Standby and call-out allowances

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• Date:

  11 July 2023

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  XpertHR benefits and allowances survey 2023: Childcare benefits, long-service awards and other benefits and allowances

  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.

• Date:

  7 July 2022

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  XpertHR benefits and allowances survey 2022: Childcare benefits, long-service awards and other benefits and allowances

  Most employees will be offered a package of different benefits and allowances to augment their salary. We look at some of the less common offerings away from pensions, health and travel perks.

• Date:

  22 July 2021

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  XpertHR benefits and allowances survey 2021: Childcare benefits, long-service awards and other benefits and allowances

  We look at some of the less common employee benefits and allowances on offer away from the more well-known health and wellbeing, travel and subsistence and pension perks.

• Date:

  30 July 2020

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  XpertHR benefits and allowances survey 2020: Childcare benefits, long-service awards and other benefits and allowances

  With organisations often offering upwards of 20 different benefits and allowances to their staff, we look at those beyond health-related benefits, company cars and pensions, to see what else is on offer.

• Date:

  24 June 2019

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  XpertHR benefits and allowances survey 2019: Childcare benefits, long-service awards and other benefits and allowances

  Away from health-related benefits, company cars and pensions, there are a host of other benefits available to employers to boost the package they offer to employees. We investigate some of the other benefits available.

• Date:

  7 November 2016

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  Christmas and New Year working arrangements 2016/2017

  XpertHR's latest research on Christmas and New Year working arrangements finds that employers will spend an average of £27,000 on celebrations during the 2016/2017 holiday period.

• Type:

  Tasks

  Introduce, manage and review a standby and call-out system

• Date:

  9 December 2009

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Smith v Oxfordshire Learning Disability NHS Trust

  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.

• Type:

  Contract clauses

  Standby and call-out contract clause

  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.

• Date:

  19 January 2009

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Lucy and others v British Airways plc

  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.