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Poll: Is your organisation doing anything to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee?
Take part in our latest readers’ poll on a current topical issue. This week will see celebrations held up and down the country for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. We would like to know: has your organsiation put anything in place to mark the occasion?[gravityform id="14" title="true" description="true"]
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ArticleLiving Wage Foundation brings rate update forward as cost of living rises
The Living Wage Foundation, which calculates and publishes an annual real living wage, as well as providing accreditation to those employers that commit to pay it, has revealed it will pull its 2022-23 rate announcement forward to September.The living wage rate update is usually announced in November as part of ...
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ArticleFord and Balfour Beatty launch construction site mental health campaign
Infrastructure group Balfour Beatty and car manufacturer Ford have joined forces and launched a suicide prevention campaign, 'Make it Visible', alongside charity organisation The Lighthouse Club.The charity provides emotional, physical and financial wellbeing support to construction workers and their families. The campaign aims to combat suicide among construction workers, focusing ...
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ArticleJacobs Douwe Egberts and Inmarsat up for Best pensions strategy award
Beverage brand business Jacobs Douwe Egberts and satellite telecommunications firm Inmarsat are two of the organisations shortlisted in the Best pensions strategy category at the Employee Benefits Awards 2022.This award celebrates organisations that have implemented an effective pensions strategy that helps employees to engage with their retirement savings.The full category ...
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ArticleFinTrU awards staff a £2,000 pay rise
Financial organisation FinTrU awarded the majority of its approximately 750 employees a pay increase to combat the current of the cost-of-living crisis.Effective from 1 July, employees will receive an additional £2,000 or €2,000 depending on their assigned location, or an additional 5% increase to their base salary, whichever is the ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits Live 2022 opens for registration
Registrations for Employee Benefits Live 2022, which will take place at ExCeL London on 5-6 October 2022, are now open.Employee Benefits Live is Europe’s largest dedicated reward and benefits event for the HR and reward industry, providing the opportunity for compensation, benefits and HR professionals to network, share ideas and ...
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ArticleAkzoNobel hosts annual wellbeing festival for staff
Paints and performance coatings business AkzoNobel has hosted its second annual two-week free wellness festival, for its nearly 2,000 UK and Ireland employees.Wellfest, which ended last Friday and was organised by staff, began during Mental Health Awareness Week and included virtual and in-person wellness events and workshops aimed at improving ...
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ArticleStint launches unlimited holiday and hybrid work model
Student workforce app Stint has introduced unlimited holiday for all of its 150 employees, as well as setting up a hybrid working model that allows staff to decide where they work best.Headquartered in Camden, London, the business has adapted its official HR policy to establish flexible working hours, which will ...
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ArticleRoyal Household to recruit castle-based housekeeping assistant
Something for the weekend: If you’re planning on spending the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee bank holidays next week looking for a new role, or if you've ever fancied the chance at managing a royal household, then you're in luck, as the Royal Household is on the hunt for a housekeeping assistant ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 20 May – 26 May 2022
The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 20 May and 26 May 2022 were: Natwest, PepsiCo and Tesco make Times Top 50 Employers for Women 2022Ocado Group and Nationwide shortlisted for Best motivation or recognition schemeSt Ermin’s Hotel becomes accredited living wage employerScania UK revamps its family friendly benefitsArriva ...
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ArticleDHL drivers delivering for JCB secure 9.5% pay rise
DHL delivery drivers working for construction equipment manufacturer JCB have called off a strike after accepting a 9.5% pay rise.The drivers, who deliver JCB parts between UK factories, had planned to take part in industrial action on Monday and Tuesday this week. However, after DHL offered a 9.5% pay increase, ...
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ArticleMarks and Spencer, Royal Mail and Co-op commit to green pension schemes
Marks and Spencer (M and S), Royal Mail and Co-op have committed to making their pension schemes 'go green' in 2022, through robust net zero targets.The businesses aim to halve the emissions of their investments by 2030 at the latest, in line with the Paris Climate Agreement. Collectively, the commitments ...
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ArticleZopa Bank allows staff to work abroad 120 days a year
Zopa Bank has introduced a policy that enables its 600 employees to work from another country for up to 120 days a year, effective immediately.With no change to workers’ compensation, the bank has suggested 13 locations across Europe, North America and Asia, including Spain, Greece and Portugal, which they could ...
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ArticleLeicester City Council and BT shortlisted for Best pensions communications
Leicester City Council and telecommunications firm BT have been shortlisted in the Best pensions communications category at the Employee Benefits Awards 2022.This accolade celebrates employers that have implemented effective strategies to engage employees with their retirement savings and financial wellbeing.The full category shortlist is:BNP ParibasBramblesBTCredit Suisse/Trustee of the Credit Suisse ...
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ArticleArriva drivers accept revised and backdated 3% pay offer
More than 1,000 London bus drivers employed by Arriva have accepted a revised and backdated pay offer of 3%, following three days of industrial action.An initial 48-hour strike was held in April over the dispute, as the workers based at garages in Brixton, Croydon, Norwood and Thornton Heath who operate ...
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ArticleCritizr launches menstrual and miscarriage leave
Customer interaction management business Critizr has introduced a menstrual and miscarriage leave policy for its 100-plus employees, effective from this month.The organisation, which has offices in the UK, France, Spain, Japan and the Netherlands, has introduced five days of leave in the event of a miscarriage during the first 22 ...
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ArticleMarine Management Organisation reports 9.8% mean gender pay gap
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has revealed that its mean gender pay gap has widened in favour of men, from 8.3% in 2020 to 9.8% in 2021.Its median gender pay gap also widened in favour of men, from 4.7% in 2020 to 8.2% a year later. For comparison, the most ...
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ArticlePay gap between executives and staff narrowed during Covid-19
The gap between executive pay and the earnings of average members of staff narrowed slightly during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) crisis, according to the High Pay Centre.The think tank’s analysis of FTSE 350 employers found that between 2020 and 2021, the average chief executive officer (CEO) earned £44 for every £1 ...
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Article31% of banking staff plan to leave roles due to pressure
Almost a third (31%) of financial services and banking professionals have planned to leave the industry due to high pressure, according to a report by global digital accountancy platform LemonEdge.Professionals in the industry said a heavy workload (42%) was the main contributor to feeling heightened pressure within their role. This ...
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ArticleBank of America ups minimum hourly wage to $22
Bank of America has announced that it is raising its US minimum hourly wage to $22 (£17) as of the end of June, seeing an annualised salary for full-time employees increase to more than $45,000 (£36,007.20).According to the bank, this builds on its history of being a national leader in ...