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Poll: Is your organisation introducing any new staff wellbeing support benefits for the new year?
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ArticleWorkplace stress leads 49% of legal workers to job hunt
Half of legal professionals have looked for new jobs as a result of workplace stress, according to research.Legal technology firm Exizent conducted a survey of 52 people working in the law industry, with 49% saying they had actively searched for different employment because of challenges and stresses at work.More than ...
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Article43% of executives say flexibility critical for engagement
British business leaders consider flexible working to be more important for employee engagement and wellbeing than salary, research has revealed.Of 54 UK-based board level executives polled for Bupa Global, 43% said flexible working was the most important factor for engaging staff and looking after their wellbeing, compared with 35% who ...
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ArticleAldi gives staff pay rise from February 2022
Aldi has announced that it will increase the hourly pay rates for its 28,000 members of staff from 1 February 2022 in a bid to maintain its position as one of the UK’s highest-paying supermarkets.All UK-based store assistants at the German-owned grocery chain are set to receive at least £10.10 ...
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ArticleWhy it's back to 'Bob Cratchit working' for many of us
Something for the weekend: With the return this week of Covid-19 ‘work from home if you can’ guidance, for many of us it’s now back to spending our working days in trackies, slippers and trying not to raid the pre-Christmas ‘goodies’ stash.However, with energy bills spiralling and temperatures set to ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 10 December – 16 December 2021
The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 10 December – 16 December 2021 were: How can employers assess value for money in a DC pension?Confessions of a benefits manager: Candid gets a recognition awardIt's a dog's life for one special puppy palWilson James introduces staff wellbeing platformPoor mental health ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits Awards 2022 entry deadline extended
The entry deadline for the Employee Benefits Awards 2022, in association with Aon, has been extended to Friday 14 January 2022.Now in its 20th year, the Employee Benefits Awards is considered the event of the year for the reward, benefits and HR community. It is designed to recognise excellence and ...
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ArticleBarton's blog: Wishing you all a very happy and healthy festive break!
This blog is a bit of a strange one; it's my first as acting editor, having said a fond farewell to Kavitha Sivasubramaniam and awaiting the return of Debbie Lovewell-Tuck, but also the last editor’s blog of 2021.Once again, workplaces this year have seen challenging times as we have all ...
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ArticleMozilla appoints chief people officer
Software giant Mozilla has appointed former Netflix HR leader Kristen Trubey as chief people officer.Mozilla said Trubey will be responsible for all areas of human resources and organisational development at the organisation, which is headquartered in San Francisco and has about 750 employees worldwide, including some based in the UK.She ...
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ArticleAston Martin staff threaten to strike in pensions row
Workers employed by Aston Martin have threatened the car manufacturer with strike action over changes to their company pension scheme.Trade union Unite said an initial ballot over potential industrial action had been held in response to proposals to switch staff currently on the business’ defined benefit scheme to a defined ...
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ArticleWest Lothian Council approves menopause policy
West Lothian Council in Scotland has agreed to bring in a menopause policy for staff.The Scottish local authority's executive approved a draft plan that includes flexible working, an employee assistance programme and an initiative to support attendance. Some of these measures are expected to be available early in the new ...
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Article52% of HR staff consider paying above the average rate
More than half of HR professionals are considering handing their employees pay increases above the market average to retain talent, according to research.A poll of 125 senior HR, diversity and inclusion, reward and people professionals at FTSE 100 businesses by insights firm HR DataHub found 52% were mulling an above-average ...
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Why a Salary Sacrifice Scheme Should Be Part Of Your 2022 Business Strategy
When a business considers offering a salary sacrifice scheme it is primarily promoted as a sweetener for employees, and the benefits for the employee are plentiful. But of course implementing such a scheme needs to make business sense, and there are several elements of a well-run scheme which perfectly align ...
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ArticleMedian pay award increases to 2.2%
The median pay award across the UK rose to 2.2% in the three months to October - with the upper quartile increasing by even more - according to the latest monitoring figures from Incomes Data Research (IDR).An analysis by the benchmarking body of 41 pay deals that took place between ...
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ArticleCarmarthenshire Council gritters set to strike in pay row
Gritters employed by Carmarthenshire Council’s highways department have voted to take industrial action against their employer in 2022 over a pay-related dispute.The GMB trade union said 90% of its members at the Welsh local authority had voted in favour of taking action, which would see more than 50 gritters temporarily ...
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ArticleClear Marketing completes employee ownership sale
Creative agency Clear Marketing has finalised its transition to employee ownership as founder Jim Smith steps down after nearly 20 years at the business.The organisation, which has offices in Manchester and Glasgow and was founded in 2002, brought forward the planned date of its sale following what it said were ...
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ArticleGreentech Sportsturf moves to employee ownership
Contractor Greentech Sportsturf, which specialises in the design, construction and renovation of sports surfaces, has established an employee ownership trust (EOT).All shares in the firm, which began in 1998 on the outskirts of Stirling, Scotland, and operates across the UK, have been transferred to the EOT to make its 14 ...
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ArticleStaff at Ford Dagenham plant win pay rise
More than 300 contract workers employed by Lineside Logistics and based at the Ford plant in Dagenham, east London, have accepted a 5.1% pay rise.Trade union Unite said the contractors, who assemble diesel engines at the site, had voted in favour of the one-year pay deal, which is backdated to ...
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ArticlePoor mental health causes 19% of lost working time
Poor mental health accounted for almost a fifth of all lost working time across the UK this year, according to research.Wellbeing and performance service GoodShape took data from its proprietary workplace absences database - which includes more than 750,000 employee records - and found that UK workers have taken more ...
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ArticleVirgin Money appoints new chief people officer
Virgin Money has appointed former Citi HR leader Syreeta Brown as group chief people and communications officer.The Newcastle-based organisation, which has more than 8,000 employees, said Brown would help it achieve digital growth.Brown spent 11 years in a number of HR roles at rival bank Citi, most recently as managing ...