Newsletters From BTU
Bank Pushes Working Pattern Changes
We’ve received numerous calls from members concerned about what appears to be the Bank’s latest push to change working hours and align them with branch opening times. Many of the members have been concerned that they will only be paid for the opening hours of the...
Union Campaign On Executive Pensions Wins Pension Increases For DC Members
By focusing relentlessly on the Mr. Horta-Osorio’s pension allowance worth 33% of his basic salary, and the allowances for all senior executives compared to those for staff generally, the union has forced Lloyds Banking Group to cut his pension package by £230,000 to...
Bank Breaks Own Policy On Fact Finds
A member subject to a fact find interview (an investigation meeting) asked for a copy of the recording made at the meeting or a transcript, only to be told by the Bank that she couldn’t have one. Leaving aside the wider implications of refusing to provide evidence...
Real Pay Progression – The Elephant In The Room
The last report and accounts showed that Mr. Antonio Horta-Osorio, Group Chief Executive, is paid some 169 times more than the average worker in Lloyds Banking Group. The Lloyds pay gap is the highest in the UK financial services sector, and one of the highest in the...
4.37 Million Customers Seeking Redress In Lloyds
According to documents leaked to the union there are some 4.37 million Lloyds customers awaiting remediation outcomes (in non-gobbledygook, having complaints resolved) costing the bank £766 million, and that doesn’t include new remediations introduced this year. Those...
Executive Pensions Enquiry – Lloyds Banking Group
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Lack Of Transparency
The main problem with the bank’s new approach to pay and performance is its fundamental lack of transparency. According to the bank’s own research, 31% of staff don’t trust their line manager to make fair decisions about their reward. That’s a startling statistic. And...
Letter To MP Frank Field Regarding Executive Pensions
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Transparency Of Bonuses
It seems that SPWs pricing strategy – which was quoted extensively in the Financial Times from a leaked internal document – has set the cat amongst the pigeons. The Financial Times said: “The aggressive pricing strategy….comes as it [SPW] seeks to become a big...
‘Two-Pensions Osorio’ Not A ‘Charismatic Winner’ Say Lloyds Staff
The problems for the Lloyds Chief Executive, Mr. Antonio Horta-Osorio, just keep on piling up. A week ago, the bank suspended its share buyback scheme because it needed to set aside up to £1.8bn to cover claims relating to the mis-selling of PPI. It seems the bank...
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