All Pay strategy articles – Page 97
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ArticleMost staff underestimate employer’s gender pay gap
While nearly all workers agree that the UK has a gender pay gap, more than half (57%) do not believe there are gender pay disparities in their own workplace.HR software provider CIPHR polled 1,000 UK employees, the majority of which work at medium- or large-sized companies, to find out more ...
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ArticleOcado courier staff to protest over pay
Key worker couriers for retail business Ocado have announced that they will take part in a protest on Thursday 30 September (tomorrow) over a pay dispute.It will take place at the Ocado Zoom depot in Acton, London from 1pm to protest pay cuts of up to 50% after being transferred ...
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ArticleBiffa refuse staff reject 1.75% pay rise offer
Leicester-based refuse workers at waste management solutions business Biffa have rejected a 1.75% pay increase offer from the organisation, with strike action a possibility if an agreement cannot be made.Following the rejection of its previous offer, staff are trying to negotiate for a 3% pay rise instead and a commitment ...
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OpinionRanjit Dhindsa: Introducing mandatory ethnicity pay reporting
On 20 September 2021, UK MPs took part in an e-petition debate on the introduction of mandatory ethnicity pay reporting for UK organisations.The petition, which received more than 130,000 signatures, followed the introduction of mandatory gender pay reporting and the publication of the McGregor-Smith review of race in the workplace, ...
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ArticleMorrisons shop floor staff win equal pay battle
An employment tribunal has ruled that Morrisons shop floor workers’ roles can be compared to those working in distribution centres in terms of equal pay.The nearly 2,300 claimants now need to identify male employees at the supermarket chain that are in positions of similar value.In her judgment, Employment Judge Davies ...
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ArticleAverage charity CEO salary increases by 3.6%
The average salary of chief executives in charity organisations rose by 3.6% last year, according to an annual survey by the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO).The Pay and equalities 2021 report found that the median annual pay received by CEOs in the voluntary sector increased from £55,993 ...
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AnalysisWhat are the most effective ways of addressing pay gaps?
Need to know:A culture of transparency and a commitment to reporting all pay gaps within the organisation is a first step to tackling them.Sharing an action plan of next steps, for example, organisation-wide salary reviews and providing access to all pay data, builds on that transparency.The disaggregation of data will ...
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ArticleUber drivers to strike over pay row
The App Drivers and Couriers Union (ADCU) has announced that Uber drivers will stage a 24-hour strike on 28 September (next Tuesday) due to a pay dispute.Industrial action will take place at Uber’s offices in London, Bristol, Birmingham, Nottingham, Sheffield, Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow and will run from midnight to ...
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ArticleUber launches driver pension scheme
Uber drivers are to receive millions of pounds of pension payments dating back to 2017 as part of an agreement made with the UK pensions regulator. The deal follows a Supreme Court ruling in February this year which found the ride hailing group’s private hire drivers should ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 17 September - 23 September 2021
The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 17 September – 23 September 2021 were: Metro Bank enhances staff benefits offering during the pandemicToyota staff grow their own lunchBelmont Packaging switches to four-day working weekWeetabix engineers strike over payEXCLUSIVE: 51% of SMEs lag behind on diversityAAT publishes first ethnicity pay ...
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ArticleBounds Taxis drivers classed as workers in tribunal
The App Drivers and Couriers Union (ADCU) has won a regional legal battle against Bounds Taxis to extend worker rights to private hire drivers.An employment tribunal has ruled that private hire drivers at Northampton-based Bounds Taxis are “workers without doubt” in a case brought by chair of ADCU Northampton Shafqat ...
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ArticleMedian basic pay awards stabilise at 2%
Pay awards have stabilised for the first time in two years and 2% is the “new normal”, according to XpertHR.The median basic pay award in the three months to the end of August 2021 was 2%, compared to nil just over a year ago when employers were grappling with the ...
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ArticleWeetabix engineers strike over pay
Weetabix engineers have begun industrial action over changes to their pay that could result in them being up to £5,000 per year worse off.Picket lines were in place at factories in Burton Latimer and Corby in Northamptonshire this morning (21 September) at the start of a 48-hour strike by members ...
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ArticleActivision Blizzard recruits chief people officer
American video game holding company Activision Blizzard has hired Julie Hodges as chief people officer as part of a wider strategy to build a more inclusive workplace.Her appointment, which becomes effective from today (21 September), comes just two months after the company was served with a lawsuit from the California ...
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ArticleAAT publishes first ethnicity pay gap report
The Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) has published its first ever ethnicity pay data report, revealing a slight increase in the pay gap and a fall in the number of ethnic minority staff in top jobs.AAT’s combined ethnicity pay data for 2020 and 2021, published alongside its latest gender pay ...
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ArticleJohn Laing completes £320 million bulk annuity deal
Infrastructure business John Laing Group has completed a £320 million bulk annuity deal for its pension fund members.According to the business, this is the second buy-in transaction with Aviva, following a £211 million transaction in December 2008, and will insure the defined benefit pension liabilities for 1,850 current pensioners. Fund ...
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ArticleItsu boosts staff pay to £10.40 an hour
Asian restaurant and grocery chain Itsu has announced all in-store workers paid weekly will get an 11% wage increase from today (17 September).The rise will be effective from 1 October for those paid monthly and will see entry-level pay go up to a minimum £10.40 per hour for 1,000 employees ...
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ArticleMale staff twice as likely to ask for pay rise
New research has found that twice as many male professionals are likely to ask for a pay rise than their female counterparts.In its latest whitepaper, Cendex, part of XpertHR, discovered that 23% of men are likely to request a wage increase compared with just 11% of women, raising the potential ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 10 September - 16 September 2021
The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 10 September – 16 September 2021 were: Morrisons to slash sick pay for unvaccinated workersHow has the pandemic changed the shape of Christmas incentives and rewards?The Botanist offers £500 to test roast spuds71a gives staff pay rise after national insurance hikeGender pay ...
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ArticleKavitha’s keynote: Pensions awareness is a work in progress
This year’s Pensions Awareness Day took place on 15 September, with an aim of highlighting the importance of saving for retirement.Research carried out by HR and payroll services provider MHR, to tie in with the day, however, found that as many as one in four employees have no pension at ...