The High Pay Centre has published its annual survey of FTSE 100 CEO pay which has revealed that the average CEO took home £5.48 million last year. This represents a 10 per cent increase on the £4.96 million average for 2014. In contrast, the Office for National Statistics reports that the average weekly wage for all UK employees grew by just 1.9 per cent.
Stefan Stern, director of the High Pay Centre, said: “There is apparently […]
The wage fraud issue involving 7-Eleven Australia has been highly-publicised, with the spotlight turning to the culpability of 7-Eleven’s head office.
The issue has highlighted that the upper management of corporations may face serious legal consequences when there has been a failure to adequately regulate the safety and/or employment procedures in operation at their franchisee or subsidiary workplace.
Timeline
2008 – The Workplace Ombudsman investigates dozens of convenience stores, including 7-Eleven, recovering $162,000 for 168 staff.
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large proportion of the employment law which subsists in the UK derives from EU law. To name a few aspects, discrimination, collective consultation on redundancy, the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE), family leave entitlements, the Working Time Regulations 1998 and The Agency Worker Regulations 2010. However, much of the employment law protection available in the UK is given effect by legislation which has been enacted in the UK, in order […]