All Pay and jobs articles – Page 14
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NewsMorrisons warehouse staff vote for strike action in pensions row
Staff at its Gadbrook and Wakefield warehouses, including stock controllers, cooks, canteen staff and administrators, voted overwhelmingly in favour of the walkout
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NewsLidl staff to get third pay rise in 12 months
The move is set to make Lidl the joint-highest paying supermarket alongside Aldi
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NewsGXO Logistics workers delivering for Costa Coffee set for two-week strike
Unite claims the company pays its staff lower than the London living wage
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NewsJohn West promotes Kate Willoughby to commercial director
The position had previously been held by Mark Doherty, who was promoted to managing director of the tinned seafood brand in March
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Comment & OpinionChallenger brands are raising the bar in recruitment
The waves of senior appointments in challenger brands shows the industry is maturing, says Thea Alexander, CEO of YF
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NewsSeasonal worker returns higher despite human rights concerns
The rate of returnees was between 65% and 75% this year so far, according to James Mallick, director of Fruitful Jobs
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NewsAsda tracker shows disposable income up for 12th month in a row
Gross income for the average household in the UK grew by 10.1%, and at £233 per week was £21.50 a week higher in March 2024 than it was a year before
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Comment & OpinionSkilled worker visa changes will hit food & drink hard
The reality is the supply of skilled staff simply isn’t there in the UK, says Rose Carey, partner and head of immigration, and Katherine Dennis, knowledge development lawyer at Charles Russell Speechlys
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NewsMorrisons faces warehouse strike threat
The Unite union claimed workers were being forced to increase their own pension contributions while the supermarket giant reduced its own contributions
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NewsFiddes Payne to cut 20 jobs after losing Jamie Oliver contract
The Grocer understands that more than 20 roles are being lost out of a total workforce of about 50 staff
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NewsRevealed: supermarket progress on gender pay equality – and who’s gone backwards
Tesco, Asda, Aldi, Lidl, Co-op, John Lewis, Iceland and Ocado all reduced the mean hourly pay gap in 2023/24
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Comment & OpinionMinimum wage, maximum effort: the pay conundrum for food and drink
Skills, expectations and stakes are higher than ever, but the rewards are increasingly in inverse proportion
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Analysis & FeaturesInside the shrinking fmcg wage purse: why isn’t pay keeping pace?
The pandemic days of employers making strenuous efforts to support staff are over, as pay lags inflation and competition for roles increases. Instead, more sustainable – and cheaper – support is being offered
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Comment & OpinionRegulation will do little to stop supermarket abuse of farmers
The myopic exploitation of market power in price negotiations may give UK citizens cheap food in the short term, but in the long term it will destroy the UK farming industry, says Guy Singh-Watson, founder of Riverford
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NewsLow Pay Commission to consult on national living wage rates
It comes as employers across the country implemented the new NLW this week, which rose by 9.8% from £10.42 to £11.44 per hour
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Comment & OpinionBananas are sold too cheap. Retailers must face the reality
The economics of selling bananas too cheaply makes no sense, says Alistair Smith, international co-ordinator at Banana Link
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NewsAsda faces strike action at third store
Almost 200 GMB members are set to down tools in Lowestoft after 87% voted for industrial action on an 80% turnout
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NewsAsda confirms some workers may still be waiting for correct pay
The supermarket also confirmed this morning that two issues were behind the underpayments, one involving miscalculations of overtime and premium rate shifts and one arising from holiday pay errors
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Analysis & FeaturesSainsbury’s workers’ day from hell: this week in grocery on TikTok
TikTok’s latest grocery trends see Tesco Clubcard hacks, IT crises, and cultural inclusivity, while a viral dumpster dive sparks conversation on food waste
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NewsAsda apologises for underpaying thousands of workers
The change in the payment system is part of Asda’s move from Walmart’s legacy IT platform to its own purpose-built one