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ArticlePromotion as Fabriik appoints new chief people officer
Global financial services firm Fabriik has promoted its vice president, people and culture, Katja Ash to chief people officer.Ash, who joined the business in 2019 and was promoted last month (October), was formerly vice president, human resources and operations, at Canadian law firm Hummingbird Lawyers. She will lead on people ...
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ArticleJohn Townsend Trust secures £30 million buy-in
John Townsend Trust, a former charity that provided education and care to deaf children and young people, has agreed to a £30 million full scheme buy-in transaction for its pension and assurance scheme.Legal and General Assurance Society, which is part of financial services organisation Legal and General, will be covering ...
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Article69% of HR leaders struggle to improve employee experience
New data has revealed that 69% of HR leaders admit that their efforts to improve employee experience are being prevented by a lack of a clear strategy.Benefex, the employee benefit provider behind employee experience platform OneHub, published the white paper Employee experience in the new world of work based on ...
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ArticleNurture Landscape becomes living wage employer
Landscape and national grounds maintenance business Nurture Landscapes Holdings has committed to paying the living wage to all of its employed staff aged 18 and above.The organisation, which is also known as the Nurture Group and employs around 1,360 workers across the brands Nurture Landscapes and Gavin Jones, has ensured ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 40% of staff say money issues impacted mental health
Two-fifths (40%) of working Brits admitted that money worries have affected their mental health with stress and anxiety being the two most common symptoms, according to new research released on International Stress Awareness Day (3 November).The survey of 2,000 UK workers, from financial wellbeing provider Wagestream and research firm OnePoll, ...
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ArticleReid and Fraser becomes employee owned
Scotland-based accountancy firm Reid and Fraser has become employee owned by establishing an employee ownership trust (EOT) as of this month (November).Established in 1915, the accountancy firm has offices in both Thurso and Wick. All of its shares have now been placed into an EOT, which will allow all 17 ...
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ArticlePoll: 33% of employers to consider menopause policies
Employee Benefits poll: One-third (33%) of organisations are considering introducing menopause or pregnancy loss policies for their employees.According to Employee Benefits’ latest research, 29% of employers confirmed that they have recently launched initiatives relating to these issues, while 38% said they have not done this.The poll follows many UK businesses ...
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Article83% of employers have a hybrid working model
New research has revealed that 83% of businesses are now offering a hybrid working model to all employees.London-based recruitment firm Totum Partners found that 50% have a company-wide hybrid working policy in place, while the other half have published guidelines that can be interpreted by location or each individual. One-third ...
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ArticleCIPHR becomes a living wage employer
HR software business CIPHR has received living wage employer accreditation from the Living Wage Foundation.The Marlow-based technology group, which employs more than 200 staff across its three brands CIPHR, Digits Industries and Payroll Business Solutions (PBS), has pledged to pay all of its employees at least the real living wage ...
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ArticleBen Wilmott: Should it be mandatory for employers to report on their ethnicity pay gap?
Fostering an inclusive and diverse workforce, free from any form of discrimination or inequality, should be an ambition of every employer. Despite a number of businesses publicly condemning racism and discrimination in society last year following the worldwide Black Lives Matter protests, little has changed with regards to ethnicity pay ...
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ArticleJo Butler: Should it be mandatory for employers to report on their ethnicity pay gap?
At Asos, we believe that sharing our ethnicity pay gap data is an important step towards understanding and improving ethnic minority representation and building a truly inclusive culture. Our data shows that we still have a long way to go, we’re not shying away from that.Over the past year, we’ve ...
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ArticleOlivia Hill: Should it be mandatory for employers to report on their ethnicity pay gap?
The Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) is strongly committed to equality and diversity. As a result, we’ve been at the forefront of campaigns to improve gender pay gap reporting and to ensure compulsory ethnicity pay gap reporting at all organisations employing more than 250 people.Earlier this year we published our ...
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ArticleCovid-19 affected finances of almost half of British staff
New research has revealed that almost half of British employees’ finances have been significantly impacted by the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, with those aged 50 and over affected the most.More than 1,000 Brits took part in the health service Cigna Europe’s Cigna 360 wellbeing survey, with the findings, which have been ...
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ArticleStephenson Harwood offers electric cars to staff
A law firm is offering its UK staff electric cars as a way of aligning the business with some of the goals of the COP26 climate crisis conference.Global firm Stephenson Harwood is offering the benefit to its 550 employees in London initially, but hopes to extend the scheme to its ...
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Poll: Do you agree with the new national minimum wage rate announced in the Budget?
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 36% of employers offer no fertility support
More than a third of UK businesses have no plans to offer fertility support to their employees, despite growing recognition of its benefits.Research from Peppy, the digital health and wellbeing platform, showed that 36% of employers do not provide this support and have no plans to do so in the ...
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ArticleFishawack Health hires first chief people officer
Knutsford, UK-based global commercialisation partner for the modern life sciences Fishawack Health has appointed Elizabeth (Liz) Landon to the newly formed role of chief people officer.Starting last month (October), Landon is responsible for driving a company-wide culture focused on recruiting and retaining talent, while leading an international team of HR, ...
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ArticleKellogg’s provides paid leave for fertility treatment
Kellogg’s is to offer support, including paid leave and manager training, for staff experiencing menopause, fertility treatment and pregnancy loss.The cereal giant, which employs 1,500 people in the UK, has launched a raft of measures to “break the silence” on issues often avoided in workplace conversations.Staff experiencing the menopause at ...
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ArticleThe changing working landscape – hybrid working is here to stay
The workplace is changing more rapidly and more extensively than it has fordecades due to the impact of COVID. Working has now become more hybrid,following a change in attitude due to multiple lockdowns and people having towork remotely, as well as the fast and growing developments of ...
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ArticleEmployees now own Leeds-based JF Plastics
Leeds-based JF Plastics has transferred the majority of its shares to an employee ownership trust (EOT), allowing its workforce to have a stake in the company’s success.The business, which was founded in the early 1980s, makes a £4 million turnover by manufacturing a range of pipe bends for carrying cables ...