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ArticleJacob’s Cream Crackers gives factory staff 6.5% pay rise
Credit: Claudio Divizia / Shutterstock.comMore than 750 factory employees for Jacob's Cream Crackers, owned by Pladis, secured an improved pay deal after 11 weeks of strike action.The employees, who also make Mini Cheddars, Clubs and Twiglets at the site in Aintree, the primary facility for the business' products in the ...
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ArticleNetball Australia updates parental leave policy
Credit: Alex Bogatyrev / Shutterstock.comNational sporting governing body Netball Australia has amended its parental leave policy in order to better support its employees and their families.Netball Australia increased paid parental leave for primary carers from eight to 18 weeks, while paid parental leave for secondary carers was increased from two ...
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ArticleGovernment awards £1.97 million to help women in the workplace
Organisations including Birmingham Voluntary Services Council, Ashiana Community Project and Suffolk Libraries have received a share of £1.97 million from the government to support women with reproductive issues in the workplace.Around 16 employers across England were successful in their application to this year’s Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Health ...
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ArticlePentland Brands hires new chief human resources officer
Business management firm Pentland Brands has appointed Belinda Deery (pictured) as chief human resources officer as of this month.As a member of the Pentland Brands executive team, Deery will lead the HR services, recruitment, reward, employee engagement and internal communications teams across the business and brands globally.Deery previously held HR ...
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ArticleHorse trainer fined €4,000 for failure to pay bonuses to staff
Declan Queally, a horse trainer in Ireland, was fined €4,000 (£3449.24) following an inspection of his stable yard and business, which found he had failed to pay necessary bonuses to staff under the Stable Employee Bonus Scheme.The scheme, which came into force in May 2000, is financed by a 3% ...
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ArticleSearch Intelligence pledges to pay employees' winter utility bills
Digital PR agency Search Intelligence has committed to pay its 50 employees a monthly bonus during the winter months, with the aim of easing the pressure of rising utility bills.Starting in December, for three months Search Intelligence will pay staff an extra £250, amounting to an investment of £12,500 more ...
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ArticleNorthern Ireland government confirms £1,400 NHS pay award
The Department of Health in Northern Ireland has implemented pay awards for NHS staff for 2022-23, amounting to at least £1,400 per annum for those on banded salaries covered by the Agenda for Change.Salaried doctors and dentists, meanwhile, were awarded a 4.5% increase. Both pay awards were backdated to 1 ...
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ArticleBillionaire boss hires out Disney World exclusively for 10,000 staff
Credit: Viaval Tours / Shutterstock.comSomething for the weekend: Ken Griffin, founder of hedge fund and trading business Citadel and Citadel Securities, has thanked 10,000 employees by flying them out to Walt Disney World in Florida for three days, as well as hiring famous musicians to play at the business’ corporate ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 2 - 8 December 2022
The top 10 most-read articles on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 2 and 8 December 2022 were: Natwest gives 59,000 employees cost-of living paymentHachette UK gives staff cost-of-living payment and increases holidayAxa UK introduces free period products in all UK offices Asos and UK Power Networks make Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers ListGeneral ...
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ArticleUK Power Networks joins Employers Initiative on Domestic Abuse
Electricity distributor UK Power Networks, which employs 6,000 people, has joined the Employers Initiative on Domestic Abuse (EIDA) in order to take action on domestic abuse.By becoming a ‘Beacon’ employer, the business pledged to support staff facing abuse by offering support, raising awareness, fostering a safe environment, and providing education ...
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ArticleSTR Group rewards staff with 5% salary increase
International recruitment firm STR Group has given its workforce a pay rise worth 5%, an investment of more than £250,000, as of 1 January 2023.The business, which employs 150 members of staff, carried out a full-scale review of salary bandings and made changes to its salary and commission schemes as ...
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ArticleMetroline gives London bus drivers 11% pay increase
Credit: Martin Gillman / Shutterstock.comMore than 2,000 Metroline bus drivers in London called off industrial action after accepting an 11% pay rise deal, with a 10% increase on back pay.The employees, working for the Singapore-based subsidiary Metroline Travel, were originally offered a 4% increase. They then rejected a 10% pay ...
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ArticlePost Office names new group chief people officer
Post Office has appointed Jane Davies (pictured) as group chief people officer, joining the business as of this month.Davies has worked in human resources leadership roles since 2013, most recently as chief people officer and a statutory board director at McKesson UK, which includes the Lloyds Pharmacy and AAH businesses.Davies ...
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ArticleSix ways to support employee mental health
With financial worries affecting mental health and workplace performance, you can play a supportive role in helping employees to talk about and overcome some of their financial stress. Discussing money worries with employers is a conversation many employees are reluctant to have. Your workplace may have many people bottling up ...
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ArticleZopa Bank increases minimum salary to £27,000
London-headquartered Zopa Bank has raised the minimum salary for its more than 600-strong workforce by more than 20% as a response to the cost-of-living crisis.The bank raised its base salary to a minimum of £27,000, 25% above the London living wage. It has also provided an additional winter bonus of ...
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Article72% think more recognition would improve workplace wellbeing
Close to three-quarters (72%) of employees said their workplace wellbeing would improve if they were thanked and recognised more frequently for their hard work, according to research by Reward Gateway.The 2023 employee engagement trends report spoke to 1,015 employees and 250 HR managers in the UK. It found that 32% ...
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ArticleWeber Shandwick introduces work-from-anywhere policy
Global communications agency Weber Shandwick has launched a mobility programme that enables employees to move to a different office temporarily or permanently within its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and Asia Pacific (APAC) regions.Through the ‘Access All Areas’ programme, staff have the opportunity to work in a different office ...
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ArticleGovernment commits to making flexible working day one right
The UK government has committed to introducing secondary legislation entitling employees to the ability to request flexible working from the first day of their employment.The government outlined plans to remove the 26-week qualifying period before employees can request flexible working, and allow them to make two flexible working requests in ...
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ArticleAxa UK introduces free period products in all UK offices
Insurance firm Axa UK has introduced free, environmentally friendly period products in female and gender-neutral washrooms across its UK offices, to help end period poverty and remove the stigma around the subject of menstruation.Through a partnership with social enterprise Hey Girls, which aims to eradicate period poverty in the UK, ...
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ArticleHachette UK gives staff cost-of-living payment and increases holiday
Publishing business Hachette UK has increased starting salaries and holiday benefits, and awarded staff a performance-related bonus and a cost-of-living payment.Due to come into effect in January, UK and Ireland publishing and distribution employees have been given a non-consolidated £1,000 cost-of-living payment. Senior team members will not be eligible for ...