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ArticleDisability pay gap rises to 17.2% for 2022
Non-disabled employees now earn one-sixth (17.2%) more than disabled workers in 2022, an increase from the 16.5% disability pay gap last year, according to analysis published by the Trades Union Congress (TUC).The research found that the disability pay gap for 2022 was £2.05 an hour, or £3,731 per year for ...
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ArticlePrinces Group gives staff one-off payment and 7% raise
Food and drink organisation Princes Group has agreed to a 7% pay rise, as well as an additional one-off payment, for its 700 employees.Trade union Unite secured the increase for the members of staff based at sites in Glasgow, Bradford, Cardiff and Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, who produce a range of ...
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ArticleVodafone New Zealand introduces flexible return policy for carers
Vodafone New Zealand has updated its parental leave offering with a flexible return policy, in order to help primary and secondary carers among its 2,000 employees navigate the first years with a new child.Primary and secondary carers have been given a matching 26 days of additional paid leave, to be ...
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ArticleLloyds Bank offers employees minimum £2,000 pay rise
Banking organisation Lloyds Bank has offered its staff either a £2,000 pay rise or a 5% lift in salary up to a maximum of £5,000, whichever is greater.According to a notice published by trade union Unite to its members at the bank, the pay offer equates to an increase of ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 28 October - 3 November 2022
The top 10 most-read articles on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 28 October and 3 November 2022 were: Marks and Spencer expands flexible working optionsBoots offers employees discounted childcare feesMorrisons to pay £60,000 in compensation for maternity leave discriminationDWF rolls out menopause support policyLowest-paid Local Government Association staff accept 10.5% pay dealCo-op launches ...
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ArticleBritishvolt asks staff to agree to temporary pay cut
Credit: Hazel Plater / Shutterstock.comEmployees at UK battery firm Britishvolt have agreed to take a pay cut this month, due to fears that the business could run out of money, with executives not taking any pay at all.A total of 300 members of staff will take a reduction in pay ...
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ArticleLowest-paid Local Government Association staff accept 10.5% pay deal
More than 350,000 members of staff employed by the Local Government Association (LGA) have accepted an offer in which they will be paid an extra £1,925 this year.The unions Unison, GMB and Unite have been negotiating pay for the majority of the local government workers over the last few months. ...
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OpinionRhiannon Barnsley: Auto-enrolment reform gives employees a choice
Nobody is thinking about pension auto-enrolment reform at the moment. Quite frankly, people are more concerned about how they are going to afford to put the heating on this winter, or how they are going to pay their mortgage. Understandably, of course. However, this should not be used as an ...
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ArticleMorrisons to pay £60,000 in compensation for maternity leave discrimination
Supermarket chain Morrisons has been ordered to pay £60,442.25 to a woman from Wetherby, Yorkshire, as an employment tribunal found that the employer had discriminated against her after returning from maternity leave.In an interview with BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, Donna Patterson, who was a buyer in Morrisons' online business, ...
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ArticleScottish Co-op coffin makers strike in pay offer row
Credit: Silvi Photo / Shutterstock.comCoffin makers employed by Co-op Funeralcare in Scotland have started a week of strike action in their campaign for an improved pay offer.The employees rejected a pay offer, which they said equated to less than 5% when compared with the current rate of inflation of 12.3%.The ...
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ArticleBoots offers employees discounted childcare fees
Beauty and healthcare retailer Boots has introduced access to discounted childcare fees for its 51,000 members of staff.Through its new partnership with nursery provider Busy Bees, staff will be entitled to 10% off their childcare fees at the provider’s more than 350 UK nurseries. They will also have access to ...
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ArticleCo-op launches fertility treatment policy
Supermarket retailer Co-op, which employs almost 60,000 people, has introduced a fertility treatment policy for its employees, to mark the start of National Fertility Week (31 October - 4 November).The initiative was introduced as part of its commitment to create an inclusive workplace, and provides flexible unrestricted paid time off ...
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ArticleAirbus pays employees £1,500 cost-of-living bonus
Credit: vaalaa / Shutterstock.comAviation employer Airbus has awarded around 120,000 of its employees with a bonus to be paid in their next payroll, in order to support them during the cost-of-living crisis.According to an internal memo from the business, all staff, including senior managers, are eligible, including 5,000 members of ...
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ArticleEast Midlands Airport agrees to 10% pay rise for security staff
Credit: Electric Egg / Shutterstock.comSecurity staff employed by East Midlands Airport have secured a 10% pay increase after 178 Unite members voted for strike action over low pay.Earlier this year, union members were balloted for action, with 92.8% voting in favour. Following this, the airport made the pay offer, which ...
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ArticleAldi raises pay to £11 an hour for 2023
Aldi has committed to raise its starting pay rate for store assistants to £11 an hour nationally, and £12.45 within the M25, as of 1 January 2023.Around 26,000 of the supermarket’s employees will benefit from this increase, which is more than 15% higher than it was a year ago and ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 21 - 27 October 2022
The top 10 most-read articles on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 21 and 27 October 2022 were: Tyler Perry gifts ex-employee designer bags for birthdayUniversity of Warwick invests £3.5 million in cost-of-living supportBT and Openreach staff strike in ongoing dispute over payTribunal orders HBOS to pay £22,000 in unfair dismissal caseLidl Ireland increases ...
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ArticleCoty launches global gender neutral parental leave policy
Image credit: Konektus Photo / Shutterstock.comBeauty firm Coty has launched a global gender neutral parental leave policy for 11,500 employees across 36 countries.Taking effect from 1 November, all staff regardless of gender will have access to the same number of fully paid weeks of parental leave when starting or extending ...
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ArticleM and G introduces enhanced neonatal pay and leave
International savings and investments business M and G has introduced pay and leave for employees whose babies require specialist neonatal care for more than seven days.As of this week, all of the business' 5,500 employees across the globe - regardless of gender - have been given up to 12 weeks ...
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ArticleNew York judge lifts vaccine mandate and reinstates fired city employees
The New York Supreme Court has ruled that a vaccine mandate requiring all city employees to be vaccinated be overruled, and that those fired under this order be reinstated with back pay.In October 2021, David Chockshi, health commissioner of the City of New York, implemented an order that required all ...
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ArticleAtradius awards staff £1,600 cost-of-living payment
Insurance business Atradius has awarded its 426 members of staff a £1,600 payment, in order to support them during the cost-of-living crisis.The insurer noted that 99% of its employees across the UK and Ireland, including its headquarters in Cardiff, are eligible for the payment. This includes graduates, interns and those ...