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  • Mini Budget
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    How will the Mini Budget 2022 impact pay and benefits?

    2022-09-28T08:00:57Z

    Mini Budget 2022: Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng delivered his Mini Budget speech in the House of Commons on Friday 23 September. This included a number of key annoucements that could impact pay and benefits.Government scraps 45% tax rate on incomes above £150,000Government scraps temporary national insurance increaseGovernment drops ...

  • jen lucas tricentis
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    Tricentis appoints new chief people officer

    2022-09-22T08:00:05Z

    Enterprise continuous testing firm Tricentis has appointed Jen Lucas (pictured) as chief people officer.Lucas will be responsible for leading the global people team, and will join the organisation’s executive leadership team, which recently saw chief legal officer and general counsel Amanda Borichevsky and chief marketing officer Darren Beck begin their ...

  • Tier Mobility
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    Tier Mobility appoints chief people officer

    2022-09-20T08:00:43Z

    Electric vehicle operator Tier Mobility has appointed Trecilla Lobo (pictured) as chief people officer.Lobo will be responsible for driving the business' people culture and experience, and implementing a more effective organisational design to support its commercial goals. She will also hire and develop global talent and lead the agenda for ...

  • Central Building Contractors
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    Central Building Contractors ordered to compensate dismissed employees

    2022-09-15T10:55:12Z

    A tribunal has ordered Glasgow-based building firm Central Building Contractors to pay compensation to 149 employees that it dismissed without due procedure.The business went into administration in April 2020 after difficult trading conditions, made worse by Covid-19 (Coronavirus), left it with a funding shortfall.Former employee Jordan Kirk raised a claim ...

  • adequate minimum wage
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    European Union to implement adequate minimum wage legislation

    2022-09-15T10:17:45Z

    The European Union (EU) parliament has voted in favour of legislation regarding adequate minimum wages for member states.Member states will have to guarantee that their national minimum wage allows workers to lead a decent life by taking into account the cost of living and wider pay levels. In order to ...

  • Sprout.ai
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    Sprout.ai hires chief people officer

    2022-09-15T08:00:34Z

    Insurance claims automation firm Sprout.ai has appointed Hannah Atack (pictured) as chief people officer.Atack has 20 years of HR experience and more than a decade of working with tech start-ups. She will be supporting the business’ global scaling strategy to ensure it attracts, grows and enables the best talent.Atack is ...

  • CarolineRowland
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    Exscientia names first ever chief people officer

    2022-09-12T08:00:59Z

    Pharmatech firm Exscientia has recruited Caroline Rowland (pictured) as its chief people officer, a newly created role within the business.Rowland, who will report to chief executive officer and founder Andrew Hopkins, was brought in to lead the firm’s people, HR and places functions in order to build on its talent, ...

  • Entec Si
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    Entec Si promotes Sarah Frost to head of people operations

    2022-09-08T08:00:52Z

    Birmingham-based business change consultancy Entec Si has promoted Sarah Frost (pictured) to head of people operations as part of its commitment to employee development.According to the business, the position, which comes with a seat on the strategic leadership board, is to support the development of its people-centred ethos. Frost will ...

  • IWGB demand changes to Deliveroo's hardship funds
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    Union to take Deliveroo to Supreme Court over collective bargaining rights

    2022-09-06T09:43:07Z

    The Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) has commenced proceedings in order to take food delivery service Deliveroo to the Supreme Court over collective bargaining rights.According to the union, the partnership deal the business signed with trade union GMB earlier this year, which began this month, failed to address ...

  • BMD2
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    UiPath names new chief people officer

    2022-09-05T08:00:24Z

    Enterprise automation software firm UiPath has hired Brigette McInnis-Day (pictured) for the role of chief people officer, effective from September.McInnis-Day has more than two decades of enterprise software experience and will be focus on acquiring and developing talent and shaping the culture to drive business.She was most recently vice president ...

