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ArticleManchester United in court action after HR data breach
A group of workers at Manchester United said they are suing the football club for an HR data breach, according to a lawyer leading the action.The club could face a damages claim totalling £100,000 after it accidentally emailed the wage slips of 167 employees to an entire pool of casual ...
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ArticleForFarmers UK hires Gillian Dixon as UK HR lead
ForFarmers UK, a feed materials supplier to farmers and livestock producers, has recruited Gillian Dixon as UK HR lead to take responsibility for all human resources.ForFarmers UK is a subsidiary of ForFarmers, which operates in the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, and Poland, and has approximately 2,700 employees.Dixon joins the ...
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ArticlePrimark to increase pay for 27,000 employees
Retailer Primark is to increase hourly pay for 27,000 retail employees so they benefit from an average 9.1% pay rise.From 1 April, the organisation will increase its average hourly pay rates for all retail assistants across England, Scotland and Wales from £11 to £12, and from £11.51 to £12.56 for ...
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ArticleCisco, Hilton and DHL Express among UK’s Best Workplaces for 2024
Valeriya Zankovych / Shutterstock.comDigital communications firm Cisco, hotel chain Hilton and logistics business DHL Express have been named as some of the UK’s Best Workplaces for 2024.Workplace culture organisation Great Place to Work surveyed more than 250,000 employees on how their employer supports their work-life balance, sense of fulfilment, job ...
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ArticleVivup and Perkbox combine to become one organisation
Health and wellbeing benefits provider Vivup and global benefits and reward platform Perkbox have combined forces to become one organisation.Simon Moyle, chief executive officer (CEO) of Vivup, will serve as the newly formed organisation’s group CEO, and Doug Butler, CEO of Perkbox, will be group executive chairman. The agreed transaction ...
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ArticleVelloy searches for luxury room service reviewer
Something for the weekend: Luxury private travel club Velloy has begun its search for a luxury room service reviewer to travel around the globe evaluating room service options at prestigious hotels.The successful applicant’s responsibilities will include assessing the efficiency and time of room service delivery, analysing the variety and quality ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 8 - 14 March 2024
The top 10 most-read articles on employeebenefits.co.uk between 8 - 14 March 2024 were: KPMG to roll out wellbeing check-in initiative to US staffAldi raises pay rates for store assistants and store managersBank of England gives employees 4% pay riseHSBC implements fertility benefits for more than 3,000 UAE employeesLewis Silkin ...
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ArticleFitFlop introduces salary sacrifice nursery scheme
Credit: Ritu Manoj Jethani/ShutterstockFootwear brand FitFlop has introduced a salary sacrifice nursery scheme for its 165 UK employees in order to help them save money on childcare fees.The scheme, which is offered in partnership with WorkPlace Nursery, will enable employees to pay for nursery fees through a deduction from their ...
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ArticleGoogle to enhance family-building benefits for UK staff
Google has announced that it will expand its UK family-building benefits this year as part of its commitment to supporting its employees in important life moments.From April, the employer’s UK family-building benefits package will include in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) and intrauterine insemination (IUI) through its private medical insurance (PMI) plan, allowing ...
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ArticleParkdean Resorts signs age-friendly employer pledge
Holiday park operator Parkdean Resorts has signed the age-friendly employer pledge as part of its commitment to fostering a diverse, inclusive and multi-generational workplace.Established by the Centre for Ageing Better, the pledge was launched to make workplaces more age-friendly and help with skills shortages across various sectors.By signing, Parkdean Resorts ...
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ArticleNHS England implements paid miscarriage leave for employees
NHS England has introduced up to 10 days of additional paid leave for employees who suffer a miscarriage, as part of new guidance issued to hospitals.Women who experience a miscarriage in the first 24 weeks of pregnancy will be offered up to ten days of paid leave and their partners ...
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ArticleNielsen hires Nicolina Marzicola as global chief people officer
Audience measurement, data and analytics firm Nielsen has recruited Nicolina Marzicola as its new global chief people officer.In her new role, Marzicola will lead Nielsen’s global HR function, which is inclusive of talent acquisition, compensation, benefits, learning and development, HR operations and reporting, as well as its core HR business ...
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ArticleBuyer's guide to earned wage access schemes
What are earned wage access schemes?Earned wage access (EWA) schemes allow employees to access a portion of accrued salary before their regular payday. Also referred to as flexible pay or instant or on-demand pay, the official UK government term is employer salary advance scheme.Via these schemes, employees can choose to ...
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ArticleMedian monthly pay for February up 5.5% year-on-year
Median monthly pay for February 2024 increased by 5.5% compared to the same period last year, to an estimated at £2,331, according to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).Its labour market figures published on 12 March revealed that regular pay growth fell to 6.1% year-on-year in the three ...
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ArticleKPMG to roll out wellbeing check-in initiative to US staff
Professional services firm KPMG is to roll out an energy check-in initiative to its 36,000 US employees and partners by the end of 2024.The organisation carried out a pilot of the initiative last year in one of its smaller divisions, with the aim of identifying employees who are at risk ...
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ArticleCentrica reports 2% mean ethnicity pay gap
Energy supplier Centrica has reported a 2% mean ethnicity pay gap for 2023, down from 3% in 2022.The organisation’s median ethnicity pay gap for 2023 was 11%, down from 12% the previous year. Meanwhile, its mean ethnicity bonus pay gap was 4%, up from 0 the year before, and its ...
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ArticleAldi increases pay for store assistants and deputy store managers
Supermarket chain Aldi is to increase hourly pay for store assistants and deputy store managers from 1 June.The organisation, which has more than 1,000 stores, 11 regional distribution centres and 45,000 employees across Britain, will increase its national minimum pay rate from £12 per hour to £12.40 outside the M25, ...
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ArticleNetflix UK, Writers’ Guild of Great Britain and Personal Managers’ Association agree pay deal
Credit: Elliott Cowand Jr / Shutterstock.comNetflix UK, Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB) and Personal Managers’ Association (PMA) have signed a new deal on remuneration for UK writers.The deal, which will apply to UK writers on Netflix scripted live-action commissioned series and is backdated to 1 February, is the first ...
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ArticleBAE Systems reports 7.7% mean gender pay gap for 2023
Arms, security and aerospace firm BAE Systems has reported a 7.7% mean gender pay gap for 2023, down from 8.6% in 2022.BAE Systems’ median gender pay gap was 8.7%, down from 8.3% the previous year. Both figures are lower than the organisation’s first reported ones in 2017, at 11.2% and ...
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ArticleBank of England gives employees 4% pay rise
The Bank of England has given its more than 5,000 employees a 4% pay rise along with a 1% salary top-up deal for 2024/25 as part of its aim to retain staff in a competitive jobs market.The deal, which was intended to match inflation, was accepted by the trade union ...