Pay and Reward News
HR Magazine - Public sector should use ‘total reward’ to keep talent
The public sector should be communicating the value of total reward better to its employees in order to retain top talent, the CIPD’s reward conference heard.
25/01/2010
Employee Benefits - Many employers up benefits spend despite the recession
Many employers increased their benefits spend last year despite the recession, according to research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
01/02/2010
Personnel Today - Gender pay gap publication amnesty will have little effect on employers
A two-year amnesty from investigation for firms that publish their gender pay gaps will do little to spur employers into carrying out audits voluntarily, HR professionals have warned.
21/01/2010
The Times - Equality and Human Rights Commission outlines new gender pay reporting proposals
Companies are to be given some immunity from investigation by the Government’s equality watchdog if they publish information on their gender pay gap.
20/01/2010
Personnel Today - Public sector workers 7% ahead of their private sector peers
The pay gap across the public and private sectors has more than doubled to 7% since the start of the recession. Data published by the ONS has shown that average annual earnings of public sector workers rose to £22,405 last year - compared with £20,988 for the average private sector worker.
04/01/2010
Public Technology Net - Total reward schemes offer major opportunity for the public sector
Research from Benenden Healthcare Society reveals that 80% of public sector workers have never heard of total reward packages, despite recognition that a holistic approach to health and wellbeing could significantly improve staff retention and increase productivity.
30/12/2009
Personnel Today - Pay audit requirements may be restricted to firms with more than 500 employees
The government has been accused of watering down the Equality Bill after it emerged that only companies with more than 500 employees will be required to carry out equal pay audits.
14/12/2009
HR Magazine - It remains to be seen if mandatory equal pay audits make it into Equality Bill
Ministers have turned down Liberal Democrat equality spokeswoman Lynne Featherstone's proposals to have a vote on whether equal pay audits should be made compulsory as soon as the Equality Bill comes into force.
03/12/2009
Financial Times - Firms get flexible to keep staff
Flexible benefits are being promoted as a means of enticing employees, according to Aon Consulting.
03/12/2009
Consultants News - Companies face employee engagement challenge
A Watson Wyatt survey of over 700 companies found that 58% of businesses have undergone significant organisation changes and six in 10 companies have implemented salary freezes in the past six months.
01/12/2009
Financial Times - The government can do more to promote the business case for achieving equal pay
Article by Dianah Worman - diversity adviser of the CIPD
26/11/2009
Financial Times - Taking the plunge
The current configuration of taxation, national savings and state benefits may offer advantages to individuals willing to consider a salary sacrifice.
26/11/2009
Employee Benefits - Queen's Speech outlines plans to tackle gender pay and bankers' bonuses
The Queen has outlined the government's plans to tackle the gender pay gap, improve working conditions for agency workers and crack down on bankers' bonuses in her speech at this year's State opening of parliament.
18/11/2009
The Guardian - Gender pay gap narrows but is still 'unacceptably high'
The pay gap between men and women in full-time work has shrunk to its narrowest on record, official data showed yesterday, but the gap between private and public-sector workers has grown to a record high.
12/11/2009
People Management - Gender balance drives success at Cisco
A board-level decision to make IT firm Cisco a more “gender balanced” company has already produced innovation and new business
09/11/2009
The Guardian - Gender pay gap still as high as 50%, UK survey says
Women are paid less than half as much as men in some parts of the UK, according to statistics published today that reveal huge regional variations in the pay gap between male and female workers.
30/10/2009
Personnel Today - Equal pay boost for women after court rules on long service pay structures
Women in some jobs who have time off to raise children received a significant boost after a landmark ruling by the Court of Appeal.
20/10/2009
The CIPD has produced a report for senior HR and reward professionals that provides a framework to help them identify and review the main reward risks faced by their organisation as well as providing some tools to assist them in managing and mitigating these risks.
13/10/2009
BBC - Gender pay gap in City 'shocking'
Men working in the UK's financial sector receive five times more in bonus payments than women, according to a survey of 44 leading companies.
06/09/2009
Personnel Today - Council HR Chiefs urged to tackle pay disparities
Council HR directors have been urged to take swift action to try to prevent the growing number of equal pay cases taken up by no-win no-fee lawyers.
24/08/2009
People Management - Equality bill changes ‘will impact on all society
Two recent changes to the equality bill could have a far-reaching impact in society, an employment lawyer said.
10/07/2009
Personnel Today - Firms will not be given an amnesty period on Equal Pay gaps
Employers will not be given a period of amnesty to deal with equal pay claims when they are forced to publish their gender pay gap in 2013.
27/04/2009
HR Magazine - Single Equality Bill will bring gender pay inequalities out into the open
The Single Equality Bill, will mean employers must reveal how salaries of their male staff compare with their female colleagues.
27/04/2009
The Times - Gillian Hibberd: Town halls a safe haven?
Gill Hibberd, incoming president of the PPMA, states that councils need to adopt a “total reward” approach to salary negotiation.
The Herald - UK gender pay gap among highest in Europe
The pay gap between men and women in the UK is amongst the highest in Europe, according to European Commission figures published today as part of a new drive for wage equality.
03/03/2009
BBC – Banks to reassess pay structure
Senior banking executives have told a committee of MPs they are reassessing their pay structures.
11/02/2009
CIPD - The CIPD calls on Government to make clear the business case for Equal Pay Reviews
As the Equal Pay and Flexible Working Bill has its second reading in the House of Lords, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has called for a more concerted effort from government to promote the business benefits of Equal Pay practices.
23/01/2009
The Guardian - Company League Tables to Reveal Male-Female Pay Gap
Companies could be "named and shamed" in league tables revealing pay inequalities between male and female employees under government plans to tackle the gender pay gap.
06/01/02009