All Pay strategy articles – Page 76
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Article25% of employers cannot afford living cost support payments
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 ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 9 - 15 September 2022
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 ...
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ArticleCentral Building Contractors ordered to compensate dismissed employees
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 ...
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ArticleEuropean Union to implement adequate minimum wage legislation
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 ...
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OpinionSarah Taylor: How can employers organise an unplanned bank holiday?
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 ...
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ArticleSainsbury’s launches cost-of-living support package
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 ...
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ArticleArcoframe to pay staff £160 a month cost-of-living bonus
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 ...
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ArticleLewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust becomes living wage accredited
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 ...
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ArticleMedian monthly pay up 6.5% in August 2022
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) ...
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ArticleAlexander Dennis staff to strike over pay
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. ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by AG Parfetts and Sons
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 ...
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ArticleGreene King enhances maternity leave and support
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 ...
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ArticleLatchmere Leisure Centre cleaners secure 16% pay rise
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), ...
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ArticleNorwich City Council launches living wage place initiative
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 ...
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ArticleTribunal finds Virgin Trains bypassed collective bargaining for rail workers
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 ...
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ArticleYou at Work awards staff £500 cost-of-living bonus
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 ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 2 September - 8 September 2022
The top 10 most-read articles on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 2 September and 8 September 2022 were: Convention of Scottish Local Authorities agrees to 5% pay riseUnion to take Deliveroo to Supreme Court over collective bargaining rightsBritish Airways returns annual leave to pre-pandemic levels for engineersGovernment launches NHS pension changes consultation Balfour ...
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ArticlePour Moi promotes paid position for those with passion for pumpkin spice
Something for the weekend: With 22 September, considered to be the start of autumn, just around the corner, it is only a matter of time before the pumpkin spice craze takes hold once more. So, clothing brand Pour Moi has started searching for one lucky person to test the ultimate ...
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ArticleConfessions of a Benefits Manager: Candid helps with pay system testing
It might surprise you to learn that I am a secret nerd. I love working with databases and systems. Compared to people, especially our senior people, systems are so much more predictable and friendly. Not always reliable, but predictable. So, I do tend to get involved whenever there is any ...
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ArticleSky gives employees £1,000 cost-of-living payment
Credit: philip openshaw / Shutterstock.comBroadcaster and telecommunications business Sky has awarded 70% of its UK and Ireland workforce £1,000 to help ease the pressures of the cost-of-living crisis.The £1,000 payment will be given to UK-based staff, while employees based in Ireland will receive the equivalent in Euros. It will be ...