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Pay awards hit highest level since 2008

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The benchmarking and compliance specialist analysed 101 salary settlements that became effective in the three months to the end of January this year, covering more than 170,000 employees. ” Employees at all salary levels appear to be benefitting from pay rises, with those at the lower quartile mark seeing a 2.5%

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Lovewell’s logic: Will the removal of the bankers bonus cap drive change in remuneration structures?

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Is it better to pay a reasonable basic salary and place a cap on bonus payments, or to pay a lower fixed wage with the scope to earn a much larger bonus payout? The cap, which was introduced in 2014, was intended to curb excessive risk taking in the financial services industry following the financial crash of 2008.

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How To Determine Your Employees’ Salaries

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And in the midst of this, the murmurings of hyper-inflation are driving wages and salaries upwards at record rates! We will examine the questions of how to decide on an employee salary, how much to pay your employees and how to determine employee salary range in 2022. How To Determine Employee Salary Range.

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Average pay growth high but failing to keep pace with inflation

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Greg Guilford, CEO of HR Solutions, part of WorkNest, said: “It’s positive to see that employers are minimising the impact of the cost of living crisis on employees; however, there is still a gap between the rising costs and employees’ salaries.

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Employers to Offer Record Pay Rises in 2023

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According to the latest Salary Budget Planning Report by consulting firm Willis Towers Watson (WTW), companies are planning record pay rises for the next year. While most companies give a 3% raise on employee salaries , they are putting aside budgets to give a raise of 4.1%, a record high since the Great Recession of 2008.

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Chesterfield Council staff strike over pay

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According to the workers, who are responsible for maintaining and repairing Chesterfield’s Council housing stock, they were transferred from being paid via a combination of a basic wage and on piece work to a salary scheme during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Adrian Crawford: Bankers’ bonuses uncapped

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First introduced by the European Union in 2014 in response to the 2008 financial crisis, the cap limited bonuses to twice employees’ basic salary. Yet it was unpopular with both the UK financial regulator on the one hand, and employer banks and ambitious bankers on the other.

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