Organisations are focused on building employee engagement with their benefits offering, while making sure that the overall package remains competitive as well as affordable. The range of benefits offered remains wide, aiming to provide something for everyone.
We look at some of the less common benefits and allowances offered by organisations, including perks such as long-service awards, staff discount schemes and paid volunteering days.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that a sleep-in payment was not an allowance for the purpose of the national minimum wage. Therefore it should not be excluded from the calculation of the hourly rate paid by the employer.
A model contract clause to set out terms relating to the requirement for employees to be on standby and available for work outside of their normal hours of work.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that an employment tribunal did not have jurisdiction to hear claims against British Airways for non-payment of flying allowances to cabin crew who had not been able to fly because of an airport closure.
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HR and legal information and guidance relating to standby and call-out allowances.