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Bonuses

Many employers operate contractual or discretionary bonus schemes to incentivise their employees.

A major legal issue for employers is to decide whether bonuses under the scheme are intended to be contractual or discretionary, and ensure that this is clearly reflected in the relevant employees’ contracts of employment.


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    Job satisfaction for women workers in serious decline

    by Mike Berry 27 Jun 2005
    by Mike Berry 27 Jun 2005

    Average levels of job satisfaction among women workers has been falling for 15 years, despite greater equality in the workplace and flexible working laws.

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    News in brief

    by Personnel Today 24 May 2005
    by Personnel Today 24 May 2005

    Royal Mail bonuses; God is not enough; Compensation for 10%; Workshop places

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    Marconi chief executive to receive £1.9m bonus

    by dan thomas 18 May 2005
    by dan thomas 18 May 2005

    The chief executive of Marconi is due to receive a £1.9m bonus this summer, just weeks after the struggling telecoms company cut 800 jobs.

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    Royal Mail staff to receive £1,074 in bonuses

    by dan thomas 17 May 2005
    by dan thomas 17 May 2005

    Postal workers at the Royal Mail are to each be given bonuses of £1,074 after the mail service announced record annual profits of £537m.

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    Royal Mail to relaunch sickness bonus scheme

    by Nic Paton 17 May 2005
    by Nic Paton 17 May 2005

    The Royal Mail will re-run its controversial sickness incentive scheme this summer, which rewards workers who do not take time...

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    Tesco staff to share £220m in bonuses

    by dan thomas 16 May 2005
    by dan thomas 16 May 2005

    Tesco workers have been rewarded for a record year of profits by sharing £220m in what is believed to be the UK's biggest staff bonus.

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    Rail executives branded ‘fat controllers’ over bonuses

    by Ross Bentley 13 May 2005
    by Ross Bentley 13 May 2005

    Network Rail executives have been branded "fat controllers" by rail unions after being awarded bonuses worth over half their salaries

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    AA denies union claims of 431 patrol staff redundancies

    by Mike Berry 19 Apr 2005
    by Mike Berry 19 Apr 2005

    The AA has been accused by the GMB union of trying to make 431 recovery patrol staff take redundancy.

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    Mothers win pay boost with new maternity pay rules

    by Michael Millar 8 Apr 2005
    by Michael Millar 8 Apr 2005

    New regulations, which came into force on Wednesday, have changed the rules for calculating statutory maternity pay in favour of mothers and could cause problems for employers, according to legal experts.

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    European finance workers extend pay gap over US counterparts

    by Michael Millar 4 Apr 2005
    by Michael Millar 4 Apr 2005

    The pay gap between US and European financial workers continues to widen with Europeans receiving in excess of 10% more than their US counterparts, according to a survey.

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    Capita chief’s bonus and share options deliver pay hike

    by dan thomas 4 Apr 2005
    by dan thomas 4 Apr 2005

    Rod Aldridge, executive chairman of Capita, made £2.2m from his pay and share options package last year

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    Managers at the bottom of the league when it comes to pay

    by dan thomas 23 Mar 2005
    by dan thomas 23 Mar 2005

    Despite the massive salaries on offer to managers in the top league, many of the UK’s football bosses are more...

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    Union keeps watch on retailer over bonuses

    by Personnel Today 22 Mar 2005
    by Personnel Today 22 Mar 2005

    Union leaders have warned retail operations of T-Mobile that there will be a number of "mystery union representatives" watching the way the company treats its workers in the next few months

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    Bonus boosts nets senior UK executives extra cash

    by Michael Millar 7 Mar 2005
    by Michael Millar 7 Mar 2005

    Median bonuses were 10% higher in 2004 than in the previous year, but salaries were unchanged, survey shows

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    Asda gives £70m profit share to employees

    by dan thomas 28 Feb 2005
    by dan thomas 28 Feb 2005

    Asda employees have shared almost £70m in performance-related bonuses since Wal-Mart bought the UK supermarket business five years ago

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