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Payment industry teams join Pay.UK 5 March 2019
Pay.UK (formerly known as the New Payment System Operator / NPSO) is the new home for Bacs, Faster Payments, and Cheque and Credit Clearing and, as of 1 March 2019 it is also the formal home of their people, a skilled team with a wealth of experience across the UK’s complex payments industry. This is the final stage of bringing these important payment brands together under the Pay.UK roof, and follows on from the announcement of the company’s name (October 2018). Importantly, there will be no discernible difference for participants, service users, and end users other than a new email address: @wearepay.uk.
For full details read the press release from Bacs – 1 March 2019
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Does the BBC pay women and men equally for equal work? 15 March 2019
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has launched a formal investigation into suspected past pay discrimination against women at the BBC.
Following complaints that female employees were not being paid the same as men for equal work, the BBC has voluntarily provided the EHRC with a large amount of information about its pay policies and practices.
After looking at all of the information, EHRC has said it suspects that some women at the organisation have not received equal pay for equal work.
The EHRC is using its powers under the Equality Act to open an investigation, which will look at whether BBC staff experienced unlawful pay discrimination from 1 January 2016. Formal and informal pay complaints raised with the BBC by staff will be looked at to decide if there has been unlawful pay discrimination against women and whether complaints have been adequately resolved.
The EHRC hope to finish its investigation by the end of 2019 and will publish a report once the investigation is done, setting out the findings, any action taken and recommendations for the BBC.
Further information about the scope of the investigation can be found in the Terms of Reference.
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Whistleblowing: list of prescribed people and bodies 26 March 2019
If you decide to blow the whistle to a prescribed person rather than your employer, you must make sure that you’ve chosen the correct person or body for your issue.
You’re a whistleblower if you’re a worker and you report certain types of wrongdoing. This will usually be something you’ve seen at work - though not always.
The wrongdoing you disclose must be in the public interest. This means it must affect others, eg the general public.
The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals
Payroll: need to know
cipp.org.uk
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