SmallwoodMusic copyright collective PRS for Music has reported a 14.9% mean ethnicity pay gap for 2023, down from 17.6% from 2022.Its 2023 gender and ethnicity pay gap report revealed that its median gap was 13.1%, down from 14.6% the prior year. There was an increase in the ...
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ArticleHermès to award €4,000 bonus to all employees
Credit: Maddie Red/ShutterstockLuxury fashion brand Hermès has announced that it will award all employees a €4,000 bonus in respect of its successful work in 2023.The news was announced at a presentation of the French firm’s 2023 full-year results, where alongside the staff bonus, it announced an increase in profits of ...
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ArticleAmazon workers begin three-day strike over pay
Credit: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.comAmazon workers in Coventry have begun a three-day strike in a dispute over pay.More than 1,000 GMB union members at the retail firm are taking part in industrial action today (Tuesday 13), Wednesday 14 and Thursday 15 February, to earn £15 an hour and union rights.UK ...
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AnalysisWhat actions can employers take to close the gender pensions gap?
More employers could introduce gender inclusive paid parental leave to prevent and try to close gender pension gaps.The Pensions (Extension of Automatic-Enrolment) (No. 2) Bill will remove the lower earnings limit, enabling more employees to pay into a pension.In order to help close the pensions participation gap, more education on ...
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ArticleB&Q to increase minimum hourly pay
Credit: ClimbWhenReady / ShutterstockB&Q has announced that it will be increasing its minimum hourly rate to £12.21 per hour, and its London rate to up to £13.55 per hour.From April 2024, 16,500 employees at the home improvement retailer will get an extra 90p per hour, worth over £1,700 more a ...
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ArticlePay settlements expected to drop in 2024
Basic pay increase expectations have fallen for the first time since the start of the pandemic, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s (CIPD) latest Labour Market Outlook.After holding steady at 5% for more than a year, UK employers’ expected basic pay rises for the next 12 months ...
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ArticleLinklaters reports 5.5% mean ethnicity pay gap for 2023
Law firm Linklaters has reported a 5.5% mean ethnicity pay gap for 2023, up from 5.1% in 2022.Its median gap was -4.8%, compared to -27.2% the previous year. Its top pay quartile in 2023 consisted of 73% of white and 27% of minority ethnic employees, while in 2022 it comprised ...
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Article2Gether Support Solutions staff awarded Covid bonus payment
Hundreds of staff employed by NHS outsourcing firm 2Gether Support Solutions will now receive a more than £1,600 lump sum payment for working during the pandemic after undertaking industrial action.2Gether Support Solutions is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the East Kent NHS Trust, which runs the Kent and Canterbury Hospital in ...
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ArticleGreene King implements inclusive fertility and IVF treatment policy
Pub and brewer Greene King has introduced an inclusive fertility and IVF treatment policy for its approximately 39,000 employees.Members of staff will be eligible for up to five days of additional paid leave to attend appointments per treatment cycle, for up to three treatments. They, and their families, can access ...
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Article44% of GP nurses in England did not receive a pay rise last year
Two-fifths (44%) of GP nursing employees in England did not receive a pay rise at all for 2023/24, according to research by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN).Its survey of nearly 1,500 GP nursing staff across the country also found that overall, 77% of respondents did not receive the full ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 2 - 8 February 2024
The top 10 most-read articles on employeebenefits.co.uk between 2 - 8 February 2024 were: Bupa rolls out period wellbeing plan to UK staffTribunal finds AstraZeneca scientist with mental health disability was wrongfully dismissed20% of employees want better reward, incentives or recognition30% of staff have or would call in sick to ...
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ArticleBetway searches for Super Bowl snack tester
Something for the weekend: Sports betting website Betway has kicked off its search and opened applications for a Super Bowl snack tester to celebrate the 2024 Super Bowl, which is taking place in the US on Sunday 11 February. If you like to commemorate watching American football at a gathering ...
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ArticleSantander UK reports 13.4% mean ethnicity pay gap
Banking organisation Santander UK has reported a 13.4% mean ethnicity pay gap for 2023, up 4.3 percentage points from 2022’s figure.The employer’s median ethnicity pay gap was 17.6%, up 9.6 percentage points from the previous year. Its mean ethnicity bonus gap was 35.6%, up 6.6 percentage points from 2022, and ...
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ArticleOliver Wyman enhances parental leave for India, Middle East and Africa staff
Global management consulting firm Oliver Wyman has extended its parental leave for employees across the India, Middle East and Africa (IMEA) region.New parents in its offices in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Qatar and India are now eligible for six months of paid maternity leave ...
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ArticleLyft rolls out new pay standard for drivers
Taxi service Lyft has introduced a new pay standard for its driver employees to ensure they are guaranteed at least 70% of the payments they receive from customers.The commitment will mean drivers earn this minimum percentage each week after external fees. If they are under this amount at the end ...
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ArticleNorthumberland County Council rolls out guaranteed pay scheme for home care staff
Northumberland County Council has rolled out a scheme that guarantees competitive pay and?introduces a right to security of income for home care workers across the county.Home care providers can sign up to the eight commitments in the Northumberland Guarantee, with support from the council and the local NHS service for ...
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ArticleTribunal finds AstraZeneca scientist with mental health disability was wrongfully dismissed
An employment tribunal has found that a former AstraZeneca scientist with a mental health disability was wrongfully dismissed.James Muir, a senior scientist who had been developing the pharmaceutical firm’s recently approved cancer drug Truqap, had worked there since 1998. He suffered from chronic depression and anxiety and had taken extended ...
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ArticleE.On UK reports 13.1% mean hourly gender pay gap
Credit: nitpicker / Shutterstock.comEnergy provider E.On UK has reported a 13.1% mean hourly gender pay gap for 2023, down 0.5% from 2022’s figure.The employer’s median hourly gender pay gap was 21.2%, down 3.9% from the prior year’s figure. Its mean average bonus pay gap was 44.2% in favour of men ...