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ArticleKeep up to date with the Autumn Budget 2018
Chancellor Philip Hammond will deliver his Autumn Budget 2018 speech at approximately 3.30pm on Monday 29 October 2018.Stay tuned to the Employee Benefits website for all the latest updates on how the Autumn Budget could impact employers and staff.In the Autumn Budget 2017, key announcements included: an increase in the ...
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ArticleJapanese organisation Crazy rewards staff for sleeping six hours or more
Japanese wedding planning organisation Crazy has introduced a new wellbeing initiative that rewards employees for getting six or more hours of sleep for a minimum of five days across the week.The initiative was launched on 10 October 2018, in conjunction with Air Weave, to help enhance employees’ overall health and ...
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Article90% not offered support when returning from maternity leave
The majority (90%) of respondents who have returned to work after maternity leave state that they were not offered support, either through a return-to-work programme or one-to-one coaching, according to research by working parents’ website MMB.Its Maternity returners survey, which polled 1,008 maternity returners in the UK working at management ...
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ArticleMedian gross weekly earnings increased by 3.5% for full-time employees
The median gross weekly earnings for full-time employees in the UK was £569 as at April 2018, a 3.5% improvement since 2017, according to research by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).Its Employee earnings in the UK: 2018 report, which uses data from the Annual survey of hours and earnings ...
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ArticleLeeds Building Society achieves Leaders in Diversity accreditation
Leeds Building Society has received a Leaders in Diversity accreditation from the National Centre for Diversity.The accreditation process acknowledged progress in establishing colleague forums to promote gender equality and mental health awareness, the training of mental health first aiders, the launch of a colleague social media map, sharing good practice ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most read stories: 18-24 October 2018
The top 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 18 and 24 October 2018 were: Morrisons loses High Court appeal over breach of payroll dataGlasgow City Council workers strike over equal pay claimsBain and Company tops workplace rankings for culture and leadershipApple takes top spot in Indeed rankings of Britain’s ...
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ArticlePoll: 35% do not incorporate the needs of transgender employees in HR policies
Employee Benefits poll: Over a third (35%) of respondents’ employers don not have HR policies in place that incorporate the needs of transgender employees.A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 31 responses, also found that the workplaces of 23% of respondents do have HR policies in place to cater ...
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ArticleAnxiety sufferer seeks babysitter to take kids trick or treating
Something for the weekend: A mother of three in Wirral, Merseyside, who suffers from social anxiety is offering to pay a babysitter up to £50 an hour to take her children trick or treating on Halloween.In an advert placed on Childcare.co.uk, she explained: “I get very scared at Halloween because ...
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ArticleTwo-thirds of employees feel benefits package is not applicable to them
HR professionals in large UK organisations tend overestimate employee satisfaction with rewards and benefits programmes, according to a report by Hawk Incentives.Surveys in September 2018 by Sapio Research, which canvassed 500 employees and 103 HR professionals, revealed that around half of employees (52%) said they are happy with the benefits ...
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ArticleJust 12% of UK SMEs prioritise employee engagement strategies
While 87% of UK small to medium enterprises (SMEs) claim they are taking active steps to improve employee engagement, only 12% list it as a business priority, according to research by marketing organisation Propellernet.The September 2018 survey of 250 senior managers and 250 employees at UK SMEs also revealed an ...
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ArticleEnterprise Rent-A-Car announces new benefits for working parents
UK employees of Enterprise Rent-A-Car are to receive a new family support benefits package through a partnership with childcare search organisation Parental Choice.The range of benefits, available to Enterprise Rent-A-Car's 5,000 UK-based employees from the end of November 2018, includes an interactive nursery search. Designed and implemented by Parental Choice, ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 87% cite reasonable cost as key influence when buying healthcare benefits
EXCLUSIVE: The majority of respondents (87%) state that reasonable cost is a key factor that influences their decision to buy or continue to offer healthcare benefits, a trend which continues from 2017, according to research by Employee Benefits and Health Shield.The Employee Benefits/Health Shield healthcare research 2018, published in August, ...
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ArticleCIPHR appoints Williams
UK HR software provider CIPHR has appointed Claire Williams as head of people.In her new role, Williams will oversee the development of the organisation’s HR function, with a specific focus on organisational culture, talent management and learning and development.Williams joined CIPHR in March 2018 as a senior HR systems consultant, ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 73% of workers want employers to do more to motivate them
EXCLUSIVE: More than seven in 10 (73%) UK workers want their employers to make more effort to motivate them, according to research commissioned by benefits provider Reward Gateway.The survey of more than 2,000 UK employees, carried out by Censuswide in October 2018, also found that those who are not strongly ...
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ArticleMorrisons loses High Court appeal over breach of payroll data
Supermarket chain Morrisons has lost a challenge to a High Court ruling that found it partly liable for a data breach leading to payroll data of around 10,000 staff being posted online.Andrew Skelton, who was senior auditor at the organisation's Bradford headquarters, posted the workers' names, addresses, bank account details ...
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ArticleTPR bans masterminds of £13.7m pension scam from being trustees
The individuals identified as the masterminds behind a £13.7 million pension scam have been banned from being trustees of pension schemes.David Austin, Susan Dalton, Alan Barratt and Julian Hanson ran a scam that cheated 245 people out of their pension savings after the members were persuaded to transfer funds into ...
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ArticleGlasgow City Council workers strike over equal pay claims
Image credit: UnisonMore than 8,000 Glasgow City Council (GCC) employees are staging a 48-hour strike today (23 October 2018) over the lack of progress on equal pay claims.The workers, who are members of the GMB and Unison unions, began the industrial action at 7am today, leading to the closure of ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 80% feel they should help employees with work-life balance
EXCLUSIVE: The majority (80%) of respondents believe they have a duty of care to encourage employees to achieve a sensible work-life balance. This is a 4% drop from last year, but is still consistently the number one obligation cited by employers over the past 13 years, according to research by ...
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ArticleBritish American Tobacco to introduce 16 weeks' fully paid maternity leave
British American Tobacco (BAT) has announced a range of benefits for new parents among its workforce worldwide, including a compulsory minimum of 16 weeks' fully paid maternity leave.The organisation, which employs more than 55,000 people across 180 countries, will introduce the benefit to new mothers and adoptive parents from 1 ...