More than 20 leading social scientists have warned the UK’s biggest investment companies and pension funds that allowing US-style executive pay packages could “create a significant risk of higher inequality” and “much worse lower levels of happiness, health and wellbeing across society”. The academics said they had decided to speak out as an increasing number… Continue reading US-style executive pay packets in UK would ‘risk higher inequality’ | Executive pay and bonuses
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Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop calls it ‘legendary’. But would you pay £22 for a loaf of bread? | Bread
Name: The Happy Tummy Loaf Age: Nine. The Happy Tummy Loaf was created in 2014. Appearance: Dark brown, dense and rectangular. Happy Tummy Loaf – is this an animated character on CBeebies who teaches toddlers to eat their crusts or something? No, it’s a real-life wonderloaf: a “two-day soaked wholegrain chia teff loaf containing 16… Continue reading Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop calls it ‘legendary’. But would you pay £22 for a loaf of bread? | Bread
Starbucks told to pay $2.7 million in lost wages to manager fired after arrest of 2 Black men
A judge has ordered Starbucks to pay an additional $2.7 million in lost wages and tax damages to a former regional manager who was earlier awarded more than $25 million after alleging she and other white employees were unfairly punished following the high-profile arrests of two Black men at a store in 2018. In June, Shannon Phillips won $600,000… Continue reading Starbucks told to pay $2.7 million in lost wages to manager fired after arrest of 2 Black men
Entire Minnesota police department resigns due to issues with pay
A small city in southeastern Minnesota has been left without a police department after the whole force recently resigned, according to officials. The Goodhue Police Department resigned due to issues with the city’s pay, Mayor Ellen Anderson Buck said at a city council meeting Monday. The city council met to discuss options for police coverage… Continue reading Entire Minnesota police department resigns due to issues with pay
Charities and experts call for overhaul of ‘broken’ UK sick pay system | Health
A coalition of charities and health experts has called for an overhaul of the UK’s “broken” sick pay system, as the number of people prevented from working by long-term sickness reached a record high. The health secretary, Steve Barclay, was urged in a letter to support changes that the campaign says would not just address… Continue reading Charities and experts call for overhaul of ‘broken’ UK sick pay system | Health
Sunak’s ‘intransigence’ on pay will lead to more NHS strikes, warns top doctor | NHS
Rishi Sunak’s “increasingly intransigent” and “belligerent” stance on medics’ pay is blocking the path to ending the industrial action in the NHS, leaving no option but to strike until the next general election, one of Britain’s top doctors has warned. Speaking to the Guardian on Friday after junior doctors launched a fifth round of industrial… Continue reading Sunak’s ‘intransigence’ on pay will lead to more NHS strikes, warns top doctor | NHS
Mourners gather in Ireland to pay respects to Sinead O’Connor ahead of funeral
LONDON — Fans are gathering in singer Sinead O’Connor’s former hometown in Ireland to say goodbye ahead of her funeral. O’Connor’s family invited the public to line the waterfront in Bray on Tuesday as her funeral procession passes by. “Sinead loved living in Bray and the people in it,” a statement issued by her family said. “With… Continue reading Mourners gather in Ireland to pay respects to Sinead O’Connor ahead of funeral
Buy now, pay later medical loans on rise as desperate patients go private amid NHS backlogs | Private healthcare
Patients who face long NHS waiting lists and cannot afford to go private are being encouraged to sign up for “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) deals and other personal loans to cover the costs of basic healthcare. The deals allow people to spread payments over months or years in exchange for rapid access to treatments… Continue reading Buy now, pay later medical loans on rise as desperate patients go private amid NHS backlogs | Private healthcare
Texas A&M will pay $1M to Black professor following botched hiring and internal review
An internal investigation of Texas A&M’s botched hiring of Kathleen McElroy, a journalism professor and veteran journalist who is Black, concluded race and gender were not factors in the decision to reduce her tenure offer to a one-year position after conservative backlash over her work around diversity. The Texas A&M University System said Thursday it… Continue reading Texas A&M will pay $1M to Black professor following botched hiring and internal review
Wall Street ‘Vultures’ Want Puerto Ricans To Pay More For Electricity
Nearly six years after Hurricane María destroyed Puerto Rico’s electrical grid and triggered the second-longest blackout in world history, Raquel Maria Gonzalez Sparks still loses power weekly, if not daily. The nonstop outages — which many on the island say worsened after a private company took over the public power system in June 2021 —… Continue reading Wall Street ‘Vultures’ Want Puerto Ricans To Pay More For Electricity