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ArticleEDsmart calls for Harry Potter fans to binge-watch every movie
Something for the weekend: Enterprise solution organisation EDsmart is hiring candidates to watch every Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts movie from start to finish for $41.50 (£33.61) per hour.With many people having a lot of spare time on their hands, the organisation is looking for active and outgoing Harry Potter ...
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Article1,500 Marriott casual workers to receive furlough pay
Hospitality organisation Marriott International is placing 1,500 casual employees at its Marriott hotels on the government's Covid-19 (Coronavirus) job retention scheme.The government’s job retention scheme allows furloughed employees to receive 80% of their salary, capped at £2,500.The organisation previously had put this into doubt telling the casual workers it was ...
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ArticleClifford Chance defers partner bonuses and pay increases for 6,600 employees
International law firm Clifford Chance is taking several measures to deal with the ramifications of Covid-19 (Coronavirus) including deferring bonuses and delaying pay rises. Announced this week to 6,600 employees, the organisation has confirmed salary reviews and pay increases will be on hold indefinitely, with the earliest review date set ...
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NFP expands UK presence by acquiring Johnson Fleming Group
Insurance broker NFP, has announced the acquisition of Johnson Fleming Group Limited and Johnson Fleming Future Life Planning Limited (together, Johnson Fleming).Announced on 20 April 2020, NFP has merged with the organisation that closed for business on 17 January 2020.Johnson Fleming, previous pensions specialist, employee benefits, and group risk adviser ...
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ArticleNFP acquires employee benefits consultancy Johnson Fleming
New York insurance broker and consultant NFP has announced the acquisition of employee benefits service Johnson Fleming Group Limited and Johnson Fleming Future Life Planning Limited (Johnson Fleming).The acquisition of Johnson Fleming, which was announced 20 April 2020, increases the presence of NFP in the UK. Johnson Fleming is already ...
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Generali
Generali UK provides Group Life Assurance, Group Income Protection - plus a host of added-value wellbeing and communications services - to the UK employees of multinational clients. Generali UK is also pioneering Wellbeing Investment Matching, helping clients fund discrete, tailored wellbeing initiatives where a need has been identified.Clients may also ...
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ArticleReed Smith offers 1,500 employees three months unpaid leave
Law firm Reed Smith is introducing an unpaid leave scheme for its 1,500 employees to deal with the financial constraints of Covid-19 (Coronavirus).The organisation is offering employees the option to take up to three months of unpaid leave. During this time, all benefits such as healthcare and life insurance will ...
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ArticleFoxtons asks employees earning over £40,000 to take 20% pay cut
Estate agent Foxtons is asking employees earning over £40,000 a year to take a 20% pay cut, due to the financial constraints of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Approximately 80% of employees, who have not been furloughed and are over the salary threshold of £40,000, have agreed to the voluntary pay cut ...
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ArticleCentral England Co-op rewards 7,400 front-line employees with Covid-19 bonus
Central England Co-operative is to reward its 7,400 front-line employees with a bonus to thank them for their hard work during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Employees who work in store, in the distribution teams based in Leicester, and in Co-op Funeralcare stores will all receive one week's extra pay in their ...
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ArticleGrant Thornton reduces pay and hours for 300 employees
Accountancy firm Grant Thornton is reducing hours and pay for 300 employees during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The organisation, which has 4,400 employees across the business, informed its employees the decision was due to a decrease in demand in some areas of the business, however, where possible, it will be redeploying ...
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ArticleShropshire Council reports 18.2% mean gender pay gap
Shropshire Council has reported a 18.2% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay, as at 31 March 2019; the exact same pay gap from the reporting year 2018/2019.The organisation reported its gender pay gap data for full-time and part-time staff for 2019/2020, even though in March 2020 the government ...
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ArticleArsenal Football Club to defer pay for first team players and coaching staff
Arsenal Football Club's first-team players, the clubs head coach and core coaching staff, will take a temporary pay cut to financially deal with the critical effects of Covid-19 (Coronavirus), effective immediately.The 12.5% pay decrease will be repaid to players and coaches if the club reaches its financial targets when the ...
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Article34% of employees struggle with mental health when working from home
Over one-third (34%) of employees that are working from home feel it has a negative impact on their mental wellbeing, according to research by market research organisation Opinium.In its study of 1,250 UK employees, published April 2020, the organisation found that over one-half (57%) of UK employees are now working ...
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ArticleGoogle increases its employee parental leave entitlement to 14 weeks
Technology organisation Google has extended its parental leave benefits worldwide, offering its 114,000 eligible employees additional support during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.On 16 April 2020, Google extended its carer leave policy by eight weeks, to support working parents dealing will school and care facility closures during the pandemic.This is in ...
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ArticleMicrosoft offers employees three months additional parental leave
American technology organisation Microsoft is offering extended leave benefits to all of its 150,000 employees who are working parents, to support them during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Effective immediately, the 12-week Paid Pandemic School and Childcare Closure Leave benefit will give employees three months of extra parental leave. This new addition ...
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ArticleGovernment extends job retention scheme to end of June 2020
The government announced on 17 April 2020 it would be extending the job retention scheme to 30th June 2020 to financially support businesses and their employees during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The scheme was put in place 1 March 2020 to cover a period of three months, however, due to the ...
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ArticleBarratt Developments, Carntyre Transport and North Air to furlough staff on full pay
Barratt Developments, North Air, and Carntyre Transport will all pay furloughed employees in full.The government’s furlough Covid-19 (Coronavirus) job retention scheme allows furloughed employees to receive 80% of their salary, capped at £2,500. However, all three organisations have made the decision to pay their employees an additional 20% during this ...
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ArticleRolls-Royce asks furloughed staff to swap four days leave to receive full pay
Furloughed employees at British engineering business Rolls-Royce have been asked to have their annual leave reduced by four days in return for receiving full pay.The reduction would allow Rolls-Royce to top up the government's job retention scheme by 20%, ensuring its furloughed employees receive 100% of their salary. Under the ...
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ArticleAshurst defers 50% of bonus payments for 2,800 employees
International law firm Ashurst will defer 50% of bonus payments for its 2,800 eligible employees until November 2020 to deal with the financial constraints of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The organisation will pay its employees half of their annual bonus in July 2020, with the remainder paid at the end of ...