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ArticleNational living wage set to increase by 6.2% in April 2020
The national living wage will rise by 6.2% to £8.72 in 2020, the biggest increase since its introduction in April 2016.The government has estimated that almost three million UK workers will receive increases to their pay as a result of the increase, which will come into effect on 1 April ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 77% say it is too early to gauge impact of Brexit on pensions
EXCLUSIVE: 77% of respondents say it is too early to tell how Brexit will impact pensions, according to research by Employee Benefits. This is a slight decrease on the 85% that said the same last year, but remains significantly higher than the 39% that said the same in 2017.At the ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 74% cite uncertainty on pension decision-making as key retirement concern
EXCLUSIVE: For the second consecutive year, uncertainty about how to make the best decisions when accessing pension benefits tops the list of concerns affecting the workforce in the run up to, or during, retirement. This year, 74% said this is the case, up from 54% in 2018, according to research ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Only 16% of employers measure their gender pensions gap
EXCLUSIVE: Although employers are increasingly focused on closing the widely discussed and publicised gender pay gap, just 16% of respondents proactively measure the gender pensions gap in their organisation, according to research by Employee Benefits.While it is encouraging that some organisations are doing so, there is still a long way ...
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ArticleCoco di Mama rolls out flexible pay benefit for 270 employees
Italian-inspired food and drink chain Coco di Mama is rolling out a flexible pay benefit that will allow all of its 270 employees, working across 23 cafes, to access their wages ahead of their scheduled paydays. Coco di Mama has been trialling the flexible pay app, provided by Wagestream, since ...
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ArticleREM staff reduce metabolic age by 37 years via wellbeing programme
Real Estate Management (UK) (REM) has helped its 45 employees, based in offices at The Shard in London, reduce their metabolic age, a measurement of metabolic efficiency, by a total of 37 years, using a wellness challenge and follow-up programme, spanning eight months until November 2019. The SuperWellness Challenge, which ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 37% of employers provide financial education to all employees
EXCLUSIVE: The proportion of organisations that provide financial education for all employees has changed little since the research was conducted in 2018, going from 36% to 37% this year, according to research by Employee Benefits.The Employee Benefits/Wealth at Work Pensions research 2019, which was conducted during October 2019 among 135 ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid considers discount platforms
One of the consulting firms we work with, Hugely Expensive Consulting, has come out with a new platform for non-cash benefits, such as discounts and vouchers. Meanwhile the Higher Beings, our executive team, have also demanded that we review the executive perks that we offer. That makes another unexpected project ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Majority of employers use in-house teams to provide at-retirement support
EXCLUSIVE: Despite the increased sense that it is a pension provider’s responsibility, the primary source of at-retirement support continues to be HR, benefits, reward, and learning and development teams (34%), and in-house pensions teams (13%), according to research by Employee Benefits.The Employee Benefits/Wealth at Work Pensions research 2019, which was ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most read stories: 12-18 December 2019
The top 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 12 December and 18 December 2019 were: St John Properties pays 198 employees $10 million bonusJohnson and Johnson and Adidas UK named Britain’s healthiest workplacesNewcross Healthcare rolls out flexible pay benefit to 8,000 health workersEXCLUSIVE: 5% of employees are affected by ...
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ArticleLegoland recruits master model builder for full-time role
Something for the weekend: Merlin Entertainments, which owns theme park Legoland, is looking to recruit a master model builder at its new site in Milpitas, California in spring 2020.The children’s favourite brick building theme park is opening up a new site within The Great Mall of the Bay Area, and ...
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ArticleCalifornia court rules case for reclassification of Uber drivers premature
The District Court of the Northern District of California has declined to order ride-hailing organisation Uber to treat its drivers as employees, but has further refused to entirely dismiss the claims, leaving open an opportunity for further consideration.The case, Colopy v Uber Technologies, concerns Thomas Calopy, who worked as an ...
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ArticleKingfisher joins Stonewall’s Global Diversity Champions programme
Home improvement organisation Kingfisher, which owns B&Q, Castorama, Brico Dépôt and Screwfix, has joined charity Stonewall’s Global Diversity Champions programme in order to promote an inclusive workplace for its 77,000 employees. The Global Diversity Champions programme, which has been set up by Stonewall to promote LGBT equality, provides employers with ...
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ArticleCIPHR acquires Payroll Business Solutions
UK HR software provider CIPHR has acquired its long-term strategic software partner, Payroll Business Solutions (PBS), it announced on 16 December 2019. PBS, which has 20 members of staff, predominately payroll specialists, will join CIPHR's 130 employees, including service desk staff, software developers, project delivery staff, consultants and training specialists, ...
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ArticleEmployees in Aberdeen, Hull and Edinburgh are the richest in the UK
Employees who live and work in Aberdeen, Hull and Edinburgh are among the richest in the UK, according to research by CV Library.The study compared the basic living costs against average salaries for UK professionals in 18 of the UK’s key cities from July 2019 to 20 October 2019. It ...
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ArticleNorthern Ireland nursing staff strike at 21 locations in dispute over pay
Image credit: RCNNorthern Ireland nursing staff working within health and social care (HSC) organisations, who are members of the trade union Royal College of Nursing (RCN), are undertaking strike action today (18 December 2019).Nurses and nursing assistants are protesting over being paid less than their counterparts in England, Wales and ...
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ArticleTwo in five employees have access to flexible working to manage pressure of Christmas
More than two-fifths of employees (44%) have access to support and flexible working at Christmas to help cope with the pressure of the festive season, according to research by Benenden Health. The research, which surveyed 1,000 small to medium enterprise (SME) business owners, and 1,000 employees, also found that almost ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 67% have undertaken pensions communications within the last year
EXCLUSIVE: Employers are responding to the challenge of ensuring staff are saving enough for a comfortable retirement by continuing to open up communications channels around pensions, according to research by Employee Benefits.The Employee Benefits/Wealth at Work Pensions research 2019, which was conducted during October 2019 among 135 HR decision makers, ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Almost half of employers offer at-retirement support
EXCLUSIVE: The value of providing at-retirement support is becoming gradually more apparent to employers, with 46% of HR decision-makers stating that their organisation helps staff with this life stage in 2019, compared to 39% of employers in 2018 and 40% in 2017, according to research by Employee Benefits.This increasing interest ...