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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Fujitsu makes reducing gender pay gap a priority
Employee Benefits Reset 2020: Fujitsu has made closing the gender pay gap a top priority for the business.Karen Thomson, diversity and inclusion lead at Fujitsu UK and Ireland, discussed keeping gaps closed in times of flux, as well as looking back on how the organisation successfully reduced its gender pay ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Royal Mail Group enhances mental health support during Covid-19 pandemic
Employee Benefits Reset 2020: Royal Mail Group has supported its employees through the Covid-19 pandemic with a wide-reaching mental health strategy.The organisation launched its Healthy Minds Matter five-year plan in 2017, and has enhanced its offering in light of the pressures that the current pandemic has placed on employees. The ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Cisco introduces regular check-ins during Covid-19 pandemic
Employee Benefits Reset 2020: Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, Cisco has introduced a weekly check-in meeting for all of its 70,000 global employees.On the third day of the Employee Benefits Reset online series on 7 October, Shelia Champion-Smeeth, global head of wellbeing and people at Cisco, discussed what ...
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ArticleKellogg Company reports 4.3% mean gender pay gap
Kellogg Company has reported a mean gender pay gap of 4.3% for average hourly pay as at April 2019.The organisation, which has over 800 employees, reported its gender pay gap data in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations.The reporting regulations require organisations with 499 or more employees ...
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ArticleGlobal healthcare benefit costs to increase by more than 8%
Global healthcare benefit costs are set to increase by more than 8% globally, according to research by Willis Towers Watson.The 2021 Global Medical Trends Survey, which surveyed 287 medical insurers operating in 76 countries, found that the most impacted territories are Latin America with a 14% increase and Middle East ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Barclays addresses diversity and inclusion through leadership and engagement
Employee Benefits Reset 2020: The pace of the world has created a need for employers to address diversity and inclusion among their workforce, with movements such as 'Me Too' and 'Black Lives Matter' being at the forefront of these movements.Wendy Papworth, former diversity and inclusion lead at Barclays, delved into ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Ford utilises real-time analytics to increase pensions engagement
Employee Benefits Reset 2020: Ford UK has been working on a data analytic project for all of its pension plans globally in order to engage and educate its employees. On the second day of the Employee Benefits Reset online series on 6 October, Oliver Payne, international pensions and data analytics ...
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ArticleWhite & Case increases pay for newly qualified solicitors
Global law firm White &Case is to increase the salary of its newly qualified solicitors as part of its commitment to the future of its employees.From January 2021, year one trainees will receive a £2,000 increase from £48,000 to £50,000, year two trainees will see their pay increase from £53,000 ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 41% of organisations have a strategy to manage sickness absence
Just under half (41%) of respondents have a strategy in place to manage sickness absence in their organisation, according to research by Employee Benefits.The Employee Benefits Healthcare research, which surveyed 200 readers of employeebenefits.co.uk, found that this has changed little over the past three years with this percentage fluctuating between ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Zurich UK reaps the benefits of its flexible working policy during Covid-19
Employee Benefits Reset 2020: Insurance organisation Zurich UK's employees adapted quickly to a flexible working pattern during Covid-19 (Coronavirus) due to its pre-existing flexible working policy.In the second session at the Employee Benefits Reset online series; 'Embrace flexible working', Emma Francis, diversity and inclusion lead at Zurich UK explained how ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Microsoft UK adapts benefits strategy during the pandemic
Employee Benefits Reset 2020: During the pandemic, Microsoft supported its employees by expanding and enhancing its benefits proposition.In the opening keynote presentation of the Employee Benefits Reset online series on 5 October, Tim Robertson, UK compensation and benefits lead at Microsoft, talked about the impact that the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic ...
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ArticleBernard Matthews offers free bus transport service to 442 employees
Food manufacturer Bernard Matthews has suspended fares on its buses that transport 442 employees to and from its sites, during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Since Bernard Matthews has increased its bus fares from £3.50 to £6, employeehave been increasingly commuting to work via other modes of transport such as train or ...
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ArticleGovernment publishes new guidance on Job Retention Bonus
The government has published further guidance on the Job Retention Bonus, originally announced in July 2020.The scheme, which has been introduced to support employees throughout the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, gives organisations an incentive to bring back as many employees as possible from furlough.The new guidance has released information on what ...
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ArticleSpooner Industries introduces shuttle bus initiative during Covid-19
Yorkshire-based manufacturing business Spooner Industries introduced a new travel initiative to support the health of its employees travelling to work.With over 95% of its employees working at the business not being able to fulfil their work responsibilities from home, in May 2020 the business partnered with transport provider, Transport2, to ...
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Debbie Lovewell-Tuck: Welcome to Mental Health Week!
Welcome to Mental Health Week in association with Benenden Health!Supporting employees’ mental health and wellbeing has been a priority for many employers throughout the unprecedented events of 2020. As the initial restrictions and national lockdown placed on the UK has eased, it may be easy for some individuals to overlook ...
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ArticleScottish teaching staff to receive 2% pay rise
College teaching staff in Scotland will receive a 2% pay rise for the 2020-2021 year, following on from a pay agreement reached on 30 September 2020.The new deal, agreed with the employees’ representatives Educational Institute of Scotland Further Education Lecturers Association (EIS-FELA) and Colleges Scotland Employers' Association, will reward employees ...
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ArticleUK government changes law to ensure maritime workers receive national minimum wage
Over 10,000 maritime employees in the UK will receive pay protection and the national minimum wage, following on from a change in the law introduced on 1 October 2020.Up until this point, the maritime industry was the only sector in the UK that had not been protected by the UK ...
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ArticleIndeed introduces new flexible-working policy for 10,000 employees
Recruitment search engine Indeed is offering its 10,000 employees a new flexible working policy, following on from the change in working patterns that were put in place due to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Dependent on their role within the organisation, employees will have the optionto either workfull-time in the office ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most read stories: 24 September – 30 September
The top 10 most read stories between 24 September and 30 September on employeebenefits.co.uk were: Greene King gives 38,000 employees early access to payUK government to top up wages of staff working reduced hoursLidl introduces fitness programme for 25,000 employeesPricewaterhouseCoopers extends remote-working policyExclusive: 27% of staff working remotely are evaluating ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid rebrokes employee discounts
This year, like everyone, we are faced with a big challenge. We have made quite a lot of redundancies, and the people who are left are having to do more work for less money, we are not giving any pay rises, and we cannot add any new benefits. So, how ...