All Pay strategy articles – Page 97
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ArticleKeep updated with the Budget 2021
Tomorrow (3 March) Chancellor Rishi Sunak will deliver his long-awaited Budget 2021 – a statement widely anticipated to outline how the government will seek to rebalance the books after nearly a year of on-and-off economic shutdown.With debt now at 99.4% of GDP and borrowing at its highest level since 1993, ...
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ArticleGo North West drivers to strike indefinitely
The long-running ‘fire and rehire’ dispute between bus drivers at Go North West and their bosses escalated further over the weekend, with the announcement staff would be staging indefinite strike action.More than 500 drivers walked out yesterday (28 February) over the increasingly bitter dispute, which involves firing the drivers and ...
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ArticleSainsbury’s gives employees thank-you bonus and pay rise
Employees at supermarket giant Sainsbury’s have twice as many reasons to feel happier this week after it was announced they would receive both a bonus and a pay rise.As a thank you to staff, the company is awarding a 3% annual bonus, which will mean the average full-time employee will ...
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ArticleAcas calls for paid vaccine time off
The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) is calling on employers to give their staff paid time off when they have Covid-19 (Coronavirus) vaccinations.In new advice, Acas wants organisations to provide the right level of support – which it said includes paid time off for staff to attend vaccination appointments ...
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ArticleWorkers did £24 billion in unpaid overtime during 2020
Number crunching by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has revealed the extent to which Britons have put in unpaid overtime since the start of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The data – released to coincide with Work Your Proper Hours Day today (26 February) – found that more than three million people ...
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ArticleWall's finds happiness more valued than pay
Something for the weekend: “My boss told me to have a good day. So I went home.” It’s an old joke but one employers might be heeding after Wall's research revealed that 78% of people believe happiness and wellbeing should be prioritised over money.The global survey of 12,500 people by ...
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ArticleRenault cuts staff working hours
French car giant Renault is cutting the hours of nearly 13,000 of its staff in Paris in an attempt to reduce costs.The firm’s engineering and support workers will be given Friday off from now until at least the middle of August.Under the terms of the day off, staff will still ...
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ArticleBEIS records big rise in minimum wage avoidance
A report from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), has revealed a huge rise in the number of organisations not paying their staff the minimum wage during 2019-20.According to the report, BEIS dealt with more than 3,500 enforcement cases – an increase of 27% from the previous ...
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ArticleA third of over-50s have seen pay cuts
New research by SunLife suggests it has been the over-50s who have suffered significant pay cuts since the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic began.A poll conducted by the organisation among 1,051 respondents aged 50-plus revealed 30% had seen their hours or salaries cut; 25% had been furloughed, and one-in-10 had lost their ...
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ArticleHR pay rises less than the national average
Research by Reed has found pay rises for HR professionals were less than those enjoyed by the rest of the workforce.The survey revealed average wages for those in the HR sector grew by 1.9% during 2020, compared to the UK average of 2.3%. The data confirmed this was the third-lowest ...
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ArticleEHRC confirms extra six months for pay gap reporting
Just weeks after the government signalled that employers would not be penalised for failing to submit their gender pay gap data, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has now confirmed that enforcement for non-reporting will be suspended for six months.The suspension - due to the impact of Covid-19 (Coronavirus) ...
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ArticleUber loses 'workers’ case
The Supreme Court has announced today (19 February) that drivers operating for taxi-hailing company Uber can indeed be legally defined as workers - with all the employment rights this accords them.The longstanding court battle, which was first launched in the UK in 2016, could now have a significant impact on ...
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ArticleAmazon accused of breaking employment terms
Amazon is accused of cancelling workers shifts at the last minute and leaving agency workers with no guarantee of pay for 20 hours’ work per week – both of which breach the organisation's own employment policies.The practice has been called out by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, which has claimed ...
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ArticleDebt default fuels growth in international pensions
Sovereign country debt defaults plus a desire by employers to improve the benefits packages of expats and foreign workers on local contracts has seen a huge rise in international pensions, according to a new report.Willis Towers Watson’s International pension plan survey reported a 6% rise in the number of International ...
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ArticlePay increases hit by falling employer confidence
Data published by XpertHR today (18 February) has found average pay increases are struggling, with pay freezes the more likely outcome facing many employees.The analysis of data for the three months to end of January revealed the median basic pay award was just 1%, while pay freezes accounted for a ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Standard Chartered Bank to discuss how reward should be redefined post-Covid
Susan Tew, global diversity manager at Standard Chartered Bank, will explore the changing face of reward in light of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic at the Employee Benefits Insights 2021 event.Employers will learn how extreme challenges can drive a redefinition of the way businesses work, and how to achieve positive employee-endorsed ...
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ArticleTesco prevented from using 'fire and rehire' tactics at Livingston warehouse
Retail trade union Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) has won a court case preventing Tesco from moving staff at its Livingston distribution centre onto new contracts, in what the union described as a ‘fire and rehire’ tactic.The judgment from the Court of Session in Edinburgh means that ...
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ArticleHarrogate Council becomes living wage employer
Harrogate Borough Council will now become a living wage employer, after a last-minute amendment to its annual budget was approved by councilors.The amendment was proposed by councillor Philip Broadbank, after learning existing budget plans would see some employees working on what he called “poverty pay,” - potentially forcing many to ...
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ArticleAstraZeneca boss and staff to receive same pay rises
Pascal Soirot, CEO of pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, will receive the same 3% pay rise as the rest of his staff.Despite the company's ongoing success, including seeing its share price jump by 11% after the World Health Organization approved its Covid-19 (Coronavirus) vaccine, the boss’s base salary will increase from £1.29 ...
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OpinionLouise Skinner and Lee Harding: The government’s Spending Review plans for April
Due to come into force from April 2021, the details of the UK government’s Spending Review 2020 on health, education, transport and public services, were particularly high-profile this year due to the financial impact of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. While NHS staff are expected to receive a pay rise based ...