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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 18 March – 24 March 2022
The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 18 March and 24 March 2022 were: EXCLUSIVE: Employee Benefits Awards 2022 shortlist revealedHSBC UK, First Direct, M&S Bank become endometriosis-friendly employersBoots to pay staff HRT prescriptions costsStantec UK launches electric vehicle salary sacrifice schemeBelfast food delivery staff strike over pay demandsIpsos ...
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ArticleMaking post-pandemic working more pawsome
Something for the weekend: The tail-wagging, excited-until-I’ll-explode welcome those of us who have dogs brace ourselves for as we walk in the door each evening is one of the things that makes the daily treadmill of commute/work/sleep bearable.The unconditional love dogs have for their ‘hoomans’ means the fact dog ownership ...
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ArticleBarton's blog: Spring sun doesn't herald brighter times
It’s so nice to have had a little bit of sunshine this week; while it seems as though Spring has well and truly arrived, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement on Wednesday didn’t exactly usher in brighter times ahead.In his much-anticipated speech, Sunak reiterated the pressures felt ...
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ArticleBritish Association of Dental Nurses introduces menopause policy
The British Association of Dental Nurses (BADN) has launched a menopause policy that is applicable to all dental practices from yesterday (23 March) in a bid to retain dental nurses.The policy includes recommended support that dental practice employers can offer menopausal employees, such as having a menopause champion in the ...
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ArticleBalfour Beatty reports reduced gender pay gap
International infrastructure group Balfour Beatty has published its 2021 Gender pay report, which revealed that its mean gender pay gap has fallen from 27% in 2018 to 21% in 2021 and its median gap from 33% to 18%.Furthermore, its mean gender bonus gap for 2021 is 29% and the media ...
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Article72% of UK office staff would prefer a four-day week
New data has highlighted that almost three-quarters (72%) of UK office workers said they would prefer a four-day working week while still receiving the same salary and having the same amount of work to do.The Changing behaviours of a flexible workforce in 2022 and beyond research, which was commissioned by ...
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ArticleKreston Reeves appoints new HR director
Accountants, business and financial advisory firm Kreston Reeves has appointed Sharn Manku as its new HR director, as it looks further to develop its HR and training function.Manku joins from tax and accounting information and technology provider Wolters Kluwer, where she was head of human resources for three business units ...
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ArticleSpring Statement 2022: National Insurance threshold rises
Spring Statement 2022: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has today (23 March) confirmed that the National Insurance primary threshold and lower profits limit for employees and the self-employed will increase from July.Sunak stated that the rise from £9,880 to £12,570 will benefit almost 30 million people, seeing a typical ...
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ArticleHSBC UK, First Direct, M&S Bank become endometriosis-friendly employers
Banks HSBC UK, First Direct and M&S Bank have pledged to support their employees by joining the Endometriosis Friendly Employer scheme this month (March).Since it was launched in 2019 by the charity Endometriosis UK, more than 80 public, private and non-profit organisations have joined the scheme, so committing to developing ...
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Article64% of staff find recent pay rise 'unfair'
New research has revealed that more than two-thirds (64%) of workers think their most recent pay rise was unfair and did not reflect their job performance.HR and payroll software provider CIPHR’s Pay rise study, which was based on a survey of around 1,000 employed British adults, also highlighted that 70% ...
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ArticleBelfast food delivery staff strike over pay demands
Food delivery workers based in Belfast will be staging a six-hour strike today (Wednesday) as part of their demands for a minimum income guarantee of at least £10 per hour plus operating costs.Work will be stopped between the hours of 11am and 5pm, with a public protest to be held ...
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ArticleStantec UK launches electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
Stantec UK, an international services provider to the design and consulting industry, has introduced a flexible salary sacrifice scheme to encourage employees to use electric and hybrid vehicles.The business, which has 20 offices in the UK and is a part of a global consultancy with 350 locations and 22,000 employees ...
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ArticleBoots to pay staff HRT prescriptions costs
Health and beauty retailer Boots has announced it will cover the cost of prescriptions for its employees who take Hormone Replacement Treatment (HRT) from next month (April).According to the business, which employs 51,000 team members across the UK, with 80% being women, the move is part of its aim to ...
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Article29% of employers say rise in NI contributions will impact staff pay
More than a quarter of employers (29%) feel that next month’s increase in National Insurance (NI) contributions will have a direct impact on employees’ pay, according to research from Scottish Widows.Conducted by Opinium on behalf of the insurer with a sample size of 500 UK firms, the survey findings revealed ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Employee Benefits Awards 2022 shortlist revealed
EXCLUSIVE: The Employee Benefits Awards 2022 team has revealed this year’s hotly anticipated shortlist, which can be viewed in full here.Employee Benefits congratulates all of this year’s shortlisted finalists and offers thanks to everyone that entered. An additional thank you goes out to our esteemed panel of judges, who gave ...
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ArticleScottish university staff strike in pensions and pay row
Staff employed at several Scottish universities have begun five days of strike action this week as part of an ongoing dispute over pensions, pay and working conditions.This is the third round of industrial action from University and College Union (UCU) members this academic year over these issues.According to the union, ...
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ArticleYorkshire Housing reports on gender and ethnicity pay gaps
Housing association Yorkshire Housing has revealed that it has a median ethnicity pay gap of 0% and a mean ethnicity pay gap of 4%, in its first ever report of this kind.The business, which has 700 employees working across Yorkshire, has published its ethnicity pay gap for the first time ...
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Article58% of single female staff ineligible for automatic pension enrolment
More than half of single working mothers (58%) are ineligible for automatic enrolment into a workplace pension, according to new survey findings, which is an increase from 45% in 2020.The research, conducted by pension provider Now: Pensions and The Pensions Policy Institute to coincide with National Single Parent Day (21 ...
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ArticleFirst Hydrogen UK hires chief human resources officer
First Hydrogen UK has appointed Luisa Ferres Meyer as chief human resources officer to support growth strategies as it develops its first hydrogen-fuelled and zero-emissions utility vehicles.Ferres Meyer has previously led people and talent management strategies for automotive brand Tesla, where she was responsible for strategic and tactical HR management ...
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Article57% of staff find employer’s parental leave policy inadequate
Almost three in five (57%) employees said that they think their employer’s parental leave policy and attitude to new parents is inadequate, according to new research.The 2022 Parental leave study was conducted by Fertility Family, which surveyed employees at 116 UK businesses to find out whether men and women felt ...