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By Rita Nissiphorou in Reward, Pay and Benefits on Monday, August 2, 2010
A recent decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that awards of personal injury and injury to feelings relating to a tortious act (such as a failure to make reasonable adjustments in a disability discrimination claim) that pre-dates the termination of employment are not taxable and,... read more
By Helena Wheeler in Reward, Pay and Benefits on Tuesday, July 6, 2010
A (very) brief History (my own personal understanding, not taken from any particular historical source) Inequality of pay between the sexes stems right back to the first time it became acceptable for women to work and earn a salary. With the tragedy and carnage of the first and... read more
By Helena Wheeler in Reward, Pay and Benefits on Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Tory plans to block next year's planned rise of 1% in Employer's National Insurance Contributions have been confirmed in the Queen's Speech. read more
In a recent case backed by unions, more than 4,000 female civil servants have won the right to be paid the same as their male colleagues.The female workers are employed by Birmingham City Council and between them work in over 40 different jobs, from cleaners to lollipop ladies. These female... read more
The new financial year has arrived and with it many employers reach their contractual or usual pay review time. Most employers with a contractual obligation to review pay do not also have a contractual obligation to increase it. For some businesses, pay increases are impossible this year and... read more
By Louisa Chadwick in Reward, Pay and Benefits on Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Official figures by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) have revealed that as employers reduced hours to protect jobs, 5.07 million people regularly worked unpaid overtime in 2009, a decline of 168,000 on the previous year. Staff undertaking the overtime worked on average seven hours and 12... read more
By Emma Cross in Reward, Pay and Benefits on Monday, November 23, 2009
Many employees who, having accepted a pay freeze this year, were looking forward to receiving a pay rise next year, will have their hopes dashed according to the results of recent survey. The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and recruitment consultancy Harvey Nash, questioned 240... read more
By Sean McNulty in Reward, Pay and Benefits on Monday, September 14, 2009
Today is the first day of this year’s Trades Union Congress in Liverpool. It is the last congress before next year’s general election. During this week, it is expected that Brendan Barber, the general secretary, will call for tax relief on pensions contributions made by higher rate taxpayers... read more
By Harriet Sutherland in Reward, Pay and Benefits on Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Many of us find ourselves working through lunch breaks, staying late or coming in at weekends in order to keep on top of things at work. A recent survey carried out by an online takeaway company found that out of the 1,663 employees that participated, 58% said they are working more unpaid... read more
A government watchdog is to investigate whether companies are exploiting graduates by hiring them on an internship basis. At a time when official figures report that one million young people will be out of work by the autumn, the risk is that because only those with some form of... read more
