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ArticleEnable Scotland ups staff pay to £10.40 an hour
Social care charity Enable Scotland has increased its basic rate of pay to £10.40 per hour for its 2,000 members of staff as of this month (December).The wage rise, which goes beyond the Scottish government-funded increase to £10.02, means that the basic contracted rate of pay for the organisation’s care ...
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ArticlePoll: Just 8% of employers publish disability pay gap
Employee Benefits poll: Fewer than one in 10 organisations currently publish their annual disability pay gap, according to our research.Only 8% of respondents to an online survey said they made the data available to the public on a regular basis.A further 33% are considering reporting on disability pay while the ...
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ArticleGender earnings gap still high at 40%
The average mid-working-age UK woman earned 40% less than her male counterpart in 2019, research has revealed.The study, which was carried out for the Institute for Fiscal Studies' (IFS) Deaton Review of Inequalities, found the gender earnings gap was just 13 percentage points lower than in the mid-1990s.The authors found ...
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ArticleUber loses High Court bid to challenge worker rights ruling
The UK High Court has refused transport business Uber’s application to declare its gig-economy business model lawful following the Supreme Court’s ruling on its worker rights and transport regulation.In February this year, the Supreme Court ruled against Uber and confirmed that its drivers were entitled to statutory protection under employment ...
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ArticleProfessor Chris Rowley: Covid-19 has exacerbated the challenge of supporting expat health and wellbeing
The Covid-19 (Coronavirus) global pandemic has impacted on the world of work with influences stemming from not only the inherent health risk posed in the workplace and related travel, but also in terms of the imposition of various types and levels of restrictions, lockdowns and work-from-home orders.One group of employees ...
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ArticlePoundstretcher gives staff 10% pay rise
Retailer Poundstretcher is to reward established employees with a 10% pay rise in recognition of their hard work throughout the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.From 1 January 2022, those who have been members of staff at the business for a full year will receive the hike in their basic annual salary.This will ...
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ArticleThe Calico Group offers paid leave for fertility treatment
The Calico Group has introduced additional support for staff experiencing miscarriage, menopause and fertility treatment.From this month (December), employees at the Burnley, UK-based support services provider can benefit from 10 days of paid special leave if affected by pregnancy loss or fertility treatment, and flexible arrangements if going through the ...
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ArticleHC-One launches new pay and reward scheme
Care provider HC-One has invested £17 million in a new pay and reward scheme for staff to ensure they can earn above the real living wage.The business, which employs around 21,000 members of staff across the UK, will give all care employees with two years of experience above the real ...
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ArticleIsotropic Systems recruits new chief people officer
Multi-link satellite terminals provider Isotropic Systems has hired Dara McCann as chief people officer as it begins manufacturing, operations and global service delivery.McCann previously served as the executive vice president (EVP) of HR and organisation development at connectivity firm O3b and as EVP of HR and culture transformation for SES ...
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Article5% of young staff cannot be tempted back to office
Younger workers aged 25 or below are the most motivated to return to the office, with only 5% saying they could not be tempted back, according to new research.Career development and mentoring platform PushFar has revealed stark generational divides in attitudes towards remote working in its survey of 600 UK ...
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ArticleChristmas shopping fever: 77% spend online in work hours
Something for the weekend: In the run up to Christmas, do you find that your attention starts to drift away during your working hours and you find yourself surfing the web looking for the best online deals? Turns out you’re not the only one.Office equipment supplier Officeology.com’s poll of 1,000 ...
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ArticleAnchor to pay staff real living wage rates
Anchor, also known as Anchor Hanover Group, has announced that it will pay its 9,000 members of staff real living wage rates as of this month (December).The organisation, which offers retirement housing to rent and to buy, retirement villages and residential care homes, including specialist dementia care, will pay the ...
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ArticleThe Folio Society sets up employee ownership trust
British publisher The Folio Society has announced it has been sold under the terms of an employee ownership trust (EOT), giving its 40 employees 100% ownership.According to the publisher, the move reflects its values and is an example of progressive sharing of power and profit in publishing. Its only beneficiaries ...
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ArticleKavitha's keynote: Acknowledging employees’ hard work
This week, we’ve reported on some of the rewards employers have given to staff to acknowledge their hard work throughout the year.Toymaker Lego, for example, offered its 20,000 employees around the world three extra days of holiday on top of their annual allowance, as well as a bonus in April ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 26 November – 2 December 2021
The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 26 November – 2 December 2021 were: Virgin Money launches staff benefits packageStagecoach staff in Yorkshire strike due to pay rowAmazon staff protest over pay and work conditionsSalesforce introduces global gender inclusive benefits Reach for the social media stars to earn a ...
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ArticleAbbots Care offers £400 bonus to staff
Abbots Care, a home care provider based in Hertfordshire that employs 492 people, has offered its care workers a £400 bonus as an incentive to stay in their jobs.A new mandatory Covid-19 (Coronavirus) vaccines law for social workers came into effect in November, which saw 300 care workers in Hertfordshire ...
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ArticlePets at Home staff to share £11.7m payout
More than 500 employees at Pets at Home are set to receive a share of a potential £11.7 milllion payout from the firm's sharesave scheme.Members of staff were able purchase Pets at Home shares at a fixed price of just over 94p when the initiative launched in 2018; as at ...
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Article51% of employees want greener pensions
Half of employees (51%) want to know that their pension scheme is invested in environmentally and socially sustainable organisations, a new study has found.The research from Cushon showed that, broken down by generation, 60% of millenials are keen to have greener pension investments.Almost half (48%) of savers mistakenly believe that ...
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The Most Effective Way To Lower Your Car Emissions
Climate change is an increasingly worrying issue for everyone, and particularly-so after the recent COP26 climate summit in Glasgow and the much-discussed repercussions of world leaders not acting swiftly on a series of climate measures. In the meantime, our everyday habits and practices are becoming even more important and we ...