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ArticleAwin names new group people and culture director
Global affiliate marketing platform Awin has hired Cinzia Campanini (pictured) as its group people and culture director to lead its HR department’s transformation and develop its future people-centric vision.Campanini will work closely with HR teams, the executive board and all functions of Awin to develop employee experience and engagement, leadership ...
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ArticleAlternative Airlines enhances benefits with focus on wellbeing
Flight search and booking organisation Alternative Airlines has launched an enhanced benefits package for its 70 members of staff, including flight credits worth up to £1,000 per year and a focus on employee wellbeing.The business, based in Horley, introduced the benefits in July, in order to acknowledge the hard work ...
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ArticleLucky Voice expands employee assistance programme
Social entertainment brand Lucky Voice has extended its employee assistance programme (EAP) to include mental health and wellbeing support.Lucky Voice added a suite of resources and self-help tools to the EAP, aimed at supporting its 87 employees both physically and emotionally, from managing anxiety to breathing techniques.The business also launched ...
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ArticleJohn Lewis launches parenthood support for staff
Retailer John Lewis, which employs around 80,000, has introduced fertility, pregnancy and parenthood support for its staff by partnering with family-focused app Bloss as of this month.Through the app, managers have been given access to written and video resources and training on how to better understand, talk to and empathise ...
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ArticleSmartBear hires chief people and culture officer
Information technology business SmartBear, which is headquartered in Massachusetts and has offices in Ireland, England and Poland, has appointed Veronica Curran (pictured) as chief people and culture officer.Curran previously held roles at Mendix, Turbonomic and Bain Capital Ventures, and has 15 years of experience.Most recently, she was chief people officer ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 29 July – 4 August 2022
The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 29 July and 4 August were: HSBC awards lowest-paid staff £1,500 cost-of-living bonusRicoh UK introduces financial wellbeing app for employeesCo-operative Bank gives staff £1,000 cost-of-living pay riseUniversity of the Arts London enhances parental leaveOnly 22% of employers target benefits to specific demographics46% ...
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ArticleAldi brews new role with tasty perks ahead of beer launch
Something for the weekend: Many employees spend the summer days dreaming of chilled pints in pub gardens, but now they have the chance to hop into an un-beer-lievable new role that turns that daydream into a paying job.Supermarket chain Aldi has begun the hunt for an official beer taster to ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Princes and KraftHeinz to discuss mental health at Employee Benefits Live 2022
EXCLUSIVE: Joe Dent, chief people officer and board member at Princes Group, and Jurgita Capizzano, international benefits manager at KraftHeinz (both pictured), have been announced as participants in a panel discussion about mental health resilience at Employee Benefits Live 2022.The panel will be part of the conference’s mental health resilience ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid works on a training programme
If there is one thing I quite like working on, it is training presentations. So, when HQ asks for a volunteer to work on a manager education programme covering reward topics, I jump right in.I love the idea of installing new managers with all the basics they need to stop ...
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About Employee Benefits
Employee Benefits is the UK’s leading free-to-access website for HR, reward and benefits professionals. The award-winning website, which was established in 1998, has 28,000 registered users and attracts 130,000 unique visitors per month, with its independent coverage of the reward and benefits industry.Employee Benefits provides HR, reward and benefits professionals ...
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ArticleEuropean Union members to make carer work-life balance measures law
All members of the European Union (EU) must apply rules to improve work-life balance for parents and carers by transposing a Work-Life Balance Directive into national law as of this week.The rules set out minimum standards for paternity, parental and carers' leave, and have established rights such as working fathers ...
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ArticleShell awards 8% bonus following record profits
Energy organisation Shell has given its workers a one-off 8% bonus in order to reflect its financial success and record profits from high oil and gas prices.Most of the 82,000 members of staff the business employs worldwide will receive the payment, but top executives will not be included.Shell reported second ...
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ArticleTaylor Wimpey gives staff £1,000 for rising fuel costs
Credit: Davelees / Shutterstock.comHousebuilder Taylor Wimpey has pledged to give the majority of its employees an extra £1,000 on top of their salaries to help them cope with rising fuel costs over winter.The payments, which will be paid in monthly instalments starting from September and ending next February, will be ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Atalian Servest rolls out financial wellbeing support and flexible pay
Facilities management provider Atalian Servest has rolled out a monetary wellbeing service to its 28,000 strong workforce based in locations across the UK and in sectors including construction, healthcare, education, professional services and retail, among others.In partnership with financial wellbeing app Wagestream, staff can track their shifts and pay on ...
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ArticleRicoh UK introduces financial wellbeing app for employees
Digital services and printing solutions firm Ricoh UK has partnered with financial wellbeing advice platform Wealth Wizards in order to help its around 1,800 employees improve their finances.Staff have been given access to the platform’s financial wellbeing application MyEva, which provides a financial health check and a personalised dashboard. Financial ...
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ArticleMinnesota Rubber and Plastics staff to receive pay out due to sale
Credit: rarrarorro / Shutterstock.comGlobal investment firm KKR has signed an agreement to sell Minnesota Rubber and Plastics (MRP) to engineered polymer solutions business Trelleborg Group for approximately US$950 million (£780.2 million), with employees set to receive a pay-out as a result.MRP has more than 1,450 employees across four US states, ...
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ArticleJohn Keells Group introduces equal parental leave
Credit: Besides the Obvious / Shutterstock.comJohn Keells Group has expanded its parental leave to provide its more than 14,000 employees with an equal 100 days, as of this month.The group, which operates more than 70 businesses across seven industry sectors in Sri Lanka, has increased the number of paternity leave ...
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ArticleITN hires head of reward and wellbeing
Television production business ITN has appointed Jo Fairweather (pictured) as head of reward and wellbeing.Fairweather will lead its total reward agenda and have responsibility for the ongoing evaluation and improvement of reward strategy, establishing frameworks, policies and processes that are best practice, fit for purpose, and meet HR and overall ...
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ArticleOnly 22% of employers target benefits to specific demographics
Less than a quarter (22%) of employers target benefits to specific demographics in their workforce like age, lifestyle and risk factors, according to research by Towergate Health and Protection.The survey of 500 HR decision makers found that 57% offered the same benefits to all staff, and 18% differentiated their benefits ...
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ArticleHSBC awards lowest-paid staff £1,500 cost-of-living bonus
Banking group HSBC has given around 18,000 of its lowest paid employees a £1,500 payment to help with rising living costs.The payment, which was secured by trade union Unite on behalf of the bank’s staff, will be made in the August pay round.Dominic Hook, national officer at Unite, said: “Unite ...