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  • Beard-man
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    Mo Bro’s pays men £30 an hour to have their beard stroked

    2017-12-14T15:00:23Z

    Something for the weekend: Many employees will have slightly quirkier roles hiding on their CV’s, however male grooming brand Mo Bro’s is a cut above the rest with its latest recruitment drive, offering to pay men £30 an hour to let stressed Christmas shoppers stroke their beard.Men who wish to ...

  • Article

    Davis accepts interim role at JLL

    2017-12-14T14:14:58Z

    [Have messaged on LinkedIn and emailed for a picture]Scott Davis has been hired as interim, reward at professional services and investment management organisation JLL.Previously, Davies has worked as reward manager, non-retail at Dixons Carphone, international HR and compliance and governance manager at cosmetics business The Body Shop, and as share ...

  • Article

    KAO hires Downer

    2017-12-14T11:53:48Z

    [Have sent request to connect on LinkedIn to get picture]Consumer goods organisation KAO UK has hired Heather Downer as its reward manager.In her new role, Downer will be supporting operating sites across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA).Previously, Downer has worked as a reward analyst at Oxford University Press, ...

  • Slaughter-and-May
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    Slaughter and May increases pay for junior lawyers

    2017-12-14T10:30:57Z

    Global law firm Slaughter and May is to increase pay for its trainee and junior lawyers from January 2018, and will pay its associates bonuses of up to 16% for 2017.First-year trainees will see their pay increase from £43,000 a year to £44,000 from January 2018, second-year trainees will receive ...

  • Top-10-7-13-December-2017
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    Top 10 most read stories: 7-13 December 2017

    2017-12-14T10:11:15Z

    The 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 7 and 13 December 2017 were: Crest Healthcare to be prosecuted for auto-enrolment non-complianceTravis Perkins launches financial education programmePunter Southall Group businesses to merge with XafinityBritish Airways to introduce new defined contribution pension schemeRoyal Mail to face legal action over holiday pay ...

  • Pirelli
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    Pirelli completes £100m pensions buy-in

    2017-12-14T10:00:42Z

    Tyre production and technology organisation Pirelli has completed a £100 million pensions buy-in transaction for three of its defined benefit (DB) pension schemes.The full scheme buy-in transaction is designed to secure the pension benefits for current employee members and retirees of the Pirelli General Executive Pension and Life Assurance Fund, ...

  • Wages
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    Total pay falls by 0.2% in real terms

    2017-12-13T16:30:44Z

    Total pay for employees in Great Britain, including bonuses, fell by 0.2% in real terms between August to October 2016 and August to October 2017, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).Its UK labour market: December 2017 report also found that regular pay, excluding bonus payments, fell ...

  • ryanair
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    Ryanair pilots to strike over trade union representation in pay bargaining

    2017-12-13T12:18:14Z

    Ryanair pilots who are based in Ireland and are members of the Irish Airline Pilots’ Association (IALPA) plan to strike on Wednesday 20 December 2017 in a dispute over trade union representation for matters such as collective pay bargaining.Members of IALPA, a branch of Impact trade union, voted 94% in ...

  • David-Clift
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    95% do not offer a returnship programme

    2017-12-13T11:59:29Z

    The majority (95%) of employer respondents do not currently offer a returnship programme for parents looking to re-enter the workplace, according to research by Totaljobs.Its survey of 2,623 UK employees and 98 UK employers, also found that 69% of employer respondents would implement a returnship programme if the initiative was ...

  • Charles-Cotton-CIPD
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    70% believe reporting will help to reduce the gender pay gap

    2017-12-13T11:46:51Z

    More than three-quarters (70%) of employer respondents believe that gender pay gap reporting will help to reduce the gender pay gap, according to research by the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD).Its Reward management: focus on pay report, which surveyed 715 employers, also found that 67% think it will ...

  • Royal Mail
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    Royal Mail to face legal action over holiday pay and minimum wage

    2017-12-12T16:12:37Z

    Royal Mail is to face legal action over the status of its courier drivers and their entitlement to employment rights, such as holiday pay and the national minimum wage.The legal action is being brought to the Employment Tribunal (ET) by trade union GMB on behalf of four courier drivers who ...

  • Maintenance-employee
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    CBRE staff based at the Royal Berkshire Hospital to receive 5% pay rise

    2017-12-12T12:23:55Z

    Maintenance employees who work for property organisation CBRE at the Royal Berkshire Hospital are to receive a minimum 5% pay rise.Employees, who are also members of trade union GMB, will receive a 5% pay increase awarded as back pay in their December salary. This has been calculated as a 1% ...

  • Healthcare-pic
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    Crest Healthcare to be prosecuted for auto-enrolment non-compliance

    2017-12-12T12:11:00Z

    The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is to prosecute healthcare organisation Crest Healthcare and its managing director for failing to automatically enrol its employees into a workplace pension scheme.The Birmingham-based organisation and its managing director Shelia Aluko have been summoned to appear at Brighton Magistrates’ Court on 22 December 2017 to each ...

  • Merchant-navy
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    Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund completes £490m pensions buy-in

    2017-12-12T12:01:33Z

    The Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund (MNOPF) has completed a £490 million pensions buy-in transaction.The buy-in transaction, which was completed with Legal and General, will cover all MNOPF’s retirees since 2014, to ensure that pension benefits for retired members are hedged against longevity risk.The buy-in transaction is the latest de-risking ...

  • eb awards
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    Enter a wide range of categories at the Employee Benefits Awards 2018

    2017-12-11T10:15:27Z

    The Employee Benefits Awards 2018 has 21 award categories to enter, allowing reward, benefits and HR professionals to celebrate their organisation’s successes across every facet of employee benefits and reward.The Employee Benefits Awards 2018, now in its 16th year, aims to celebrate organisational best practice across all areas of benefits ...

  • Guy-Moreve
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    86% cite pay as the most important aspect of their job

    2017-12-11T10:00:31Z

    More than four-fifths (86%) of respondents cite pay as the most important aspect of their job, according to research by Paymentsense.Its survey of 2,000 UK participants also found that 79% of respondents feel that having 20 or more holiday days is most important when it comes to their job.The research ...

  • British Airways
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    British Airways to introduce new defined contribution pension scheme

    2017-12-08T16:21:56Z

    British Airways (BA) is to introduce a new defined contribution (DC) pension scheme as part of a new flexible benefits package for staff.The new pension scheme, which is due to open on 1 April 2018, will replace the airline’s existing defined benefit (DB) scheme, the New Airways Pension Scheme (Naps), ...

  • John-Strowbridge
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    Avery Healthcare sees 1,930 staff sign up to benefits platform

    2017-12-08T12:13:54Z

    Residential care home provider Avery Healthcare has seen 1,930 of its 4,200 employees activate accounts on its benefits platform since it launched in October 2017.The organisation implemented its new reward and recognition programme, which is branded Averyone and provided by Personal Group, as part of its wider employee wellbeing strategy, ...

  • Travis Perkins
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    Travis Perkins launches financial education programme

    2017-12-08T11:59:34Z

    Building merchants Travis Perkins has launched a financial education programme for its 30,000 UK employees.The new programme, which is provided by Neyber, includes a financial wellbeing hub featuring online tools to help staff manage their financial planning, as well as any debt issues they may face. Through the hub employees ...

  • Sports Direct
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    Primark and Sports Direct named on minimum wage non-compliance list

    2017-12-08T11:21:26Z

    Retail organisations Primark and Sports Direct are among the 260 employers named by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) for failure to pay employees the national minimum wage and national living wage.Primark, which ranked third on the government’s list of organisations that have underpaid staff the minimum ...