All Pay strategy articles – Page 56

  • lufthansa
    Article

    Lufthansa pilots agree to strike truce and £428 monthly raise

    2022-09-20T11:28:12Z

    Credit: AVRORACOON / Shutterstock.comGerman airline Lufthansa and German pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit have agreed on a pay increase for pilots and that no strikes will take place until mid-2023.The deal stated that the cockpit crews for Lufthansa and Lufthansa Cargo will receive an increase in their basic monthly pay of ...

  • CCS employees
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    Coverage Care Services rewards employees with second 2022 pay rise

    2022-09-20T10:41:02Z

    Shropshire-based care provider Coverage Care Services has given its workforce a second pay rise this year in order to support them with rising household bills.The business, which employs around 1,000 people in caring, nursing, administrative, domestic and maintenance roles, said it has invested £1.5 million in the pay increase, meaning ...

  • PeelPortsGroup
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    Port of Liverpool staff strike over rejected pay deal

    2022-09-20T09:39:32Z

    Credit: John B Hewitt / Shutterstock.comMore than 560 port operatives and engineers employed by Peel Ports Group at the Port of Liverpool have begun a two-week strike in a dispute over pay.The strike began yesterday (19 September) and will continue until 3 October. The employees, represented by trade union Unite, ...

  • Hard Rock International and Seminole Gaming
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    Hard Rock International increases pay for 10,000 US employees

    2022-09-16T10:36:11Z

    Credit: Farts Pfotografy / Shutterstock.comHard Rock International and Seminole Gaming has invested over $100 million (£87.9 million) in order to raise wages for more than 10,000 employees, making up half of its US workforce.Some staff will receive a more than 60% pay increase, with starting wages at between $18 (£15.81) ...

  • payments
    Article

    25% of employers cannot afford living cost support payments

    2022-09-16T10:23:08Z

    One in four (25%) employers cannot currently afford to make a payment to support staff through the cost-of-living crisis, according to insurance broker Partners&.Its survey of more than 160 senior HR, finance, payroll, and c-suite professionals highlighted that nine in every 10 employers expected either a small (38%) or significant ...

  • 15 September 2022
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    The top 10 most-read articles between 9 - 15 September 2022

    2022-09-16T08:00:13Z

    The top 10 most-read articles on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 9 and 15 September 2022 were: Sainsbury’s launches cost-of-living support packageGreene King enhances maternity leave and supportAlexander Dennis staff to strike over payMedian monthly pay up 6.5% in August 2022Arcoframe to pay staff £160 a month cost-of-living bonusNorwich City Council launches living ...

  • Central Building Contractors
    Article

    Central Building Contractors ordered to compensate dismissed employees

    2022-09-15T10:55:12Z

    A tribunal has ordered Glasgow-based building firm Central Building Contractors to pay compensation to 149 employees that it dismissed without due procedure.The business went into administration in April 2020 after difficult trading conditions, made worse by Covid-19 (Coronavirus), left it with a funding shortfall.Former employee Jordan Kirk raised a claim ...

  • adequate minimum wage
    Article

    European Union to implement adequate minimum wage legislation

    2022-09-15T10:17:45Z

    The European Union (EU) parliament has voted in favour of legislation regarding adequate minimum wages for member states.Member states will have to guarantee that their national minimum wage allows workers to lead a decent life by taking into account the cost of living and wider pay levels. In order to ...

  • bank holiday
    Opinion

    Sarah Taylor: How can employers organise an unplanned bank holiday?

    2022-09-14T10:37:18Z

    Following the announcement of Monday’s bank holiday earlier this week, businesses have been rushing to plan accordingly. There are no statutory rules that employers must follow for public holidays as every organisation will differ in its approach, influenced in a large part by the way in which its employment contracts ...

  • Sainsburys-Argos
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    Sainsbury’s launches cost-of-living support package

    2022-09-14T10:32:58Z

    Supermarket chain Sainsbury’s is to invest £25 million into a cost-of-living package for hourly-paid staff to support them with rising costs.It will invest £20 million in a pay increase, which will be the second one staff receive this year. From 16 October, Sainsbury’s and Argos' hourly retail workers' pay will ...

