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ArticleWeWork refuses to serve meat to 6,000 global employees
Something for the weekend: Global shared workspace organisation WeWork has committed to being completely meat-free in order to have a greater impact on the environment.In an all-employee email issued on 12 July 2018 by the organisation’s co-founder and chief culture officer, Miguel McKelvey (pictured), WeWork announced that it would not ...
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ArticleKavitha’s keynote: Are employee benefits failing to deliver?
New research, revealed exclusively on our site earlier this week, found that more than half of employees are not satisfied with their benefits package.The study by Gympass also found that 89% of those surveyed believe good workplace perks would make them more likely to accept a job offer. Interestingly, the ...
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ArticlePoll: 50% believe employers are responsible for providing pre-retirement guidance
Employee Benefits poll: Half (50%) of respondents believe that employers should shoulder the main responsibility for providing pre-retirement financial guidance to employees.A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 70 responses, also found that 34% of respondents feel employees should take the primary responsibility for sourcing their own financial guidance ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories: 12-18 July 2018
The top 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 12 and 18 July 2018 were: Court of Appeal rules that carers on 'sleep-in' shifts are not entitled to minimum wageLeigh Day announces first 1,000 equal pay claims against TescoPreliminary hearing takes place in National Gallery employment status caseWalt Disney World ...
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Poll: Has there been an increase in demand for wellbeing benefits at your organisation?
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ArticleBarclays, Herbert Smith Freehills and Vodafone recognised as top global employers for LGBT staff
Barclays, Herbert Smith Freehills (pictured), the Royal Bank of Scotland, Vodafone and Zurich Insurance Group are among the organisations recognised on the Top Global Employers 2018 list, compiled by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality charity Stonewall.The list, now in its seventh year, celebrates organisations that are striving to ...
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Article33% of employers provide support for managers on age diversity
A third (33%) of employer respondents provide support, training or guidance for managers on dealing with age diversity, according to research by the Centre for Ageing Better.Its survey of 500 UK employers also found that 24% of respondents think their organisation is unprepared to accommodate an ageing workforce.The research also ...
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ArticleUnilever to deliver keynote address at Employee Benefits Live 2018
Keith Williams (pictured), HR services director, employee experience at consumer goods organisation Unilever, is to deliver one of the prominent keynote addresses at Employee Benefits Live 2018 this October.His session, titled ‘Reimagining the employee experience: adventures in artificial intelligence’, will form part of the extensive conference programme that will be ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 52% are not satisfied with their current benefits package
EXCLUSIVE: Just over half (52%) of respondents are not satisfied with their current benefits package, according to research by Gympass.Its survey of 2,000 UK employees also found that 89% of respondents feel that good workplace perks would make them more likely to accept an organisation's job offer.The research also found:57% ...
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ArticleWork and Pensions Committee supports legislation for collective defined contribution schemes
The Work and Pensions Committee has urged the government to legislate to enable the creation of collective defined contribution (CDC) pension schemes in the UK.The committee has published the recommendations following its inquiry into the possibility of introducing CDC pension schemes into the UK pensions market. The inquiry ran between ...
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ArticleTotal pay increased by 0.2% in real terms since May 2017
Total pay for employees in Great Britain, including bonuses, increased by 0.2% in real terms between March to May 2017 and March to May 2018, according to research by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).Its UK labour market: July 2018 report also found that regular pay, excluding bonus payments, increased ...
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ArticleSomerset County Council launches cycle-to-work scheme
Somerset County Council has launched a cycle-to-work scheme, working with social enterprise Green Commute Initiative and employee benefits provider My Staff Shop. The scheme aims to improve the health and wellbeing of staff, while having a positive effect on the environment.The council employs more than 10,000 employees, and the scheme ...
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ArticleWomen and Equalities Committee says government is failing to enforce age discrimination laws
Discrimination is the root cause of the fact that more than one million individuals in the UK aged 50-plus are not working, despite being willing to do so, according to a report published today (17 July 2018) by The Women and Equalities Committee.The report on older people and employment also ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Reward Gateway acquires US employee engagement specialist Brand Integrity
EXCLUSIVE: Global employee engagement and HR technology provider Reward Gateway announced today (17 July 2018) that it has acquired Brand Integrity, an employee engagement specialist operating from Rochester, New York.Brand Integrity, founded in 2002, is an employee engagement technology and consulting organisation that works with clients across 25 industries, including ...
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ArticlePreliminary hearing takes place in National Gallery employment status case
A preliminary hearing regarding an employment status case against The National Gallery will be heard today (16 July 2018), at The London Central Employment Tribunal.The case concerns 27 artists and art lecturers, who are arguing that they should be recognised as either employees or workers.The claimants contend that they were ...
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ArticleForeign and Commonwealth Office launches new financial tool for 12,500 employees
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has launched an online financial tool as part of an updated financial wellbeing offering to staff.Money Wizard, which launched on 4 June 2018, was created by Wealth Wizards, and is designed to help and support the financial wellbeing of the FCO's 12,500 employees.The Money ...
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Article97% of HR decision makers agree that employee happiness boosts productivity
The majority (97%) of decision makers agree that employee happiness leads to higher productivity, according to research conducted by OnePoll on behalf of independent actuarial, administration and consultancy service Barnett Waddingham.Barnett Waddingham's Wellbeing Agenda report, published on 11 July 2018, questioned 200 HR decision makers from UK organisations, and also ...
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ArticleCourt of Appeal rules that carers on 'sleep-in' shifts are not entitled to minimum wage
The Court of Appeal has today (13 July 2018) ruled that carers working 'sleep-in' shifts are to be characterised as available to work, rather than actively working, and are therefore not entitled to the national minimum wage.The judgment refers to Royal Mencap Society v Claire Tomlinson-Blake and John Shannon v ...
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ArticleOnly 22% of pension members actively choose their investments
Only 22% of pension members actively choose their own investments, despite the fact that doing so can dramatically boost investment returns, according to research by financial services organisation Hargreaves Lansdown.The research, released on 12 July 2018, analysed the activity of 58,000 workplace pension members. It also revealed that only 16% ...