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ArticleMedvivo named Britain’s happiest workplace
Chippenham-based telehealth service Medvivo has been named Britain’s happiest workplace at the National Happiness Awards 2019.The organisation picked up the accolade at an award ceremony held in London on 22 November 2019, and was credited for creating a strategy surrounding mental health first aid, stress awareness and healthy eating advice. ...
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ArticleUK employers set to pay 4.3% more for employee health insurance in 2020
Employers in the UK will see a 4.3% rise in the cost of employee healthcare insurance, in 2020, according to new research by Willis Towers Watson. The Willis Towers Watson 2020 Global Medical Trends Survey of 296 leading medical insurers operating in 79 countries between July and September 2019, found ...
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ArticleSix ways to get your leaders on board for your employee benefits investment
New research indicates that three-quarters of employees want a more tailored benefits offering. That's why leading HR innovators are leveraging technology to expand and improve their benefits offering to give employees what they really want.But what often stops people from implementing a world-class benefits programme? The elusive tick of approval.After ...
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ArticleRentokil, Apple and Barclays among the UK's 10 most popular employers
Pest control services Rentokil, US technology giant Apple and British bank Barclays are among the 10 most popular places to work in the UK, according to global job site Indeed’s league table of UK's most popular employers.The list was complied based on analysis of tens of thousands of employee reviews ...
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ArticleTiny Hearts Day Nursery ordered to pay £8,200 for failing to pay staff pensions
Childcare provider Sulouste, which trades as Tiny Hearts Day Nursery, has been ordered to pay £8,200 to 13 employees for failure to comply with pension duties, the Pensions Regulator (TPR) has ruled.The sentencing was held at Brighton Magistrates’ Court on 20 November 2019 after the defendants pleaded guilty to the ...
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ArticleServPro ordered to pay $201,508 for wage violations
Florida-based restoration and remediation organisation ServPro has been ordered to pay $201,508 (£156,180) in back wages to 141 employees, after an investigation by the US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) discovered it was violating federal law.The investigation found that the organisation was violating the overtime requirements of ...
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Staff at 60 UK universities commence strike action in dispute over pay and pensions
Staff employed at 60 UK universities, and who are members of the University and College Union (UCU), have commenced strike action today (Monday 25 November 2019) in a dispute over pay, conditions and pensions.The strike, which will affect institutions across the UK, including York, St Andrews, Cardiff, Cambridge, Oxford and ...
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ArticleLidl GB to invest £10 million in living wage pay rises for 19,000 employees
Grocery retailer Lidl GB has announced that it will be increasing hourly pay rates for 19,000 employees from March 2020, representing an investment of £10 million into staff pay. This will uplift pay to match the real living wage levels for 2020. The pay rise, which Lidl has stated will ...
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ArticleWave, Accenture and Moneysupermarket recognised at workplace mental health awards
Utilities provider Wave, financial comparison service Moneysupermarket and professional services firm Accenture were among the employers recognised for their mental health strategies at the inaugural This Can Happen Workplace Mental Health Awards on 21 November 2019.Wave won not only in its own category, Best mental health in the workplace strategy: ...
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ArticleAllianz Partners UK enlists mental health champions to help 400 employees
Image credit: photobyphmInsurance provider Allianz Partners UK has launched a network of 29 mental health champions for the 400 employees based at its headquarters in Croydon.The newly qualified champions, who started training in April 2019 as part of the organisation's wellbeing week activities, join an existing 28 mental health first ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Half of employers say mental health is biggest challenge for staff
EXCLUSIVE: Almost half of employers (49%) say that mental health is one of the biggest challenges faced by employees, according to research by Towergate Health and Protection.The research was conducted at Employee Benefits Live in October 2019 among 39 employee benefits and HR managers, representing 17,000 to 20,000 employees; it ...
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ArticleBW enhances parental leave policies for 250 employees
Commercial fitting and refurbishing organisation BW: Workplace Experts has introduced enhanced parental leave arrangements for its 250 employees.Previously, the organisation offered maternity leave of six weeks at 90% of pay, followed by 33 weeks at a rate of £148.68 per week. Under the new policy, which launched on 18 November ...
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ArticleBird's brainstorm: Everyone loses when employers mistreat male employees
Tuesday 19 November 2019 was International Men's Day. This, beyond simply giving an easy rebuttal when the inevitable question arises on International Women's Day in March, provides us with an important opportunity to reflect on the issues facing men, both in society and in the workplace.According to the Suicide statistics ...
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ArticleBeauty and the Beast's Belle would be the highest earning Disney princess
Something for the weekend: If Disney princess Belle, of Beauty and the Beast fame, was to strike out into the world of employment, she could be able to earn £50,678 per year, according to research by theknowledgeacademy.com.The research identified the key personality traits of seven popular Disney princesses, paired them ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most read stories: 14-20 November 2019
The top 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 14 and 20 November 2019 were: Frimley NHS staff protest transfer that could erode pay and conditionsSalary increases for UK employees in 2020 will be 0.1% lower than 2019SKL Recruitment charged with non-payment of pension contributionsNottingham College agrees to protect pay ...
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ArticleA third of women do not know how much they have saved in pensions
Just over a third (34%) of women are not aware of how much they have saved in pensions, compared to only 16% of men, according to research by Aegon.The Aegon retirement confidence survey, which tracked the responses of a sample of 830 representative UK residents, also found that 40% of ...
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ArticleIkea, Tesla and Booking.com among top employers for diversity in Europe
Image credit: Bubble_Tea Stock / Shutterstock.comFurniture retailer Ikea, automotive and energy business Tesla and travel website Booking.com are among the top 10 employers listed on the Diversity Leaders 2020 rankings, published by the Financial Times.The list, in its inaugural year, was compiled following a survey of 80,000 employees across 10,000 ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits/Wealth at Work pensions research 2019
Click to download the Employee Benefits/Wealth at Work pensions research 2019 reportThe Employee Benefits/Wealth at Work pensions research 2019 was conducted in October 2019 among readers of https://employeebenefits.co.uk. It received 135 responses.This report is aimed at helping compensation, reward and benefits professionals understand the key issues driving current pension strategies, ...
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ArticleSeven in 10 employees would forego Christmas parties for more regular rewards
Seven in 10 (70%) employees would forego the traditional Christmas party in favour of more frequent rewards throughout the year, according to research from Reward Gateway.The survey of 1,400 employees and senior managers across the UK, US and Australia, also found that 65% of staff thought their employers could do ...
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ArticleCushman and Wakefield triples paternity leave for around 1,160 UK employees
Image credit: JHVEPhoto / Shutterstock.comCommercial real estate organisation Cushman and Wakefield, which has 51,000 employees globally and 2,000 in the UK, has announced it will be trebling paternity leave for UK staff, from two to six weeks.The new 3+3 paternity leave package, which will come in to effect from 1 ...