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    Universities Hospitals of Morecambe Bay hires interim chief people officer

    2022-09-02T08:00:06Z

    Universities Hospitals of Morecambe Bay (UHMBT) has appointed Bev Edgar (pictured) as interim chief people officer on an initial three-month basis from August.Edgar, who has joined while the trust recruits a permanent chief people officer, has spent 19 years working across the NHS in England and Wales, including leading specialist ...

  • Office of Tax Simplification
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    Office of Tax Simplification begins hybrid and global working review

    2022-09-01T10:30:27Z

    The Office of Tax Simplification has commenced a review on the emerging trends and tax implications of hybrid and distance working.According to the independent government advisory body, the review will consider whether hybrid, distance and home working models are likely to increase, whether this trend involves more instances of working ...

  • SoniaSpicehandler
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    Hazeltree appoints first chief people officer

    2022-08-31T08:00:55Z

    Hazeltree, a treasury and liquidity management technology for the alternative asset management industry business, has appointed Sonia Spicehandler (pictured) as its first chief people officer.Spicehandler, who has more than 25 years of experience, will be responsible for developing the strategy and processes for building and retaining professional team, and cultivating ...

  • Turner Contemporary
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    Former Turner Contemporary employee wins employment status tribunal

    2022-08-30T10:22:44Z

    Credit: Ron Ellis / Shutterstock.comAn employment tribunal has ruled that a former Turner Contemporary staff member was entitled to redundancy pay, despite the gallery's move to class her as a casual worker rather than an employee.Jan Wheatley and 39 others received an email in 2020 informing them of the removal ...

  • Board International
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    Board International hires new chief people officer

    2022-08-26T10:31:09Z

    Board International, an intelligent planning business for enterprises worldwide, has appointed Mandy Jeffery chief people officer.Jeffery is the former vice president of people at Workday, a software as a service enterprise cloud applications firm for finance and human resources, where she played a key role in helping the organisation scale ...

  • compensation
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    Former Manchester Working staff compensated for failed employment transfer

    2022-08-22T10:27:31Z

    A dozen employees originally employed by Manchester Working (MW) have received compensation payouts after they were left jobless due to a failed employment transfer.The workers secured almost £65,000 after their elected employee representative Jane Deegan brought claims for failure to inform and consult under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of ...

  • tribunal discrimination
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    Tribunal finds in favour of finance executive in wellbeing and age discrimination case

    2022-08-16T10:54:30Z

    An Employment Tribunal has found in favour of a finance executive who worked for e-commerce fulfilment provider Selazar, in claims that included unfair dismissal, breach of contract and age discrimination.Louise McCabe was one of the founding directors of Selazar when it was incorporated on 10 October 2014, alongside chief executive ...

  • Wise
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    Wise recruits new chief people officer

    2022-08-15T08:00:20Z

    Global technology business Wise has announced that it has added Isabel Naidoo (pictured) to its team as chief people officer.Naidoo joins the business, which was recently named one of Glassdoor’s top 20 best places to work in the UK, with global experience in the financial services, technology, and consulting sectors.Based ...

  • Elastacloud
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    Elastacloud hires first chief people officer

    2022-08-12T08:00:26Z

    Cloud consultancy Elastacloud has appointed Louise Douglas (pictured) as its first chief people officer, effective immediately.In the newly created role, Douglas will drive the firm’s HR capabilities and culture, scale its global growth and operations, and further lead its global talent, workforce enablement, culture, and diversity and inclusion.She is an ...

  • MathildeLelievre
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    Toluna appoints its first chief people officer

    2022-08-10T08:00:54Z

    Consumer insights provider Toluna has announced the appointment of Mathilde Lelièvre (pictured) to the newly created role of chief people officer, in order to attract, develop, and retain top talent.Lelièvre joined Toluna in 2005 as a vice president of operations and was responsible for managing its client services team. Most ...