  • Arcoframe
    Article

    Arcoframe to pay staff £160 a month cost-of-living bonus

    2022-09-14T10:27:20Z

    Arcoframe, a Merseyside-based window supplier, is to give its employees additional funding support in order to help with rising costs over the winter period.The organisation will pay its 28 employees £160 each per month throughout the upcoming colder months to help ease the pressure of rising costs. All staff will ...

  • Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
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    Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust becomes living wage accredited

    2022-09-14T10:16:50Z

    Credit: London Stock / Shutterstock.comLewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust has been accredited as a living wage employer, resulting in all staff now earning a minimum of £11.05 per hour.More than 2,000 workers employed by the trust have had their pay rates increased to the London living wage rate. Nearly 750 ...

  • Median monthly pay
    Article

    Median monthly pay up 6.5% in August 2022

    2022-09-13T10:30:07Z

    Median monthly pay for August 2022 was an estimated £2,113, an increase of 6.5% compared with the same period last year, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).The findings highlighted that pay growth tended to fluctuate around 3.6% until it became negative in 2020, coinciding with the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) ...

  • alexander dennis
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    Alexander Dennis staff to strike over pay

    2022-09-13T09:44:06Z

    Credit: AL Robinson / Shutterstock.comEmployees of bus manufacturing firm Alexander Dennis commenced strike action today (13 September) following their rejection of a wage offer from the employer.Coach builders and spray painters, who are members of trade union Unite, are based at Camelon manufacturing site and Larbert corporate headquarters in Scotland. ...

  • ag parfetts and sons
    Case Studies

    The benefits offered by AG Parfetts and Sons

    2022-09-13T05:00:59Z

    Benefits on offer at AG Parfetts and Sons:Pension and group riskGroup personal pension (GPP) for all employees, with a 5% employee and 5% starting employer contribution, up to a maximum of 10% with long service.Employer paid group income protection for senior management teams.Death in service paid at four times salary ...

  • Greene King gives 38,000 employees early access to pay
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    Greene King enhances maternity leave and support

    2022-09-12T10:27:07Z

    Pub chain and brewer Greene King has enhanced its maternity leave policy and introduced a package of wrap-around support for both before and after leave, as of last week.Salaried employees have been given 26 weeks of full pay plus 13 weeks of statutory maternity pay, and hourly team members have ...

  • Latchmere Leisure Centre
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    Latchmere Leisure Centre cleaners secure 16% pay rise

    2022-09-12T10:20:54Z

    Latchmere Leisure Centre in Battersea has agreed to a 16% pay rise for its cleaners from 1 October.The leisure centre is owned by Wandsworth Council and Places for People Leisure Management (PPLM), which manages the centre.The cleaners, who are all Bolivian and members of United Voices of the World (UVW), ...

  • Norwich
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    Norwich City Council launches living wage place initiative

    2022-09-12T09:35:12Z

    Credit: Wirestock Creators / Shutterstock.comA coalition of local businesses, charities and public sector organisations, forming the Making Norwich a Living Wage City Action Group, has launched its plan to increase the number of accredited living wage employers in the city.The group is comprised of Norwich City Council, Aviva, City College ...

  • Virgin Trains
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    Tribunal finds Virgin Trains bypassed collective bargaining for rail workers

    2022-09-09T10:49:25Z

    Credit: EQRoy / Shutterstock.comAn employment tribunal has found that rail employees were bypassed in collective bargaining negotiations, when Virgin Trains made an offer that had already been unanimously rejected in a ballot.The legal proceedings were brought by Thompsons Solicitors on behalf of 1,250 National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport ...

  • Money
    Article

    You at Work awards staff £500 cost-of-living bonus

    2022-09-09T10:16:04Z

    Employee benefits provider You at Work has awarded its staff a £500 bonus, to be paid in November, in response to rising inflation and the cost-of-living crisis.The bonus will be given to all staff except for the four senior management team members.The provider made this announcement at its recent financial ...