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ArticleCard Factory and Home Bargains named on minimum wage non-compliance list
Retailers Card Factory and Home Bargains are among the 239 employers named by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) for failure to pay employees the national minimum wage and the national living wage.Sportswift, trading as Card Factory, topped the government's list of organisations that have underpaid staff ...
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ArticlePoll: 29% believe financial benefits motivate employees most
Employee Benefits poll: More than a quarter (29%) of respondents believe that financial benefits, such as employee share schemes, motivate employees the most.A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 143 responses, also found that 25% of respondents think that holiday purchase is the employee benefit that most motivates staff, ...
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ArticleKavitha's keynote: Pay, stress and work-life balance
On Wednesday, trade union Unite orchestrated demonstrations at more than 30 restaurants in the TGI Friday’s chain across the UK, deliberately choosing the Independence Day date to have the biggest impact on the American organisation.Unite members and employees of TGI Friday’s staged the demonstrations in order to draw further attention ...
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ArticleWorld Life Experience pays volunteers to travel the world for a year
Something for the weekend: Looking to escape the nine-to-five office grind? Social responsibility organisation World Life Experience is paying 11 individuals to travel across 23 cities worldwide in an all-expenses paid, year-long trip to do volunteer work at non-governmental organisations (NGOs).Successful applicants undertaking the one-year trip, which has been designed ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories: 28 June-4 July 2018
The top 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 28 June and 4 July 2018 were: Co-op launches payroll loan benefit for 63,000 staffRandstad launches employee engagement platform for 1,400 staffDeliveroo pays compensation to settle riders' employment status claimsTop 10 most read stories: 21-27 June 2018TGI Friday's subject to demonstrations ...
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ArticleFTSE 350 defined benefit pension deficit falls to £29bn
The defined benefit (DB) pension deficit at the UK’s top 350 organisations has decreased from £72 billion at the start of 2018, to £29 billion on 29 June 2018, according to research by Mercer.The research, which analyses the pension deficit calculated using the approach FTSE 350 organisations have to adopt ...
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ArticleAdmiral Group, Hilton and The Sovini Group recognised as UK’s Best workplaces for women 2018
Admiral Group, Hilton, Pets at Home, The Sovini Group and TSB Bank are among the organisations recognised on the UK’s Best workplaces for women 2018 list, compiled by Great Place to Work.The list, which has been launched for the first time this year, recognises organisations that go beyond statutory requirements ...
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ArticleBBC reduces gender pay gap and publishes culture review
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has reduced its mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay from 10.7% to 8.4% over the course of the last year.The updated gender pay gap figures, which have been published in alignment with the organisation’s review on workplace culture and systems around the progression ...
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ArticleEuro Contracts Services director disqualified for failing to pay national minimum wage
The Secretary of State has accepted a disqualification undertaking from the director of manual labour supply service Euro Contracts Services, for failing to ensure that the organisation paid farm workers the national minimum wage.The disqualification undertaking was accepted by the Secretary of State on 1 May 2018, and became effective ...
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ArticleCo-op launches payroll loan benefit for 63,000 staff
Retail organisation Co-op has launched a payroll loan benefit for 63,000 UK employees to help staff mitigate the potential financial stress caused by high-cost borrowing and personal debt.The benefit, provided by Neyber, was introduced in June 2018 to provide eligible employees with access to a loan scheme where repayments are ...
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ArticleTGI Friday’s subject to demonstrations over tip policy dispute
American chain restaurant TGI Friday’s will be subject to more than 30 nationwide demonstrations today (Wednesday 4 July 2018) in a dispute over the organisation’s tip policy.The demonstrations, which have been organised by trade union Unite, will take place at three London restaurants, as well as sites in the north-west, ...
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ArticleRandstad launches employee engagement platform for 1,400 staff
Specialist recruitment organisation Randstad has launched a new employee engagement platform for its 1,400 UK-based staff.The platform, called ‘your hub’, was launched on 28 June 2018 in conjunction with provider Personal Group. It has been designed to help Randstad improve staff retention and recruitment.'Your hub' allows employees to access health ...
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ArticleTake part in exclusive healthcare benefits research
What benefits and strategies do you offer to support employees’ mental health? What do you feel you have a duty of care to encourage employees to do around their health and wellbeing?Have your say in the exclusive Employee Benefits healthcare research 2018, which is designed to help you benchmark your ...
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ArticleChiswick Park Enjoy-Work organises zip wire activity for 9,000 staff
On-site estate management organisation Chiswick Park Enjoy-Work organised a zip wire activity for the 9,000 employees based at West London business campus Chiswick Park on Thursday 28 June and Friday 29 June 2018.The zip wire, which was set 50 metres above the ground, was available for all 9,000 employees that ...
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ArticleSandeep Maudgil: Are collective defined contribution schemes a viable option for the future of pensions?
Given that employers are increasingly unwilling to bear the risks associated with defined benefit (DB) pensions, we need defined contribution (DC) schemes to provide the best benefits they can.The collective, rather than individual, approach seems to have many benefits. There are those that say that individual DC schemes, if run ...
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ArticleJon Millidge: Are collective defined contribution schemes a viable option for the future of pensions?
Retirement provision is a major challenge facing our society. As the provider of around one in every 190 jobs in the UK, Royal Mail has a responsibility to help tackle this issue. We are committed to providing our employees with the best possible pension arrangements.Like many employers, our defined benefit ...
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ArticleChris Curry: Are collective defined contribution schemes a viable option for the future of pensions?
Collective defined contribution (CDC) schemes have been in the news a lot recently, although the idea of them being used in the UK has been around since the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) started investigating 'defined ambition' pensions in 2012.In essence, a CDC scheme would be a different way ...
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ArticleCA Technologies introduces 12 weeks of paid parental leave for 11,000 global employees
Software organisation CA Technologies has introduced a new global paid parental leave policy for its 11,000 worldwide employees.The parental leave policy, which launched today (Monday 2 July 2018), enables both male and female employees to take a minimum of 12 weeks of paid parental leave during the first 12 months ...
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ArticleGreenwich Leisure Limited to pay all staff the London living wage
Leisure, gym and swimming pool organisation Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) has committed to paying all employees, including those aged between 18 and 20, the London living wage rate of £10.20 an hour.Currently, staff aged between 18 and 20 earn £8.10 an hour, and employees aged 21 or older are paid ...