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ArticleChew Valley Roofing becomes accredited living wage employer
Roofing services firm Chew Valley Roofing has become accredited as a living wage employer.The organisation has committed to pay every member of staff a minimum hourly wage of £10.90, which is higher than the government minimum for those aged 23 and above, which currently stands at £9.50 per hour and ...
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ArticleHargreaves Lansdown accredited as age inclusive employer
Financial services business Hargreaves Lansdown has gained accreditation as an age inclusive employer from 55/Redefined, a UK-based organisation that works to reduce age discrimination.The accreditation recognises employers that are committed to changing attitudes and challenging age discrimination, while also helping job seekers identify age-friendly businesses. It also works to change ...
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ArticleSantander Consumer UK reports 26.5% mean gender pay gap
Santander Consumer UK has reported that its mean average pay gap for 2022 was 26.5%, while its median gap was 26.6%.According to the business, these figures were both 3.9 percentage lower than in 2021.Women occupied 34.5% of the highest paid jobs and 63.8% of the lowest paid jobs, while 65.5% ...
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ArticleTaylor Swift's feline friend earns £81.6 million as animal influencer
Something for the weekend: The cost-of-living crisis is of no concern to celebrity feline influencer Olivia Benson, who has earned a whopping $97 million (£81.6 million) net worth working alongside best friend Taylor Swift.The Scottish Fold earned her fortune starring alongside Swift in several music videos, in addition to having ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 30 December 2022 - 5 January 2023
The top 10 most-read articles on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 30 December 2022 - 5 January 2023 were: Bentley and Unilever among best employers for shift-based employeesSnowflake measures success of automated benefits programmeWill automation and AI revolutionise the world of benefits in 2023?Media Mantra updates leave policy to enhance inclusion and wellbeingEmployee ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid helps with inflation
We’ve just started the annual review process and the whole Reward team have to get stuck in. Each of us has a part of the business to ‘partner’ through the process. To me that means chivvying each management level along to complete their planning, so the next level up can ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid helps with inflation
We’ve just started the annual review process and the whole Reward team have to get stuck in. Each of us has a part of the business to ‘partner’ through the process. To me that means chivvying each management level along to complete their planning, so the next level up can ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid helps with inflation
We have just started the annual review process and the whole reward team has to get stuck in. Each of us has a part of the business to partner through the process. To me that means chivvying each management level along to complete their planning, so the next level up ...
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ArticleUS Department of Defense extends military parental leave
Credit: Mia2you / Shutterstock.comThe US Department of Defense has expanded its military parental leave programme in order to allow all eligible active and reserve service members to care for children while balancing their work.The expansion provides 12 weeks of parental leave to those on active duty for 12 months or ...
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ArticleStagecoach gives Sunderland drivers 11% pay rise
Bus drivers employed by Stagecoach in Sunderland have accepted an 11% pay rise and £150 bonus, backdated to 1 December 2022, ending their long-running strike.Three-quarters of the drivers, members of the trade union GMB, voted to accept the pay increase, which is more than the offer they received last year, ...
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ArticleSainsbury’s boosts pay to at least £11 an hour
Supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has increased the pay of 127,000 hourly paid employees to at least £11 per hour, in a policy that will be effective from February.As part of a £205 million investment, hourly retail pay at Sainsbury’s and Argos have been increased from £10.25 to £11.00 per hour, and ...
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ArticleRiviera Partners names chief people officer
Riviera Partners,?an executive search firm for engineering, product, and?design roles, has appointed Decio Mendes (pictured) as its new chief people officer.Mendes will lead Riviera’s people and culture strategy in the form of organisational development, talent management and training, and global employee experience.He joined from FLYN, a corporate development firm that ...
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ArticleE.On reports 13.7% mean hourly gender pay gap
Energy provider E.On reported that its mean hourly gender pay gap for 2022 was 13.7%, up 0.2% from 2021.The business’ median hourly gender pay gap for 2022 was 25.1%, up 2.2% from the previous year.According to E.On, the main drivers of its pay gap in 2022 were that it employs ...
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ArticleOnly 13% are comfortable asking for time off due to mental ill health
Only 1 in 10 (13%) UK employees revealed that they are comfortable enough to admit to their employers that they need time off for mental ill health, according to research by mental health app Wysa. The findings highlighted that 83% would prefer to talk to a mental health app rather ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits Awards 2023 gives entrants chance to win table for 10
HR, reward and benefits professionals who want to win a table at the Employee Benefits Awards 2023 and receive the early bird entry rate only have two days left to submit their entries.Those who submit their entries by the end of Friday 6 January will receive an automatic entry into ...
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ArticleSt John and Elizabeth Hospital to pay £75,000 in workplace health claim
A London employment tribunal has ruled that private healthcare business St John and Elizabeth Hospital must pay £75,000 to an ex-employee in what it deemed was a case of unfair dismissal.The case, Ms E Kalhor v The Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth, concerned an employee who resigned from ...
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ArticleBentley and Unilever among best employers for shift-based employees
Luxury car manufacturer Bentley Motors, energy provider E.On and consumer goods organisation Unilever have been named among the best places to work for UK shift-based employees for 2023, according to ratings published by community job platform Breakroom.Breakroom's Best and Worst Places to Work in 2023 used reviews from its community ...
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ArticleMedia Mantra updates leave policy to enhance inclusion and wellbeing
India-based PR and communications business Media Mantra has updated its annual leave allowance, effective from 1 January 2023, to create a more inclusive policy for its almost 100 employees.The revised leave policy introduced six additional days, labelled #MMCares leave, taking the total available to staff to 31 days overall per ...
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ArticleStagecoach staff raise £1,000 for children's charity
Bus and coach operator Stagecoach, which employs 23,000 people in the UK, has raised upwards of £1,000 for Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity.As part of the organisation's Giving for Good initiative, which supports its commitment to donate 0.5% of pre-tax profits to charitable causes on an annual basis, the 'Marvellous ...
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ArticleNorton Rose Fulbright names chief people officer for EMEA
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has appointed Kate Evans (pictured) as chief people officer for the Europe, Middle East and Asia (EMEA) region.Evans will work with the EMEA management team, the broader partnership and business services leaders to enhance employee engagement, talent retention and career development, and bring about ...