Employment

‘No ethnicity pay issue’ claim pharmacy multiples

The UK’s four largest community pharmacy multiples currently do not collect ethnicity pay data for their pharmacist employees, with two of the high street chains telling The Pharmaceutical Journal that there was no ethnicity pay gap within their respective organisation…

Pharmacy staff return to work after three-month strike, despite unresolved pay dispute

Pharmacy staff in NHS Tayside, who went on strike over a pay dispute, returned to work on 11 November 2019 after three months without a resolution.…

Pharmacists’ Defence Association Union negotiates 1.8% pay rise for Boots pharmacists

Boots pharmacists have been given a 1.8% pay increase following negotiations with the Pharmacists’ Defence Association Union.…

Ethnicity pay gap for UK pharmacists increases

The difference in pay between white and non-white pharmacists has widened by 0.3 percentage points over the last year, figures from The Pharmaceutical Journal’s 2019 salary and job satisfaction survey show…

Pharmacy’s ethnicity pay gap widens

As the government consults on whether to make reporting of ethnicity pay data mandatory for employers, our analyses show the extent of the ethnicity pay gap among pharmacists. …

Reinvigorating community pharmacy: ways to boost morale

A survey by The Pharmaceutical Journal shows that community pharmacy is the sector with the lowest morale, so we asked community pharmacists what needs to change.…

Pharmacy workers begin strike over pay dispute amid claims of government interference

Pharmacy support workers at NHS Tayside have begun strike action, following the breakdown of talks between NHS officials and Unite the Union over a pay dispute.…

Union says it will take ‘continuous strike action’ over pharmacy support workers’ pay

Unite the Union has confirmed that pharmacy support workers in NHS Tayside will begin “continuous strike action” on 19 August 2019.…

Pharmacy support workers vote in favour of strike action over pay dispute

The vast majority of pharmacy support workers in NHS Tayside have voted in favour of industrial action following a dispute over pay, Unite the Union has said.…

Union for Boots pharmacists pledges support for members affected by closures

The union that now represents Boots pharmacists has pledged to support its members who have been affected by the announced closures of 200 Boots stores in the UK by 2021.…