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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 30 December 2021 – 6 January 2022
The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 30 December 2021 – 6 January 2022 were: How will the 'Great Resignation' change employees' attitudes to employee benefits?Eastbourne bin lorry staff strike escalatesKerry Hudson: Is a change ahead in flexible working laws?Plymouth City Council HGV drivers get new pay dealMinisters draw ...
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ArticleVeganuary may be one resolution employers should not give up on
Something for the weekend: So, one week down, how are those New Year’s resolutions coming along? Sticking to the early morning run? Dry January going well? How about Veganuary? Or are you already salivating at the prospect of a cheeky Friday night beer tonight accompanied by a Chicken Korma?If research ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid hires a contractor
I’m beginning to think that Big Bad Boss is finally softening up a bit; he has approved getting another pair of hands to help with the annual compensation processes.This year is a bit different; we have changed the calendar so that pay planning and bonus planning will be done at ...
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Article28% of employers say Covid has made menopause support harder
Covid-19 (Coronavirus) has made it harder for many employers to know which of their staff require menopause support, research has revealed.A survey of 504 HR decision makers by digital health platform Peppy found that 28% had struggled to identify those needing help during this stage of their life.Meanwhile 21% said ...
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ArticleImpact.com launches global parental leave policy
Partnership management platform Impact.com has introduced a new global parental leave policy that outlines the enhanced support available to employees.The initiative enables eligible staff at the organisation to take up to 26 weeks of fully paid parental leave, with payments set to be integrated with any government-provided wage replacement benefits ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits Awards 2022 deadline fast approaching
Time is running out to enter the Employee Benefits Awards 2022, in association with Aon, with the extended entry deadline of Friday 14 January 2022 drawing near.Now in its 20th year, the Employee Benefits Awards is considered the event of the year for the reward, benefits and HR community, as ...
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ArticleSamantha Johnson: Will the national minimum wage increase support staff financial wellbeing?
Employee wellbeing has played a significant role in attraction and retention strategies for a number of years, focusing predominately on mental health and a work-life balance. Financial wellbeing is a welcome addition to this agenda.Multiple researchers have demonstrated that financial stress is one of the most significant causes for absence ...
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ArticleClaire Williams: Will the national minimum wage increase support staff financial wellbeing?
Prime Minister Boris Johnson this year said his goal was "a high wage, high skill, high productivity economy that the people of this country need and deserve”, and next year's increases in the national living wage and national minimum wage are a key part of that.However, the pay rises, which ...
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ArticleKay Maddox-Daines: Will the national minimum wage increase support staff financial wellbeing?
With inflation across a wide range of household essentials including fuel, energy and food, UK homeowners are understandably anxious about the impact on their finances heading into the new year.The rise in the national living wage is a step in the right direction, but there is still a substantial gap ...
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ArticleAlex Watson: Will the national minimum wage increase support staff financial wellbeing?
For low-paid workers, the repercussions of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic have exacerbated income insecurity, and issues of in-work poverty are on the increase.Young people are more likely to have been employed in sectors that were impacted hardest during the pandemic and more likely to have been furloughed, so assuming they ...
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ArticleMaking more staff eligible for auto-enrolment will help levelling up
More people should be automatically enrolled in workplace pensions, scrapping the age and earnings thresholds that have existed since auto-enrolment began to be phased in a decade ago.That’s according to Richard Holden MP who is today tabling a private members’ bill to increase pension participation among lower paid, younger and ...
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ArticlePlymouth City Council HGV drivers get new pay deal
Heavy goods vehicle (HGV) drivers employed by Plymouth City Council have received a “groundbreaking” regrading deal, which has boosted their job status and increased their pay.Trade union Unite said it had negotiated a job reclassification for the 46 drivers working for the Devon local authority from unskilled to semi-skilled, which ...
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Article32% of staff to increase emergency funds in 2022
One in three UK employees is prioritising building up emergency savings in 2022, according to new data, as financial uncertainty from the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has promoted the need for a financial cushion.Pensions and investments services company Aegon’s latest research, which was conducted among 2,000 UK working adults in December, ...
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ArticleEastbourne bin lorry staff strike escalates
Refuse truck drivers in Eastbourne, East Sussex are to strike for an extra six days on top of planned industrial action in an escalating dispute over pay and safety issues.Trade union GMB said the campaign could be extended further if constructive talks are not held with the South Coast local ...
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ArticleNew Directions names new HR director
Recruitment group New Directions has appointed former Acorn people chief Genevieve Nock as HR director.The Cardiff-headquartered firm said Nock would take a strategic lead to boost investment in people and teams as it looked to expand.Founded in 1994, the group includes five businesses: New Directions Education; New Directions Pharmacy; New ...
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ArticlePublic services facing crippling Covid absence rates
Public services including healthcare, transport and education are coming under strain amid crippling Covid-19 (Coronavirus) absence rates.Key figures in each sector warned of the impact of soaring cases of the virus as the highly transmissible Omicron strain sweeps the UK.Health leaders indicated that the pressure of absences on services in ...
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ArticleMinisters draw up workplace absence plans amid Omicron surge
UK government ministers have been told to develop “robust contingency plans” for workplace absences amid fears that rising cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 (Coronavirus) could result in up to a quarter of staff being off work at the same time.The Cabinet Office said public sector leaders had been ...
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Article25% of staff plan early retirement at age of 60
A quarter of people planning to retire early have a target to leave work on their 60th birthday, research has revealed.The survey of 2,000 people by insurance provider Aviva also found that 17% of those who had already chosen to exit the workforce ahead of receiving their state pension had ...
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ArticlePoll: 51% of employers to give staff extra days off this Christmas
Employee Benefits poll: More than half of organisations will give their members of staff extra holiday days as a reward in the run up to Christmas this year.Just 48% of respondents to an online survey said they were not allowing their workers to have any additional annual leave days in ...