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33% of UK employers plan on increasing salaries and bonuses in 2024

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One-third (33%) of UK employers are planning on increasing salaries and bonuses at the start of this year, according to research by job website Totaljobs. While more than half (58%) were confident they will recruit the people they need this quarter, 30% admitted meeting salary expectations will be a challenge.

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Target is doubling its employee bonuses this year

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The move follows better-than-expected earnings in recent weeks, and will benefit all eligible salaried workers.

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Greggs to share £17.6 million bonus among staff

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The bakery chain also implemented an 8% overall wage and salary inflation in 2023 and expects to make around an increase of around 9.5% Bakery chain Greggs is to share a £17.6 million bonus among some of its employees after posting a record annual profit. The post Greggs to share £17.6

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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. Many bankers have been happy with the relative security of higher fixed pay, all the more so as bonuses above a certain level are now subject to deferral.

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Walmart to increase store managers’ salaries

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US supermarket chain Walmart is to increase the salaries of its store managers and invest in a redesigned bonus programme from next month. As a result of its investment and upcoming annual increases, store managers’ average salary will rise from $117,000 (£92,283) to $128,000 (£100,960) a year. This investment is about belief.

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Wells Fargo gives $1,000 bonus to its lower-paid employees

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Workers are eligible if they earned a salary of less than $75,000 last year, and their total cash compensation was less than $85,000.

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Confessions of a benefits manager: Candid works to align bonuses and performance management

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The problem with relating salary increases to performance is you are, in fact, rewarding future years based on this year’s performance, thereby creating new internal pay disparity for years to come. That is all well and good, but we do still base our bonuses on performance and without ratings, we are rather making it up as we go along.

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