All Pay strategy articles – Page 58
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ArticleSwift Lawyers to pay nearly £19,000 in unfair dismissal case
Law firm Swift Lawyers has been ordered to pay damages of £18,800 after an employment tribunal found that it had unfairly dismissed a pregnant paralegal.Farzana Yasin joined the firm in 2017 to work on cavity wall insulation claims. She had two consecutive maternity leave periods from October 2018, returned to ...
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ArticleLloydsPharmacy gives staff 5.75% bonus
Credit: Michael715 / Shutterstock.comLloydsPharmacy pharmacists have agreed to a pay deal in which they will receive a 3.5% bonus payment this month, followed by a 2.25% bonus in October.According to the Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA) union, which led negotiations on behalf of the employees, everyone in the bargaining unit, including ...
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ArticleLush Cosmetics gives staff 10% pay rise
Lush Cosmetics has increased pay for its UK employees by more than 10% as of this month in order to pay its workforce a living wage.Its pay rate was raised to £10.90 per hour for staff aged 18 and above across the UK, and £11.95 per hour for those located ...
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ArticleBritish Transport Police reports 5.74% mean gender pay gap
Credit: William Barton / Shutterstock.comBritish Transport Police published its 2022 ethnicity and gender pay gaps, reporting a mean average gender gap in hourly pay of 5.74%.This was down 6% from its 2021 figure, with male and female staff earning a mean average hourly rate of £19.85 and £18.71, respectively. Its ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Is the UK failing on pay despite high minimum rates?
The UK now has some of the highest minimum pay rates in the world, according to a report published by think-tank The Resolution Foundation this week. Its Low pay Britain 2023 report found that, among the world’s rich nations, only France, Korea and New Zealand currently have higher minimum wages, ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 14 - 20 April 2023
The top 10 most-read articles on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 14 - 20 April 2023 were: EXCLUSIVE: Employee Benefits Awards 2023 shortlist revealedPret A Manger launches employee benefits platform The Pensions Regulator authorises UK's first CDC pension schemeTransport for London and Monzo recognised as family-friendly tech employersGovernment introduces ethnicity pay gap reporting ...
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ArticleToolstation gives staff 9.4% pay rise and enhances benefits package
Tools, accessories and building supplies business Toolstation has increased pay by 9.4%, and introduced new benefits for its 5,500 members of staff.The pay rise is for entry level and store and operations employees, with entry level workers’ hourly rate increasing to £10.60.The retailer also introduced 26 weeks of full pay, ...
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ArticleCanal and River Trust gives staff 8.2% pay rise
Credit: chrisdorney / Shutterstock.comCharity organisation The Canal and River Trust has given its 1,700 workers an 8.2% pay increase, following negotiations that have been ongoing since last year.The staff, who previously received an average annual salary of £26,000, remove waste, keep towpaths clear and maintain locks and moorings on England ...
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ArticleGovernment introduces ethnicity pay gap reporting guidance
The government has published guidance for employers on how to voluntarily report on their ethnicity pay gaps.Developed by the Department for Business and Trade, the Equality Hub and the Race Disparity Unit, the advice is in response to one of the actions in the Inclusive Britain: government response to the ...
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AnalysisWhat financial wellbeing support should be offered around salary advance schemes?
It is important that salary advance schemes are explained properly so that staff fully understand how these operate and the costs involved.Many scheme providers will include financial education and guidance on how best to benefit from the scheme.Having access to data and monitoring usage each month can help identify if ...
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Case StudiesTesco educates and supports staff through salary advance scheme
Supermarket chain Tesco supports the financial wellbeing of its workforce through a salary advance scheme in addition to regular pay rises and an extensive benefits proposition.The employer, which has 345,000 staff, initially trialled its salary advance scheme with 6,000 employees working in its large and convenience stores in Liverpool during ...
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ArticleAmazon staff in Coventry strike over pay
Hundreds of Coventry-based Amazon warehouse workers have begun a multiple-day strike over a pay row as of this week.Around 600 members of trade union GMB walked out at 6.30am today (Monday 17 April) as part of the dispute, asking for a pay rise to £15 an hour.According to Amazon, only ...
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ArticlePandora increases retail staff pay by up to 14%
Jewellery business Pandora has increased hourly pay for its UK and Ireland retail employees by up to 14% as part of its third pay review in the last 12 months.As of this month (April), sales assistants in London now received £11.95 an hour, while sales assistant employees across the rest ...
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ArticleBede’s becomes accredited living wage employer
Sussex-based boarding school Bede's School has become a living wage employer after receiving accreditation from the Living Wage Foundation.The St Bede’s School Trust, which runs a prep school in Eastbourne and senior school in Upper Dicker, currently employs 1,070 members of staff. As part of its commitment, all of its ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 6 - 13 April 2023
The top 10 most-read articles on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 6 - 13 April 2023 were: Sainsbury’s loses appeal to throw out equal pay bidIveco Group introduces global reward platformSuperdrug and Savers enhance wellbeing packagesSodexo UK and Ireland enhances parental leave and benefitsNetwork Homes gives staff £2,400 cost-of-living pay increaseThomson Reuters introduces ...
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ArticleSavills UK reduces mean gender pay gap by 8%
London-based real estate services business Savills UK has reported its mean gender pay gap for 2022, which shows a reduction of 8% compared with the year prior. Savills’ mean gender pay gap reduced from 26.03% in 2021 to 23.94% in 2022, while its median gap reduced from ...
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ArticleAria Care Home gives staff 30% pay rise
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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ArticleSuperdrug and Savers enhance wellbeing packages
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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ArticleThe Oak Trust loses age discrimination and unfair dismissal case
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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ArticleNetwork Homes gives staff £2,400 cost-of-living pay increase
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 ...