Are employers doing anything about the rising costs?

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I was talking to my DH that his job is starting to be on the brink of unaffordability. His take home pay (once you take commuting into consideration) is lower than our nursery bills. I've told him he should talk to his employer, their place of work is in a very awkward place to get to, and all of his colleagues are experiencing the same thing. He doesn't think they'll do anything about it. I think if they're smart they will, otherwise they're going

Nope

No-my employer will/can do nothing. Mine have to find money for pay rises which have been promised by the government but unfunded. They also have to pay staggering energy bills with no price cap on a crumbling building. Unless the government intervene, my employer will be doing nothing to help us.

As long as he approaches it in the right way he’s got nothing to lose. My workplace has given everyone below a certain level a one off payment to help with rising bills. I’d hope that when annual rises are given they adjust the lower levels more as well - there’s no way that they can give everyone an inflation based rise but I hope they give proportionately more to those on the lower pay levels.

My mum's care home owner (who is genuinely lovely - I know that's rare) contacted us to say bills were going up because she had to increase wages so staff could pay their bills now inflation is so high.

I was glad she said that, not just that their heating bills would rise.

My company has given everyone a 4% “rise in cost of living” pay rise.
very nice of them, and Tbf the company is quite cash rich atm

I do think they could pass it on to their customers, I doubt they would mind s tiny increase between their hundreds of customers to fund the extra £500 a month (there's only 4 of them and even a £100 extra a month would be helpful given the current situation), that would represent a 5% pay rise.

How is he commuting, and how far? If by car would a moped / scooter make more sense, or even cycling?

He used to cycle at some point, but it's only really doable in the summer and it was a 90min commute. It's not necessarily that far (20mi or so) but it's all country roads and a ferry.

Nothing yet (and I'd be very surprised if they do)

Why should employers start bailing out employees?! I think they have enough on their plate just keeping their companies solvent, to be honest.

My employer (a school) will probably be looking at cutting support staff hours or possibly redundancies. Employers are dealing with rising costs too. The government has announced a (deserved) pay rise for teachers but won’t be giving the schools any more money so we will be having to make cuts in other areas to cover that as well as all the other rising costs.

If your DH's employer passes on extra costs to their customers then aren't the customers then going to be in exactly the same position as their costs have risen? . All your DH can do is ask, but accept that the answer might be 'no'.
My employer has given a pay rise to the lowest paid.

It's not s bail out, but it's acknowledging the situation. It's a pretty remote place of work, and they've tried to recruit this year with no luck, because everybody complained about the same thing. My employer gives me a WFH allowance, so they could do the same, but for commuting.

Yes, that’s a bit far, especially in winter. They should definitely ask for a rise, but I’d also suggest looking into something like a moped too.

DH commutes across London on one, really enjoys the ride, and gets about 100mpg, making it incredibly cheap.

He can still take the car when the weather’s bad.

No. I’ve not had any pay rise.

No. I’m in a role that can’t be done from home. Head office staff are allowed to WFH though. It’s the commute and parking that cripple me. Shift worker and can’t get there/back by public transport. I’d love to move closer, but the surrounding areas are very ‘footballers wives’ territory and we can’t afford it.

DH employers have given staff an extra £1200 one off payment this month to help with the cost of living. He works for a big finance company.

Well some of them can’t (small businesses on narrow margins are also experiencing price rises and many will go under) and some of them will try not to because profits.

However, he should absolutely ask. Work out what you need to cover the price rises so he can lay it out for them. It sounds like he should be looking for a better paid job regardless.

There's talk of a cost of living pay increase but the company spent a lot withdrawing from Russia so we'll see

Civil service. Our senior management had an all staff call where they signposted staff to debt advice services.

Given his lack of qualifications (his skilled and experienced but nothing in paper), I genuinely think that's probably as high as he'd ever get, but it's a moot point if it's so expensive to commute to. He could work in retail all within walking distance, but he doesn't like the idea of working in that environment.

Or set up company transport. A car share scheme could work.

Yes. HSBC are paying out a cost of living bonus £1500 for employees earning less than £30k pa

They could at least get them a ferry card, anything would help.

My son received a pay rise , his employer is good.
My other son didn't though :(