All Pay strategy articles – Page 69
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ArticleShelter employees strike in pay dispute
Credit: ClimbWhenReady / Shutterstock.comStaff employed by housing and homeless charity Shelter have commenced two weeks of strike action today (Monday 5 December) in a dispute over pay.More than 500 employees who are members of trade union Unite voted to strike following a 3% pay offer from the charity, which the ...
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ArticleItsu launches benefits centred on major life transitions
Restaurant and grocery chain Itsu has launched a benefits package that aims to support its 1,500 members of staff through major life transitions, including becoming a parent, moving home, and undergoing gender reassignment.Among the benefits it introduced in November was paid leave for various life events. For employees experiencing the ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 25 November - 1 December 2022
The top 10 most-read articles on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 25 November and 1 December 2022 were: Ikea gives staff 6% pay rise and enhances benefitsHarrods security guards strike in pay dispute75% of HR professionals see mental wellbeing as key focus for 202347% of businesses plan bonuses for Christmas 2022Scotrail implements minimum ...
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ArticleGeneral Electric agrees to £15,600 payment for steam plant employees
Energy business General Electric has agreed to give 75 employees at the GE Steam plant in Rugby a series of one-off payments amounting to £15,600 each.The agreement ended a long-running pay dispute between GE Steam and members of the trade union Unite, which led to intermittent strike action from April ...
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ArticleNatWest gives 59,000 employees cost-of living payment
Credit: William Barton / Shutterstock.comBanking organisation NatWest has implemented a one-off cash payment for all employees in junior and junior manager positions, benefitting approximately 59,000 global members of staff during the cost-of-living crisis.For the 39,000 UK-based employees, the payment was agreed at £1,000, with equivalent amounts in all other locations. ...
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ArticleTheme park employees go above and beyond despite contract rollercoaster
Credit: DeepakJoshi / Shutterstock.comSomething for the weekend: In what is quite the opposite of the current talk of 'quiet quitting', employees at theme park Tivoli World in Benalmadena, Spain have continued taking good care of their place of work, even after its ride came to an end.Like many businesses, the ...
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ArticleRoger Bullivant updates parental leave policies
Ground engineering firm Roger Bullivant has enhanced its maternity and paternity policies, with changes due to take effect from 1 January 2023.The business, which employs more than 500 people across seven regional offices in England, Scotland and Wales, updated its maternity pay to give employees 14 weeks on full pay, ...
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ArticleOve Arup reports 14.6% mean gender pay gap
Engineering, architecture and advisory services firm Ove Arup has published its UK 2022 pay gap report, which revealed that its latest mean gender pay gap was 14.6%, a slight rise from 2021.The organisation's median gender pay gap also increased slightly, from 15.7% in 2021 to 15.8% this year, but has ...
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ArticleHallmark Care Homes unveils £1.3 million winter support package
Hallmark Care Homes has invested £1.3 million into a winter support package to help its employees with the cost-of-living crisis.The measures include paying all of its 2,300 members of staff at or above the new rate set by the Living Wage Foundation from today (1 December), ahead of the implementation ...
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ArticleDepartment of Work and Pensions reports 5.9% mean gender pay gap
The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has reported a mean gender pay gap for 2022 of 5.9%.The government department’s mean gender pay gap, increased by a 1.7 percentage point from 2021, while its median gender pay gap for 2022 is 0. The overall mean and median hourly difference in ...
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ArticleFormer hotel worker wins unlawful wage deduction case
An employment tribunal has ruled that a former hotel worker employed by Luxury Family Hotels was unfairly dismissed and had an unlawful deduction of wages.Molly Murphy, who worked at Fowey Hall Hotel in Cornwall for three years, found that after a period of furlough during lockdown, and her lodging a ...
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ArticleIkea gives staff 6% pay rise and enhances benefits
Ikea has invested £12 million in a pay increase and wellbeing support package, in order to help its UK and Ireland during the cost-of-living crisis.Salaried staff have been given a 6% on average pay rise, which will come into effect as of January 2023. Meanwhile, hourly paid workers in London ...
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Article90% of employers think living wage is high enough
Employee Benefits poll: Nine out of 10 (90%) people think the living wage rate is high enough in the current climate.Conversely, 10% of respondents to an online survey conducted by Employee Benefits said that they think the living wage is not high enough considering current events impacting employees’ financial wellbeing.Earlier ...
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ArticleStagecoach Warwickshire gives bus drivers 13.3% pay rise
Stagecoach Warwickshire has given 450 bus drivers a 13.3% pay increase after they began balloting for strike action.The one-year pay deal brings drivers’ wages to £14 an hour, as well as more than £1,000 of back pay, from January. In addition, the two-year period in which new starters have to ...
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Article47% of businesses plan bonuses for Christmas 2022
Almost half (47%) of businesses said they planned to provide staff with year-end bonuses for Christmas 2022, according to research by Just Eat for Business.The Corporate Christmas Rewards Study surveyed 200 decision-makers at UK organisations, and found that 81% planned to host a party to mark the festive season and ...
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ArticleScotrail implements minimum 7% pay increase
Employees at transportation business Scotrail have accepted a pay rise of between 7% and 9%, backdated to April.The pay offer followed a campaign of industrial action by members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), which included two days of strikes.The deal include a 5% increase ...
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ArticleHarrods security guards strike in pay dispute
Credit: I Wei Huang / Shutterstock.comMore than 50 uniformed security guards and CCTV operators employed by luxury department store Harrods have commenced strike action over a pay dispute, starting at 12pm today (Friday 25 November).The employees, who decided on strike action following a one-year 7% pay offer, also warned of ...
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ArticleWeightWatchers gives US staff six months paid parental leave
WeightWatchers has introduced six months of paid parental leave for eligible full and part-time employees in the US.Chief executive officer (CEO) Sima Sistani, who joined the business in March, announced the new initiative on her LinkedIn page, explaining that she thinks society has taken a step back on what should ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 18 - 24 November 2022
The top 10 most-read articles on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 18 and 24 November 2022 were: Tesco launches salary advance scheme for staffVirgin Money gives staff 10% pay riseCompass Group rolls out salary advance scheme for employeesMitie introduces £10 million staff support packageLevy UK to pay real living wage from 2023Staff at ...
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Article82% undergoing fertility treatment would only consider employers offering relevant benefits
Eight in 10 (82%) employees either undergoing or preparing for fertility treatment would only consider working for an employer that offered fertility benefits, according to research by UK virtual fertility clinic Apricity.The survey of 500 UK people, with 40% undergoing fertility treatment and 60% preparing for it, found that 61% ...